Podcast Episode #231

Discuss a recent post on church outreach and how it has changed over the past few decades.

Some highlights from today's episode include:

* We still need personal contact with non-members for evangelistic reasons.

* The first place people come into contact with your church is likely no longer the worship service but the church website.

* As much as things change, one thing remains the same—the gospel still works.

* When it comes to evangelism, do something.

* Most of the time, multi-site and multi-venue are done to intentionally reach new people, not accommodate existing members.

* Growing churches have shifted from a "you come" posture to a "we go" one.

The seven shifts we are seeing in church outreach are:

* From in-home visitation to lunch or coffee shop visits.

* From newspaper ads to Facebook ads.

* From worship services to the church website as the front door.

* From complex gospel presentations to simple gospel presentations.

* From multi-service to multi-venue and multi-site.

* From attractional to going.

* From national and international giving to contextual giving.

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Resources Mentioned in Today's Podcast

* For the Church in St. Louis

* FTC.co

* LifeWay Breakfast in St. Louis