{"id":797313,"date":"2023-02-14T05:00:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/?p=797313"},"modified":"2023-02-13T19:50:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T01:50:37","slug":"my-greatest-surprise-about-churches-seeking-consultations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/my-greatest-surprise-about-churches-seeking-consultations\/","title":{"rendered":"My Greatest Surprise about Churches Seeking Consultations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve done church consulting for decades now. Over the years, I\u2019ve worked with churches of various sizes, multiple denominations, differing polities, and diverse locations. I\u2019ve learned a lot over the years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some patterns are generally the same among these churches, which doesn\u2019t surprise me. Some examples are that most churches are not doing evangelism well, that most do not have a clear discipleship strategy, and that most tend to have a low percentage of members serving in the church. These issues are common enough that I assume we\u2019ll need to address at least some of them in a consult.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s been <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">most surprising <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to me, on the other hand, may be a surprise to you, too: <\/span><b>the number of pastors and church leaders who really don\u2019t know the community they\u2019re called to reach.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In almost every consultation I\u2019ve done, I\u2019ve asked the leaders to give me their ministry area so we might complete a demographic study of that community. To my surprise, though, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">many church leaders <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are surprised by my very request. That\u2019s because they assume all their issues are internal ones, and the consultant\u2019s job is to help them fix those areas. They\u2019re not even thinking\u00a0 about whether they\u2019re set up to reach their community\u2014which immediately indicates a problem in the church\u2019s focus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, when I do secure a demographic study for a church, I seldom give the report to the church leaders immediately. Instead, I study it first and then ask leaders questions like these before they ever see the report:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What percentage of people in your community are under age 65? Age 40? Age 18?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s the fastest growing ethnic group in your community?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is your community projected to be larger or smaller in the next five years? The next ten years?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What percentage of your community is single?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s the average household income in your community?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What percentage of the people are not attending church?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I could add other questions, but you probably already know what I learn. Many church leaders, beginning with pastors, cannot answer these questions with any sense of accuracy. To this day, that still surprises me. Here are my concerns in those situations:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>A generic \u201cburden\u201d for a community that leaders don\u2019t really know is not much of a burden.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Unnamed, unidentified burdens may be no burdens at all, actually.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>A lack of accurate knowledge of a community hinders the church\u2019s outreach efforts.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We would expect an overseas missionary to spend significant time getting to know his people group if he wants to reach them; but, for some reason, we don\u2019t see as much need if the people around us already seem like us. That means we\u2019re aiming our outreach (if it exists at all) at assumed\u2014and sometimes inaccurate\u2014targets.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Current knowledge of a community should lead to current <\/b><b><i>prayers <\/i><\/b><b>for that community. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine, for example, the pastor who calls his church to pray after learning that more than half of the ministry area are under age 25. Knowledge focuses a burden, and the burden strengthens the prayers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How well do you know your community? If you\u2019re not sure (or even if you are sure but haven\u2019t reviewed it for some time), I encourage you to check out Church Answers\u2019 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/solutions\/tools\/kyc\/know-your-community\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know Your Community<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">resource. It\u2019s worth the expense. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve done church consulting for decades now. Over the years, I\u2019ve worked with churches of various sizes, multiple denominations, differing polities, and diverse locations. I\u2019ve learned a lot over the years.\u00a0 Some patterns are generally the same among these churches, which doesn\u2019t surprise me. 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