I hope it is not a substitution of a local church for a viral one…

We are an independent fellowship church group in Tanzania desiring to be heed in your church ministry. We are independent in that we are
without any cover,are not under any mission, ministry or church
organization. We request for your Christian literature materials and bibles.
We also practice the christian love and mercy by caring 45 needy orphan children who need help.
We pray that through God’s Holy Spirit at work, that you shall
appreciate our interest and desire that we might find a definite spiritual
partnership with your church ministry.

May God richly bless you as we look forward for your feedback.
Yours Pastor Richard

I am by no means suggesting that that’s what lifechurch or any other church would be doing, but that bridge has been burned so many times by vultures preying on the weak.

There is great potential with media and the future seems limitless. This would be a great tool and I look forward to seeing how the church uses it to reach the lost!

I just returned from Kenya with Compassion International where I had the chance to tour various slums around Nairobi. I was surprised to learn that most of the population in the slums had access to some form of television despite their extreme poverty.

I asked those who had been doing outreach for years in the slums how TV was changing the impoverished. The answers were all the same, quick, and simple:

Television is making those in extreme poverty significantly more discontent.

The explanation behind that statement was that before television people know that they had a rough life, but it isn’t until they see the images on television that they realize how severely disadvantaged they are.

Nevertheless, the people continue to consistently watch television almost every night, proving that it’s a medium with unquestionable potential to spread the gospel to the poorest of the poor.

Sorry

As a church we currently use a balanced scorecard, that includes some tangibles but many measures are intangible. At the start of each year the core leaders determine what sucess would look like and then provide a monthly account of how they feel that is progressing. This is presented at a monthly leaders meeting where views can be challenged and leaders held accountable to one another. This maybe easier as we are still fairly small (but growing quickly for the UK!) and most people are volunteers not staff. But this approach has really helped in ensuring that we are progressing forwards in all areas not just those that are easier to measure.

Love to hear more though about how largely churches tackle these issues.