Four Areas of Focus 1.Developing principled Christian leaders for church and world 2.Creating new places for new people and renewing existing congregations.

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Four Areas of Focus 1.Developing principled Christian leaders for church and world 2.Creating new places for new people and renewing existing congregations 3.Engaging in Ministry with the poor 4.Stamping out the killer diseases of poverty by improving health globally

New Places for New People The United Methodist Church in Kansas

Four Areas of Focus a framework for reaching more people, younger people, more diverse people with the Good News of God’s love and Grace in Jesus Christ

Develop Principled Christian Leaders School of Congregational Development New Church Leadership Institute Best practices in outreach evangelism Not just for potential planters Speak to your D.S. Boot Camp Coaching

Create New Places for New People Three Priorities Geographic: population growth Systemic: existing churches reach out Demographic: unreached segment

Benchmarks In Kansas One UMC for every 3,966 people In surveys, 12.2% “prefer” UMC 5.7% are UMs

Counties Potentially Underserved by the UMC Benchmarks: 1 per 3, % 12.2%

Top 8 Underserved Benchmarks: 1 per 3, % 12.2%

Three Priorities Geographic: we must start new churches where the population is growing

Growing Counties

Three Priorities Geographic: we must start new churches where the population is growing Demographic: in virtually every city/town there are groups of people who are not attending United Methodist Churches

Hispanic Populations

Kansas Area Goal Start 10 new churches between 2008 and 2012 So far: KE - 3 Anglo, 2 Hispanic KW - 1 Anglo, 1 Hispanic

Potential New Starts Northwest Wichita South Johnson County Sedgwick/Butler “Micro-church” Hays-Ellis “Blue Collar”

New Start Discussions Hispanic Holcomb-Deerfield Hutchinson Winfield-Ark City Southeast Kansas Kansas City, Kansas Olathe

Other Possibilities Vietnamese Native American

Three Priorities Geographic: we must start new churches where the population is growing Demographic: in virtually every city/town there are groups of people who are not attending United Methodist Churches Systemic: existing churches reach out

Create New Places for New People Existing Churches As many as 50% unchurched in your community More than twice as many people “prefer” UMC as we have members

Gallup Poll March, 2009 Gives Methodists highest positive ratings of any U.S. religious group 96% of those interviewed expressed either positive or neutral views of Methodists

Barna Research 2009 Study 58% - UMs care for & support one another 51% - UMs help people facing personal difficulties 41% - UMs help you find deeper meaning and purpose in life 57% - UMs accept you for who you are

New Places for New People Know your community - demographics Lead the way Worship Services Bible Studies Meet people where they are Organize your people for outreach

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