1. Vision 2020 Question #1—Why do we exist?

2. Tonight’s Goals… To continue working towards a Biblically clear, succinct, and passionate answer to the question, “Why does HBC exist as a church?” – Biblical (Duh!) – Clear (Geico Rule: So easy a caveman…) – Succinct (KISS=Memorable) – Passionate (Don’t bother if you’re not bothered) – HEDGEHOG Concept

3. COMPARE #2 Jesus’ Words Love God Love People Love Oneself Go Make Disciples Baptize Teach HBC Constitution To be a dynamic organism empowered by the Holy Spirit to share Christ with as many people as possible in our church, community, and throughout the world

4. Our purpose must burn deep within our bones If it doesn’t fire you up, there’s a problem!!!

5. WHAT IF HBC DISAPPEARED?

6. What If HBC Disappeared? At your tables, please brainstorm answers to this question, “How would Hardinsburg be different if HBC ceased to exist?”

7. The Same Question Asked a Different Way At your table, please brainstorm answers to this question, “What can HBC be the best in the world at?”

8. Hedgehog Concept A simple, crystalline concept that flows from deep understanding about the intersection of a church’s passion, resources, and its community’s needs. (Collins, 2001; Rainer, 2005; Mancini, 2008.)

9. Hedgehog Concept Passion Community Needs Resources

10. HOW CAN WE IDENTIFY OUR HEDGEHOG CONCEPT?

11. Please read 1 Corinthians 3.5-17 and discuss the following questions at your table… – What are the repeated words, phrases, themes, and contrasts in this passage? – What do you think is the main point of the passage? – What could we, as a church, possibly learn regarding our church’s purpose from this passage?

12. Creating our purpose vs. discovering our purpose – Planting, watering, increase – Foundation – God’s sanctuary – “So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.”

13. What if our purpose as a church, our hedgehog concept, already lies deep within our DNA? What if, like the early church, many saints before us have laid the foundation and we simply have to rediscover it?

14. Memorial Lane (Think Joshua 4) At your tables, try and identify what has historically been HBC’s… – Passion – Resources – Community Needs

15. Hedgehog Concept Passion Community Needs Resources

16. What If HBC Disappeared? At your tables, please brainstorm answers to this question, “How would Hardinsburg be different if HBC ceased to exist?”

17. Hedgehog Concept Passion Community Needs Resources

18. Tonight’s Goals… To continue working towards a Biblically clear, succinct, and passionate answer to the question, “Why does HBC exist as a church?” – Biblical (Duh!) – Clear (Geico Rule: So easy a caveman…) – Succinct (KISS=Memorable) – Passionate (Don’t bother if you’re not bothered)