Targeting your audience in church planting

Unfiltered: Real Church Planting Conversations

Who will your church focus on reaching? Church planting leaders Lee Stephenson and Danny Parmelee discuss the importance of creating a niche for your church plant by targeting the audience you want to reach and share some thoughts on how to reach your target audience.

1:19 - Danny explains the importance and the biblical precedent of targeting an audience when planting a church
2:33 - Danny talks about how specific a target audience should be
3:45 - Lee discusses four groups of people - Atheists, truth seekers, practical Christians, self-feeders - and the reasons to NOT focus on all four groups
7:50 - Danny mentions the regional differences in targeting audiences
8:50 - Lee talks about the need for a church to reflect its community and having a sensitivity to the culture of the community
10:30 - Danny discusses the importance of being able to focus on specific groups while still being intentional about having a representation of all people who gather at your church
13:32 - Lee talks about the importance of being a student of the community in which you want to plant and knowing the need that God has called you to fulfill
15:00 - Lee discusses what part of a church plant will make a difference in its community
15:29 - Lee and Danny discuss practical examples of how targeting an audience impacts decision-making and strategy development
20:30 - Danny shares the downside of targeting an audience and what could happen if you're not careful
23:33 - Lee shares advice to help church planters create a niche and target the audience you want to reach