2. We are to walk in wisdom towards them that are without!

3. The woman Wisdom is crying out to us but we have to open up our ears to learn from her!

4. I have said that all of us are more urbanized than we easily admit.

5. I have said that all of us are more urbanized than we easily admit. Is it hard to say that “I am colder, busier, more impersonal and spend less time with old friends than my grandfather did”?

6. Is it hard to say that “I am running around like a chicken with its head cut off most days”?

7. Maybe it is just that “cities” and “urban living” are the problem!

8. Unfortunately, there is very little “rural living” except in very remote areas!

9. Unfortunately, there is very little “rural living” except in very remote areas! Good roads and great communications have seen to that!

10. Are cities the “curse and doom” of mankind? Tower of Babel

11. Are cities the “curse and doom” of mankind? Tower of Babel and Babylon

12. Are cities the “curse and doom” of mankind? Tower of Babel and Babylon Nineveh

13. Jonah 3:2-4 " 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey in extent. 4 And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day's walk. Then he cried out and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!" NKJV

14. But Nineveh Listened and Repented!

15. Jerusalem was a great city by God’s plan and design.

16. Jerusalem was a great city by God’s plan and design. When it was godly, it excelled.

17. Jerusalem was a great city by God’s plan and design. When it was godly, it excelled. When it was sinful, it was humbled or even destroyed!

18. In Jesus’ and Paul’s times Rome Antioch and Ephesus were three of the largest cities in the ancient world –

19. In Jesus’ and Paul’s times Rome Antioch and Ephesus were three of the largest cities in the ancient world – and the church did really well in those three cities!

20. Yet cities are more complex and harder to adapt to in their complexity than less populated rural society!

21. So it is much harder to understand urban churches and the Gospels interaction with the urban life style

22. Churches have to understand how to comprehend and react to urban patterns!

23. How do you make choices?

24. How do you make choices? How do you communicate with urban dwellers?

25. How do you make choices? How do you communicate with urban dwellers? What reactions should you expect?

26. Wisdom says that you have to recognize the patterns, moods, fears, values and unusual responses of people today

27. Wisdom says that you have to recognize the patterns, moods, fears, values and unusual responses of people today if you are going to reach them and move them!

28. You can see some of these when you understand the changes that have to go on as a congregation grows and has to adjust itself to each new level!

29. Levels Of Churches

30. Levels Of Churches Patriarch, Matriarch 40-50

31. Levels Of Churches Patriarch, Matriarch 40-50 One Group Church 60-80

32. Levels Of Churches Patriarch, Matriarch 40-50 One Group Church 60-80 Preacher Centered Church 125

33. Levels Of Churches Patriarch, Matriarch 40-50 One Group Church 60-80 Preacher Centered Church 125 Program Centered Church 200

34. Levels Of Churches Patriarch, Matriarch 40-50 One Group Church 60-80 Preacher Centered Church 125 Program Centered Church 200 Specialist Church 350 up

35. Key Numbers and Barriers

36. Key Numbers and Barriers 40-50 Patriarch, Matriarch

37. Key Numbers and Barriers 40-50 Patriarch, Matriarch 75-80 “One Group”

38. Key Numbers and Barriers 40-50 Patriarch, Matriarch 75-80 “One Group” 200 “One Worker”

39. Key Numbers and Barriers 40-50 Patriarch, Matriarch 75-80 “One Group” 200 “One Worker” 400 “Limited Worker Team”

40. Key Numbers and Barriers 40-50 Patriarch, Matriarch 75-80 “One Group” 200 “One Worker” 400 “Limited Worker Team” Limited Skills, Knowledge

41. Seating Rules

42. Seating Rules Seem Weird & Arbitrary

43. Seating Rules Seem Weird & Arbitrary Are Extremely Valid & Accurate

44. Seating Rules Seem Weird & Arbitrary Are Extremely Valid & Accurate Cannot Grow Beyond 75-80%

45. Seating Rules Seem Weird & Arbitrary Are Extremely Valid & Accurate Cannot Grow Beyond 75-80% Best Growth 50%-66%

46. Seating Rules Seem Weird & Arbitrary Are Extremely Valid & Accurate Cannot Grow Beyond 75-80% Best Growth 50%-66% No Growth 40% Full

47. Seating Rules Seem Weird & Arbitrary Are Extremely Valid & Accurate Cannot Grow Beyond 75-80% Best Growth 50%-66% No Growth 40% Full Dying 30% Full

48. Would you have a service for this congregation in the BJCC if they let you use it one night for free? 200 people on one side on the lower level on the center line? Describe the singing! Your feeling!

49. Tomorrow Night We will talk about the barriers and ceilings that we had introduced tonight!

61. Start

95. Facing The Future

96. Forgetting the things that are behind Pressing forward to the things that are ahead

97. Phil 3:13-15 Think This Way …forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let those of us who are mature think this way, ESV

98. In the Things That Are Ahead Patterns Events Techniques Barriers Help

99. 1. Patterns Biblical Precedent – John 4

100. 1. Patterns Biblical Precedent – John 4 Warm Bridge v. 7

101. 1. Patterns Biblical Precedent – John 4 Warm Bridge Gradual Bond v. 9-14

102. 1. Patterns Biblical Precedent – John 4 Warm Bridge Gradual Bond Stimulating Curiosity v. 10, 14

103. 1. Patterns Biblical Precedent – John 4 Warm Bridge Gradual Bond Stimulating Curiosity Established Messiah-ship v.16-18

104. 1. Patterns Biblical Precedent – John 4 Warm Bridge Gradual Bond Stimulating Curiosity Established Messiah-ship Result Was A Personal Worker

105. 2. Events

106. 2. Events Regular Services & Bible Classes

107. 2. Events Regular Services & Bible Classes Month Long Bible Class Emphasis

108. 2. Events Regular Services & Bible Classes Month Long Bible Class Emphasis Super Well Done Singing

109. 2. Events Regular Services & Bible Classes Month Long Bible Class Emphasis Super Well Done Singing Friends & Family Time

110. 2. Events Regular Services & Bible Classes Month Long Bible Class Emphasis Super Well Done Singing Friends & Family Time Bible Reading W/ Coordinated BC

111. 2. Events Regular Services & Bible Classes Month Long Bible Class Emphasis Super Well Done Singing Friends & Family Time Bible Reading W/ Coordinated BC Training Events

112. 3. Techniques

113. 3. Techniques Early Planning

114. 3. Techniques Early Planning Early Motivation & Awareness

115. 3. Techniques Early Planning Early Motivation & Awareness Training Sessions

116. 3. Techniques Early Planning Early Motivation & Awareness Training Sessions Evangelism Teams

117. 3. Techniques Early Planning Early Motivation & Awareness Training Sessions Evangelism Teams New Scriptural Forms & Patterns

118. 4. Barriers Generally Unexpected Numbers, Facilities, Work Force Balanced Seating Rules

119. Work Force Rules 200 Barrier “One Worker Barrier” It can be stretched and it has been but it will always get you!

120. 5. Help In Evangelism

121. 5. Help In Evangelism Best Help Is God’s Help

122. 5. Help In Evangelism Best Help Is God’s Help He Wants Us To Work, Cooperating With Him

123. 5. Help In Evangelism Best Help Is God’s Help He Wants Us To Work, Cooperating With Him That Great Help Is Triggered Through Prayer

124. 5. Help In Evangelism Best Help Is God’s Help He Wants Us To Work, Cooperating With Him That Great Help Is Triggered Through Prayer Praying Intently and Often