Questions for preparing and leading an outreach team:
- What is the full story of the gospel?
- How can we teach the school to tell the whole story?
- Since people are created in the image of God, they are valuable and whichever
way we communicate and relate to them, we must recognize their dignity and
show respect. How can we do this practically, in our teams and outreach
locations?
- In order to effect change on an individual or communal level, where and what do we need to emphasize from which behavior comes? How?
- Ponder the importance and ‘stoicheions’ in the culture you are
going in. What kind of beliefs are you aware of that people hold to? If
they are in contrast to the truth, what kind of strategies does God have
to challenge these and see them replaced?
- What aspect of the culture are not in opposition to truth and can be redeemed
to glorify God?
- What ‘evangelistic’ tools do you need to create to show people
respect and affirm their dignity?
- What kind of ‘evangelistic’ tools do you have as offending people’s
respect and dignity?
- How can the creative abilities of staff and students be better utilized?
- What strongholds and idols are people confronted with on outreach? How
can you help people to recognize what beliefs are behind these and what
the behavior and consequences are thereof? If any of these have affected
team members, how?
- When people are seeing gifting and talents needed to reach a person/people
group and they ‘do not have it’, how can you encourage them, or
what could they do practically to see that changed?
- Etc.