OikosA Strategy You Can’t Live Without…

Charles Arn

RENOVATE National Church Revitalization Conference

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• Luke 8:39 • Luke 19:9• John 4:52•Acts 10:2&24•Acts 18:8• I Cor. 1:16

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•Mark 2:14-15• Luke 7:37 – 8:3• Luke 15• John 1:40• John 1:44

“household”

• Special Need 1-2%• Walk – In 4-5%• Visitation 1-2%• Church Program 2-3%• Mass Evangelism ½ %• Sunday School 3-4%• Pastor &/or staff 1-6%• Friend/Relative 75-90%

How do people come to Christ and the church today?

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Why “oikos” today?

1) … the most natural2) … the most fruitful3) … the most cost-effective4) … an enlarging source of contacts5) … greatest satisfaction6) … greatest assimilation7) … reaches entire families8) … uses existing relationships

Oikos: a strategy for you…

1. Design your outreach strategy on oikos

2. Identify unreached people in the social connections of present members

3. Pray for unreached friends/relatives

4. Create new “entry paths”

5. Build new relationships (with side doors)

6. Provide for multiple exposures to the Gospel and God’s people