Lesson Details
Part 3: Religious Profile
Unit: Understanding Your Community
Category: Working with Jesus
When we conduct public evangelism we use a certain
translation of the Bible; we use certain types of music and
other approaches that reveal a number of unstated assumptions about the people in the community. These are
assumptions about what people already know about religion before they step into the first meeting. For example,
it is assumed that people know that there are “books” in
the Bible and that they know the names of at least some
of the books and approximately what order they are in.
It is assumed that people have heard and understand certain kinds of religious music. It is assumed that people know not to answer when the preacher asks a rhetorical question
or stand up and interrupt the sermon when they have a question. I could list many more of these assumptions. All together they make a package or cultural framework which is
related to a certain religious background.
Other Lessons in this Unit
| Understanding Your Community | ||
| Part 1: What Kind of Community Are We In? |  | |
| Part 2: Demographics | | |
| Part 3: Religious Profile (this lesson) | | |
| Part 4: Interviewing Community Leaders | | |
| Part 5: Conducting a Needs Assessment | | |
| Part 6: Community Systems | | |