Measuring Effectiveness
How will we know an Open Crowd Festival has been e ffective?...
The 'Kingdom Cell' of local Christians remains.
The Kingdom cell will have been the core group for the event, but their common commitment is to the community itself and the long-term process of mission necessary to bring about a shift in culture, which they continue to serve together in other ways.
A Redemptive Network is Formed
A volunteer network with membership from churches and the community has been facilitated with shared values & purpose
Community needs are being identi fied and addressed
Growing goodwill exists
Growing trust & connection across the community. Over a 3-year period, increased generosity, hospitality, service within the culture
and greater openness to the Church and the message of Jesus.
“During a church service after a Festival, a Professor of Law spoke of how he had become a Christian. He shared with the congregation that his journey to faith began when he went along to an Open Crowd Festival. He hadn’t been to anything hosted by Christians for many years . He was touched by what he experienced. During the Festival, he was invited to an Alpha Course, and decided to go along. The first few weeks, he argued his way through the course. But by the end, he’d given in to God. The next year, he joined the team organising the Festival!”
