We want to thank you all for participating in the Jesus Week movement. This is undeniably a John 17 Kingdom investment that God promises to bless as we labor together to see families and neighborhoods saturated with the Gospel. With the Zip Code Adoption initiative, we have the opportunity to continue to build and strengthen a unified Church & Prayer Coalitions throughout our regions.
IMPORTANT NEXT STEPS
FOR YOUR ZIP CODE
Saturation to Transformation Movement
We want to thank you all for participating in the Jesus Week movement. This is undeniably a John 17 Kingdom investment that God promises to bless as we labor together to see families and neighborhoods saturated with the Gospel. With the Zip Code Adoption initiative, we have the opportunity to continue to build and strengthen a unified Church & Prayer Coalitions throughout our regions.
GOAL FOR EVERY ZIP CODE TEAM:
1) Adopt their zip code in a John 17 strategy (5-15 churches in each zip code)
2) Each church to shepherd 500-2000 homes for prayer, outreach & Gospel saturation
3) Mobilize believers to reach every neighborhood with free Gospel materials
4) Develop transformational strategies to visit and develop relationships with every family
5) Build and strengthen unified Church and Prayer Coalitions in every zip code throughout our regions
ZIP CODE TEAM COMMITMENT:
All partnering churches are committing to meet regularly to develop prayer and outreach strategies, in a unified Saturation to Transformation Movement, to reach every neighborhood and home in their adopted zip code. Each church will have an assigned number of households and neighborhoods they are committing to reach with creative strategies.
DIRECTORY – All churches in a Zip Code Team will receive a Church & Prayer Coalition Directory of participating churches and contact information to use to build teams. The Directory will be updated as each church helps bring new churches on board to adopt their zip code at: JesusWeekMovement.org.
MAPS – As multiple churches sign up to adopt a zip code, Jesus Week will prepare and email out Neighborhood Census Block Maps for that entire zip code (in PDF form). Each participating church will adopt a certain number of households within their area and divide the census block maps to equal that number.
ZIP CODE TEAMS – Each team should begin communicating with each other as they receive the Zip Code Directory, in order to establish roles within their team and help grow with other churches.
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- EXAMPLE: If a 10,000-household zip code has 10 participating churches, that team should be made up of at least 22 leaders working together: 10 Church Outreach Leaders, 10 Church Prayer Leaders, and 1 Zip Code Church Coordinator(s), 1 Zip Code Prayer Coordinator(s).
At the Church Level – Each church needs to assign: a designated Outreach Leader(s) and Prayer Leader(s) for their adopted areas.
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- Outreach Leaders – will help organize church volunteers into mission teams for neighborhood outreaches in their assigned map areas, with the goal to reach every home with the free Gospel material.
- Prayer Leaders – will help develop a prayer team to pray for God to raise up volunteers, soften the hearts of families receiving free materials, and creative follow-up opportunities.
At the Zip Code Level – Each zip code team needs a designated Zip Code Church Coordinator(s) and a Zip Code Prayer Coordinator(s) to communicate and work with the assigned Church Leaders.
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- ZC Church Coordinator – will communicate with the Outreach Leaders of each church to help organize unified strategy meetings. They will also help manage map assignments and encourage each team to stay active with their outreaches.
- ZC Prayer Coordinator – will communicate with the Prayers Leaders of each church to discuss unified prayer strategies for covering every outreach in that zip code, and encourage teams to stay active with prayer initiatives.
BUILD YOUR TEAMS – Use the Holy Flood Playbook to mobilize your congregations and develop transformational strategies. Work together to identify and invite neighboring churches that will partner with Jesus Week and your zip code saturation to transformation You can use the promotional/media resources provided by Jesus Week to help cast vision and mission, and/or develop your own zip code team material with your own local message. New church partners should always register at JesusWeekMovement.org to be officially included in the directories and movement.
PREPARE FOR JESUS WEEK 2024 – The fun has JUST begun! Attend the orientation workshops, the official Jesus Week retreat, and local planning/prayer meetings in your region for Jesus Week. Encourage churches to join the movement and register their outreach to receive FREE Gospel Materials.
