Who are we seeking to reach?

Below are 4 examples that we think aptly portrays who we are seeking to reach. In real ways, they represent the post-Christian culture that is all around us.

•Tom and Sue are a couple that lives in Munster and commutes into Chicago. They are working professionals, well educated, and have a bright future. They simply do not get church. They feel that they have no “need” for church.

•John, Susan, Ignacio, Fred, and Allison are a group of friends; they live in Hammond, Lansing and Munster. Fred is gay, Allison and Ignacio are living together and John is an agnostic. They are younger, inquisitive, spiritually open, and have been hurt by “church.”

•Debbie is a single mom recently divorced and lives in Hammond. She has 2 boys. She is fighting to just survive. Though she has gone to church for much of her life, she wonders if she will ever measure up and if God will ever be proud of her.

•Jason and Brenda are married and devoted Christians; they live in Lansing. They have grown up in the church and love Jesus. They are pure and mature. For the last few years though their hearts have been aching to do something more. They want to be Jesus to the outsider, the other, but don’t know how.