The Four Needs

Helping St. Columbkille Meet  “The Four Needs”
Stephen Ministry - Reaching Hurting People

What motivates you to connect (or not connect) with a particular Christian community? What deep needs or longings do you have that a congregation could fulfill? Based on surveys and conversations with thousands of individuals, both inside and outside the church, Stephen Ministries has identified four primary longings people look to the church to fulfill.

They call them “The Four Needs”. . .

• Spirituality: helping people experience Jesus and his saving power in their lives;
   
• Community: helping people experience Jesus in one other, giving them the sense that they are connected to a “body”—a loving community—as well as to the Creator and Sustainer of all things;
   
• Care: helping people experience Jesus in their pain and suffering— when many people are most clearly in need of the gospel and most open to God’s presence and the healing, saving power of Jesus; and
   
• Service: helping people experience meaning, purpose, and significance by participating in Jesus’ mission in the world and being involved in something that is not only bigger than themselves, but also life-transforming and enduring. 20051002