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Naming Your Intended Audience

Here's the thing: when you try to speak to everyone, you reach almost no one. Name the specific people you're trying to reach, and every decision after this gets easier!

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Specific is the WHOLE game. "Young families" tells you almost nothing about what to say or where to say it. Aim for a description so specific you could picture one real person. That person becomes your guide for everything in Rising.
Step 1

Who do you think you're trying to reach?

Write your gut answer in one quick sentence. I'll help you sharpen it next.

Step 2

Get specific with five questions

You don't need all five. The more you answer, the clearer it gets (promise!).

A category
Young families.
A real picture
Parents of school-age kids who are curious about faith but wary of church, and want their children to grow up with something deeper than they had.
Where are they in life?

New parents, empty nesters, students, retirees, newly single, new to town?

What are they longing for or worried about?

Belonging, meaning, community for their kids, a place to grieve, a fresh start?

Where are they with faith and church?

Skeptical, coming back, never been, or raised in church and drifted away?

Where do they live?

A neighborhood, the new developments, the blocks around your building?

Any broad details worth noting? (optional)

Age range or household type. Hold these loosely.

Step 3

Who's your main audience, and who's next?

When a decision is close, go with your main audience.

One specific description, clear enough to picture one real person.
Another real group worth serving, just as specific.
The payoff

Your Intended Audience

Look how far you came from your first guess! Keep this somewhere you'll see it, and revisit it once a year as your community changes.

Where you started
Where you landed
Your audience statement