Changes Ahead
Walter Bennett
As our ministry has continued to expand and evolve since it began in 2016, we have recognized the need to refresh our brand while making our content and services more accessible and easier to implement.
Additionally, in order to meet the growing demand for our ministry, it is necessary for us to create a steady source of funding.
Last week, you should have received an email explaining the first step of our upcoming changes. We explained that we are cleaning up our database and allowing everyone to confirm their subscriptions and contact information. In that email, we inadvertently referred to “Level 2 Resources” but failed to explain what that meant. So, here you go… a high-altitude look at what is to come in the next few months:
Our website will be completely redesigned, as well as the structure of access to all of our content. For those who land on our site with no membership, there will be several things available to them to get a feel for what our ministry does. For those who desire to go beyond kicking the tires, there will be three levels of membership:
1. Level 1 will be free and will include content and tools to allow a church to do some short-term activities based on Organic Outreach. This will include things like:
- Outreach Sunday package
- Organic Disciples’ single sermon outline
- Free 15-minute consultation call with one of our staff
- Basic Law of Love and Seven Mind Shifts evaluations
- One-Degree Rule video
2. Level 2 will be a monthly paid subscription and will include everything in Level 1, plus:
- 25% discount on coaching
- Full set of Organic Outreach and Organic Disciples books
- An online forum for Level 2 members
- Periodic live webinars
- Full series of Organic Outreach Disciples Sermons (8 weeks)
- A unique link for your church to use for the Seven Markers of Spiritual Growth Assessment with an aggregate report of the overall church
- Organic Outreach for Ordinary People and Organic Outreach for Families video series
- A group account that you can manage directly to add all the members of your church so they have full access to all of the resources appropriate for Bible studies, home groups, small groups, classes, etc…
3.Level 3 will be the highest level of membership and also a monthly paid subscription. It will include everything from Levels 1 and 2. In addition, Level 3 subscribers will have access to:
- 50% discount on coaching (both 1-on-1 and in cohorts of 6 – 8)
- An online forum for Level 3 members
- In-depth Church Outreach Culture Assessment (done annually) along with 2 hours of consultation on results
- Organic Outreach Intensive video series
- Outreach Influence Team Agendas
- Quarterly online live forum with Level 3 members
- Monthly Outreach Inspiration videos for your congregation
This is not a complete list of what each level will include, and some of this may change as we continue developing the new site, but I hope this gives you a sense of what’s to come. We are currently considering a Level 2 subscription rate of $75/month and a Level 3 at $125/month. As mentioned above, this will help considerably as we expand our content and reach churches and leaders around the globe.
Back to the recent e-mail. Level 2 includes most of the content that was available for free in the past, along with some items that were not free. For those of you who have been active in using those materials, we will provide you with a free Level 2 account. If you have found value in the past and see value moving ahead, we ask that you consider entering into a paid subscription at Level 2 or upgrading to Level 3 when the time comes. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at info@organicoutreach.org.
We anticipate launching the new site and content structure by the end of October. In the October newsletter, I will give another update on our progress.