Frequently Asked Questions
What is Just Walk Across the Room?
The
Just Walk
experience originated from a series of five talks
delivered during midweek services by Bill Hybels, the founding senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church.
When he realized just how powerfully the concept resonated with his
congregation, he set about the task of broadening the application to
churches nationwide. The result was
Just
Walk Across the Room: The Four-Week Church Campaign, an experience intended to put a
blowtorch to the value of personal evangelism in your church.
Why four weeks?
You’ve heard the old saying about it taking 28 days to form a
new habit. Well, we just happen to believe that it's true.
One month: it’s long enough to cultivate a new
paradigm — even about something as complex and critical as
evangelism — but short enough to keep you engaged throughout
the entire experience. We know your ministry calendar presents the
constant dilemma of many good ideas but not enough time to execute
them all. Without monopolizing too much of your preaching schedule, we
believe devoting four weeks to the issue of personal evangelism among
your congregation will single-handedly revolutionize your
people’s minds, hearts, and habits pertaining to pointing
people to faith. Four weeks...with potentially
eternal
impact.
When should my church implement this campaign?
Honest answer? Whenever you would like. This dynamic four-week campaign can be done anytime during the church year.
What’s involved in executing the campaign?
The four-week experience has something for everyone — entire
congregations, small group participants, and individuals. From weekend
service tools — using the CD-ROM that is contained only in the
Just Walk Campaign
Curriculum Kit — to a weekly Bible study
for small groups and individual reflection, the
Just Walk experience
will aid your people in connecting visually, intellectually,
spiritually, emotionally, and interpersonally with this approach to
personal evangelism.
Specifically, the Campaign Kit contains a step-by-step implementation
plan for you to follow. After appointing a Campaign Team about 60 days
prior to your launch date, you will be led through a variety of
mission-critical activities, such as:
- Obtaining buy-in from church leadership (60 days out)
- Recruiting and orienting campaign team members (45 days out)
- Coordinating a Congregational Day of Prayer & Fasting (30 days out)
- Facilitating small groups’ success in working through the material (30 days out)
- Creating and maintaining positive momentum (throughout four weeks of experience)
- Celebrating success (immediately following the experience)
Where can I download the free promotional and small group resources needed to promote and experience Just Walk?
Free Small Group Downloads:
Promotional Downloads:
How do I order what I need?
Glad you asked! Click either logo for details…
How much does this cost?
The
Just Walk experience is incredibly affordable — remember, the entire Campaign Kit retails for only $99.99 ($79.99 for
WCA churches and those ordering through ZCS — reflecting a 20% discount). Also, keep in mind as you run the numbers that you can choose to pass along the costs of the hardcover book and Participant Guide to your congregants; you can fund these resources for them in full; or you can split the cost with them. Ordering in higher quantities helps;
click here for bulk pricing details.
What will happen as a result of implementing this campaign?
It’s really true: Most Christ-followers not only know people
in their spheres of influence who are living far from God, but they
also desperately wish they could do
something —
anything — to point them
toward faith. In
other words, they have the “want to” of personal
evangelism, but they believe they lack the “will
do!” aspect.
Just Walk Across the Room: The
Four-Week Experience provides a great
framework for thinking about the work of personal evangelism. But it
doesn’t stop there…it also gives your congregation
the requisite confidence that pointing people to faith is something
that
they can do. As your church wraps their brains
around paying more
attention to the Holy Spirit than they pay to their fears, their
insecurities, and their bad past experiences…they will see God
use them in profound ways as he works to build his kingdom here on
planet Earth.
Here’s how Bill Hybels reflects on a similar concept in
Just
Walk Across the Room:
You and I have been redeemed
and restored for a similar
purpose — a purpose more notable than spending eternity with
God in heaven. You and I are expected and encouraged to share our
salvation with others so that God’s ultimate agenda is
served — that all people would come to know him as Father.
Encourage your congregation to take a walk, friends. They will never
regret steps taken toward the people for whom Christ
died…for whom the heart of God beats.