Church Outreach: 4 Common Mistakes Churches Make When Scheduling a Christian Comedy Outreach Event

Comedy is a great outreach event your church can host for your community because everyone enjoys laughter. From laughter we are closer to the joy that God intends for us. Yet, your staff can schedule the best Christian comedian and still have the event flop. Here are 4 common mistakes churches make when planning a Christian comedy outreach event:

1. Forget about the target audience.

When planning a Christian comedy outreach event, often church staff members include programming that only appeals to their members rather than the target audience. Consider leaving the praise and worship band out of the programming. Or avoid collecting an offering. If the intention of your church event is outreach, then Christian comedy can stand alone as the main programming.

2. Forget the purpose of ticket sales

When selling tickets to your Christian comedy event, it is easy to consider them as a simple gauge of how much money the event will bring in. However, ticket sales are a great means of outreach. For each ticket sold for the Christian comedy event, give a complimentary one to church members to give to someone that would normally not attend church.

3. Poor Advertising

All churches want their Christian comedy outreach event to be a success. Yet, their marketing stops at the church bulletin. Or they ask their members to bring someone to the outreach event when they are not even familiar with the Christian comedian. Show a clip of the Christian comedian in a church service at least three weeks prior to your outreach event to help your members think about whom they would like to invite.

4. Choose the wrong Christian comedian

Many churches can do all the best planning, yet still their event fails because the Christian comedian does not understand anything about outreach. Their sketch is too churchy and they only appeal to church members. Prior to the event, take the time to discuss the goals of your event to the Christian comedian so that working together your outreach event is a success.