
Do you ever wonder what is really going
on in your community? What are the unspoken heart cries of the people
you want to reach? What are the trends and undercurrents moving through
your community? What is God doing in your city right now and how can
you discern His movements and align yourself in strategic partnership?
Let’s face it. For all our apparent sophistication and insightfulness
we have to
admit we only ‘see through a glass darkly.’

When we start to look for really good community intelligence the only
thing we find is that it’s not readily available. We can’t
google it, and even existing local research only provides a small
part of the picture. But we haveto realize that without accurate spiritual-social
intelligence we could easily be giving great answers to questions
not being asked, while the most sincere appeals and urgent needs lie
just off our radar. This not only greatly dilutes our resources, but
most importantly, it can keep us from ever seeing the full impact
we so desire. So what can we do?
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