From Missional Context: Research for Missional Roles from the IICM Missional Suite

IICM Project	NeoTribal Cultures Project
IICM Processes	iFOCUS, iMULTIPLY, iDESIGN, iSERVE
Report Category	Community Research, Congregational Research
Data Type	Congregational data, MOSAIC segmentation
Standard Report	10 Mile Ring
Custom Report	Rings, drive time, polygon
Area Reports	State, DMA, County, MSA, Places, Tracts, Block Groups, Microgrids
Key Feature	Comparison of church membership to MOSAIC segments in community
Key Maps	Top MOSAIC segments in area
Page Length	97-98 pages
Report Purpose	clarify congregation's calling
Report Usage	local churches, missionaries
Worksheets	provided
Mentoring	Missional Coaches available
Onsite Training	Missional Congregational Commission
Online Training	in development
Minimum Donation	Standard $295; Custom $395; Region $495
Quantity Discount	Discounts for quantities
Website Link	http://context.iicm.net/index.php/PENDEX

The PENDEX™ report indexes the membership of the church by the neotribal segment among which the church members lives. Then the segment profile of the church is compared to the segment profile of the community. This comparison yields a penetration index — a measurement of the percentage of each community segment that is a member of the church. This represents the extent to which the church has penetrated the lostness of each segment. The PENDEX™ clarifies the most winnable segments, those segments with the most growth potential, those segments with the most developmental potential, and those segments with the greatest mission opportunity for the congregation.

Primary Missional Role Using this Report

The PENDEX is an assessment tool that can be used to better understand the congregation, the community, and how the church may or may not relate to the people groups in its community. Those with a prophetic role may use the PENDEX report as a diagnostic tool to better evaluate the missional potential of the congregation. Based on this assessment, several conclusions may be drawn that are beneficial to the development and implementation of missional strategies.

Research Question

Report Description

The PENDEX report provides a window into the spiritual condition of the community by evaluating the extent of evangelical presence within the social environments, lifestyle groups, lifestage groups, and social enclaves present in the missional study area. Because the report measures the extent to which the church has penetrated the lostness of each segment, the PENDEX is an evaluative tool for the congregation to better understand which groups they are effectively reaching and those which they are not.

Report Objective

To assist congregations in evaluating the cultural groups represented in their church compared to the community in order to determine missional potential, opportunity & calling.

Report Contents

Socioscape – Community Group Profile
-- Social Environments – up to 6 different types
-- Social Lifestyle Groups – up to 12 different types
-- Social Lifestage Groups – up to 10 different types
-- Top 20 Community NeoTribes: Social Lifestyle Enclaves
-- Top 10 Community NeoTribes: Comparative Profile
-- Map of Social Lifestyle Enclaves in the Community
Evangelscape – Spiritual Topography of the Community
-- Socio-Religious groups within Social Environments
-- Socio-Religious groups within Social Lifestyle Groups
-- Socio-Religious groups within Social Lifestage Groups
-- Top 20 Community NeoTribes: Socio-Religious Groups
Ecclescape – Congregational Group Profile
-- Congregational Profile of Social Environments
-- Congregational Profile of Social Lifestyle Groups
-- Congregational Profile of Social Lifestage Groups
-- Congregational Profile of Social Lifestyle Enclaves
-- Top 20 Congregational NeoTribes: Social Lifestyle Enclaves
Penscape – Congregational Penetration of the Community
-- Congregational Penetration Index of Social Environments
-- Congregational Penetration Index of Social Lifestyle Groups
-- Congregational Penetration Index of Social Lifestage Groups
-- Congregational Penetration Index of Social Lifestyle Enclaves
-- Congregational Penetration Scale of Social Lifestyle Enclaves
-- Top 20 Community NeoTribes: Congregational Penetration
-- Bottom 15 Community NeoTribes: Congregational Penetration
Missionscape – Missional Topography of the Community
-- Unreached Status within Social Environments
-- Unreached Status within Social Lifestyle Groups
-- Unreached Status within Social Lifestage Groups
-- Missionscape Map: Unevangelized vs. Churched Lifestyle Enclaves
-- Top 20 Community NeoTribes: Unreached Status
-- Missionscape Map: Congregational Missional Calling
-- Missional Responses to Social Lifestyle Enclaves

Report Worksheets

The worksheets provide a process to discover specific ways in which the participants can lead their churches to penetrate lostness within the social networks of their community target groups. The PENDEX™ clarifies the most winnable segments, those segments with the most growth potential, those segments with the most developmental potential, and those segments with the greatest mission opportunity for the congregation.

Report Training

Training in Missional Congregational Commission is included in the iFOCUS Basic Training process. Beginning with a biblical discussion of God’s activity in the personhood of humanity, the training deals with implications of the holistic gospel for a missional congregation and the way in which the gospel spreads through social networks.

Report Donation

Minimum donation required