Best Practices for Meeting with Seekers Face-to-Face

Once a Digital Filterer decides a seeker is ready for a face-to-face meeting with a Multiplier, you should have a plan in place.

Some questions to consider for your plan are:

• Who will be the one who contacts a specific seeker? What kind of communication process will you use so the workers know when and who to contact? (For those working on a team.)
• How long is too long for a seeker to wait for initial contact?
• How will you organize and keep track of contacts?
  • Consider using a contact database like Disciple.tools
  • How will you avoid contacts falling through the cracks?
  • What information needs to be recorded?
  • Who will monitor their progress?
• What will be your method of initial contact? (Ex, phone call, WhatsApp, Text message)
  • What will you say or ask?
    • Verify they are truly a seeker and not a security risk?
    • Establish a planned meeting time and location?
    • Invite them to bring another seeker?
  • Do you need a phone and SIM card that are not linked to your identity?
• What tools from your DMM training will you try to implement during follow-up meetings?
  • Modeling 3/3rd or Discover Bible Study?
  • Promote discovering, sharing, and obeying?
  • Asking who can you share/study this with?
• What security concerns do you need to address with face-to-face meetings?
  • Do you need to meet in a public place?
  • Is it better to go with someone else if possible?

You CAN get started by yourself. You don’t necessarily need others to launch a social media page, chat with seekers online, and meet with them face-to-face on your own. Start with what you have and then look for what you need.

Eventually, you may need to consider how to involve a larger group of people in your follow-up system (make sure everyone aligns with the vision).

• • Do you need a team to do this?
  • Do you need to build a coalition with others already on the field?
  • Do you need to train and work with national partners to see this accomplished?