There are many ways the church can plan to follow up with the community. How your church does this will depend largely on the needs of your community and the resources your church has.

There are two ways to approach follow-up:

1. Gather information from the community to know their needs through a survey. Then offer it to them afterwards.
2. Offer services/events/programs in each flyer, and distribute them with each The Great Controversy package as you distribute.

Ideas for follow-up and resources:

1. Bible Studies

• Personal (in-person or via Zoom) 
• Online or correspondence studies 
• Discover https://www.voiceofprophecy.com/bible-studies
• Amazing Facts https://www.amazingfacts.org/bible-study/free-online-bible-school 
• It Is Written https://itiswritten.study/lessons-information
• Kids’ Studies https://www.kidsglow.org/

2. Health Evangelism

• Natural Remedies Classes
• Cooking Classes
• Health Expos
• Diabetes Undone https://diabetesundone.com/groups/
• Depression Recovery Program https://www.nedleyhealth.com/community-program/training-the-trainer

3. Prophecy Seminars or Other Evangelistic Series

4. Family Seminars and Workshops

• Marriage Seminars
• Men’s Group
• VBS

5. Community Service

• Lawn Care
• Food Bank
• Diaper Drive
• Back to School Drive
• Holiday Food Baskets

Follow up guidelines

1. Assign people in the church to take over specific areas of follow up.
2. Follow up with Bible study interests as soon as they come in, the longer you wait, the colder the response becomes.
3. Follow through and be consistent in your efforts.
4. Create your follow up activities according to a yearly plan, instead of just randomly timed events.

The Great Controversy project is not meant to just be an event, but a commitment to hand-deliver The Great Controversy into every home of your surrounding community.

With that being said, here are some different models you can consider for continuing the project after the initial outreach!

1. The A,B,C,D model –  In this model, you will have four dedicated teams committed to doing outreach on a specific Sabbath each week of the month. As a result, you have a group of people distributing every Sabbath, whilst each group only goes out once a month, so no one gets burned out! This is the most successful model we have seen and the one we recommend the most.
2. Twice-a-month model – This model has groups of people going out to distribute two Sabbaths a month.
3. Once-a-month model- This model has all groups of people going out to distribute once a month.
4. Once every quarter – This model organizes large distributions to take place once a quarter throughout the year.

Choose that which works best for you; just remember the goal of this outreach! It’s not just an event but part of your entire evangelism cycle of witnessing, gaining community interests, building relationships with your communities, and baptisms!