MAP method

Question 1

The MAP method

Answer 1

• map charts the course of your message
• getting audience to final point of application
• Relational outline
• ME WE GOD YOU WE

Question 2

ME (orientation)

Answer 2

• Introduce a dilemma
• Using a personal story to orient the audience to the topic
• Finding common ground with audience
• Being genuine with them builds trust

Question 3

WE (identification)

Answer 3

• assures audience that topic is relevant to them
• allows communicator to identify with audience
• broaden the tension
• focus on question you are going to answer until you are sure that your audience wants the answer

Question 4

GOD (illumination)

Answer 4

• Discovering what God says about this tension/question
• new perspective to shine a fresh light
• help people resolve the issue
• exegetical work on scripture
• find the balance between too light and too heavy on scripture

Question 5

YOU (application)

Answer 5

• challenging your audience to act on what they just heard
• find one point of application that is realistic, application that is life-altering may be overwhelming
• answering “so what” and “now what”

Question 6

WE (inspiration)

Answer 6

-Close with inspiration; what could this look like in your church, family, etc.