Rick Rusaw is the Senior Minister at LifeBridge Christian Church in Longmont, Colorado. He serves on the board of directors for Christian Network International and Hope International University. he is also an on-air host for "worship," seen nightly on 80 PAX TV station. Rick is also a driving force behind the new churchwide initiative, Living a Life On Loan.

Eric Swanson directs the Leadership Communities for externally focused churches, in partnership with Leadership Network. Eric served 25 years with Campus Crusade fro Christ before joining Tango, a private investment company that partners with vision-lad growth companies.

How can your church get the attention of your community?

It's all about focus.

Externally focused churches do more than confront their communities - the cooperate as well.

They're quick to partner with community agencies. Open to building new relationships. They flood their neighborhooods with practical compassion.

And through it all they carry the love of Christ.