Brief Overview ofEP3 Church PlantingSoftware Tools
Developed by
Mission Aviation Fellowship
EP3 stands for
Every Place
Every Person
Every People
What is the purpose of EP3 software?
To evaluate the state of the Church in a country or region
To provide the national churches and their international partners with strategic information for
the envisioning for church planting the focusing of prayer and outreach the optimization of church ministries the facilitation of partnership
EP3 Software ToolsEP3 Data Entry
Tool by which church data can be collected and cataloged:
•church information
•ethnicity
•language
•pastor data
•church ministries
•church health indicators, etc.
EP3 Software ToolsEP3 Data Entry – Church Entry Screen
EP3 Software ToolsEP3 Mapper
To rapidly identify the places, people groups, and individuals without a Christian witness
Can assist with answering the questions:
•Where are the unreached areas?
•What are the barriers (geographic, political, ethnic, etc.)?
•Which ethnic groups are being missed?
•Are we reaching men? Women? Children?
•Which churches have certain types of ministries?
EP3 Software ToolsEP3 Mapper – Country with Churches
EP3 Software ToolsEP3 Mapper – Churches to Population Ratio
EP3 Software ToolsEP3 Mapper – Built in Analysis Tools
EP3 Software ToolsEP3 Mapper – Integrated Census Data
EP3 Software ToolsEP3 Qualitative
Using pastor and member surveys, analysis indicators to determine a church’s health and vitality. Can be used to look at the Church health overall in a country, a region, or down to an individual church.
Generates reports that can be used to identify a church’s strength and weaknesses.
EP3 Software ToolsEP3 Qualitative – Example Church Report