Salt & Light Projects

Preserving the moral integrity and
meeting practical needs of the community

The following are some examples of possible SALT Ministry projects. Some projects may be suitable for your church; others may not. Check with a pastor of appropriate spiritual leader before you choose a project. (Any links to other websites are for informational purposes only and do not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the organizations or the sites' content by Wisconsin Family Council.) [Note: This project listing is also found in the SALT Ministry Manual on pages 9-12.)

Salt Projects

• Organize and conduct a comprehensive voter registration drive at your church.
  
  
• Act to curtail the expansion of gambling, or to shut gambling businesses down entirely and permanently. (See The National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling and Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling.)
  
  
• Provide voter information publications for all elections. ( Wisconsin Family Council provides such information for statewide elections every two years). Organize a special time of prayer and fasting for the elections.
  
  
• Provide Sunday School, adult Christian education, and small group curricula for social and moral issues, and community involvement from a biblical perspective. Bring in special speakers on these topics.
  
  
• Keep your church leadership and members apprised of significant legislative developments at the state capitol, especially those with implications for families. (See Wisconsin Family Council and the Wisconsin legislative web site.)
  
  
• Organize students to observe the Day of Truth (early April), which was established to counter the promotion of the homosexual agenda in schools and expresses an opposing viewpoint from a Christian perspective. (See Alliance Defense Fund.)
  
  
• Research and provide your pastor with background information and materials for challenging messages on those social issues that require a Christian response. (For example, see Focus on the Family’s website and its website The Parsonage, as well as Pastor Ray Pritchard’s Keep Believing Ministries website. These websites offer sermon outlines and other resources on a number of key social issues.)
  
  
• Arrange activities to observe Sanctity of Human Life Week in January. (See Focus on the Family’s pro-life outreach web site.)
  
  
• Provide your local school district with materials and recommended speakers that emphasize abstinence in sex education, as well as the importance of traditional marriage between one man and one woman. (See Wisconsin Abstinence Coalition, and Abstinence & Marriage Education Partnership.)
  
  
• Work to place additional restrictions on sexually oriented businesses in the area, or to shut such businesses down entirely and permanently.
  
  
• Organize for students to observe the Day of Purity (sponsored annually by Liberty Counsel around Valentine’s Day), a day designed for this nation’s youth to make a public demonstration of their commitment to remain sexually pure.
  
• Locate and train letter writers to regularly write to the local media about moral and ethical issues from a biblical perspective.
  
  
• Organize a letter-writing campaign to the sponsors of offensive television programming; send letters of encouragement to advertisers who support wholesome programming. (See American Family Association.)
  
  
• Survey local candidates (including those running for county, municipal, and school board positions) regarding their positions on relevant issues. Report the survey results to members of your church and your community.
  
  
• Attend, or have church representatives attend, meetings of the city council, school board, library board, and other municipal or county boards or commissions as needed.
  
  
• Provide information on Internet filters for church members.
  
  
• Make the Wisconsin Family Council’s 2007-2008 Legislative Directory available to interested members of your congregation.
  
  
• Encourage them to pray for their elected officials on a regular basis. (Praying for Elected Officials).
  
  
• Develop an email network to provide regular updates and occasional alerts on important issues in your area.
  
  
• Work with area clergy members to encourage and establish basic uniform standards for marriage among local churches (e.g., mandating premarital counseling).
  
  
• Place a billboard advertisement for abortion alternatives, including pregnancy resource centers and adoptive services.
  
  
• Plan to testify at a public hearing in Madison when legislation regarding moral issues is being proposed.

  Light Projects

• Organize a group from your church to serve in a local food pantry, homeless shelter, or soup kitchen.
  
  
• On Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, sponsor an advertisement in your local newspaper highlighting the importance of motherhood and fatherhood. Celebrate fatherhood and motherhood in your local church in a special way.
  
  
• Organize volunteers for a prison ministry, for prisoners transitioning back into society, or for the families of prisoners. (See Prison Fellowship Ministry and Prison Aftercare Network of WI.)
  
  
• Sponsor a marriage seminar or organize a marriage retreat for members as well as those outside your church.
  
  
• Arrange activities to publicize the plight of the persecuted church. Participate in the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.
  
  
• Organize volunteers to serve with a local hospice organization. (See Christian Community Hospice.)
  
  
• Mentor and befriend boys and girls in single-parent homes.
  
  
• Host a free parenting course for single or at risk-parents in your community.
  
  
• Help coordinate your community’s or region’s National Day of Prayer observance each May. Plan events for your church if possible. (See National Day of Prayer.)
  
  
• Tutor academically challenged children in your local school system, forming redemptive friendships.
  
  
• Sponsor English as a Second Language Class at your church.
  
  
• Volunteer for crisis pregnancy centers. (See Care Net and Lifecall: Crisis Pregnancy Centers.)
  
  
• Adopt an individual or family on welfare, providing them with assistance, training, and opportunities to transition into a self sufficient lifestyle. (See Crown Financial Ministries.)