1. Working Cowboys-
makes all or part of their living horseback, they represent a small
part of this population and they may be the hardest to reach.
2. Professional Rodeo Cowboys make all or a part of their living on the rodeo circuit and again are very few in number.
3. Arena Cowboys & Cowgirls-
makes his or her living somewhere other than the ranch or rodeo but
they love arena activities such as team roping, barrel racing, team
penning, ranch rodeo, sorting, cutting, play day etc.
4. Cattle people-
these may be large ranchers with hundreds or thousands of head or
people who own a few cows or even one FFA steer. They may or may not
use horses.
5. Horse people-
these people love horses, they may trail ride, western pleasure, show
horses, raise horses, race horses or just have a few nags in the pasture
and they may or may not care anything about cows.
6. Cowboys at heart-
people who just love the cowboy and what he stands for. They wear
boots, jeans and a cowboy hat, they listen to country music, have all of
John Wayne's movies on DVD and Capt. Augustus McCrae and Capt. Woodrow
F. Call are their heroes.
7. Cowboy mentality people-
these folks may be linked to the culture through their past, parents or
family, they are people who live by a code, your word is your bond, a
honest day's work for an honest day's pay. They may be electricians,
carpenters, law enforcement officers, firefighters, business men,
working folks, country folks, people who love the land, farmers, hunters
and fishermen. Even to the extent as one put it, those who have ever
watched a western.
The further you go down this list a larger
number of these folks are in the population. These are the people God
has called us to reach that traditional churches have failed to reach in
large numbers.
Values- What is important?
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Simplicity with excellence – Mark 7:37
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Non judgmental – John 8:1-11
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Empowerment with accountability – John 20:21, Eph 4
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Cultural relevance - 1 Cor 9:19-23
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Intentional Reproduction – Matt 28:19-20
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