I was recently on a team of people who contrived the "Social Justice and the Gospel” experience at the Catalyst conference in Atlanta. Catalyst is a next generation leader conference for young Christian leaders that has nearly 14,000 people attending each year. At the event, many non-profit organizations set-up booths to get people involved with their causes and Adventures was able to host the experience.
Below is a walkthrough of the expereince.
The viewers start at "creation" where they pick one of our four causes (poverty, orphans, water or slavery), and put a name tag with that cause on.
They then walk into "the fall" where they follow a path towards facts about the cause they chose. There are also viewfinders where participants can see real photos of people suffering from their causes overseas.
Pictured below: "Every 4 seconds a child dies of poverty" countdown. The number goes up as the event goes on.
After walking through the fall, they follow their cause into "redemption" where organizations who are redeeming victims of these causes can give them information. For example, if a person chooses orphans, they will walk into Compassion International, an organization that sponsors children for food and education.
If participants keep walking they will hit the final stage "redemption" featuring organizations providing redemption to the victims. Here they can also fill out a card for more information on any of the organizations and place a lightbulb on "the tree of life."
Adventures in Missions got a ton of exposure and people to fill out profiles for trips. The event was a success and a majority of the 14,000 people walked through the experience.
