Bonus Points Criteria
Criteria
Last Updated on Monday, 26 October 2009 19:39
BONUS POINTS TABLE
The following Bonus Point table is an innovative attempt to quantify participating teams' successes, and is unique to the Global Witnessing Challenge.
It is an inconclusive means of providing interesting statistical feedback, without necessarily being reflective of other intangible (and often more valuable) measures of the impact of teams, such as seeds sown and people uplifted, encouraged and simply touched with the love of God.
Apart from merely adding an "edge" to the important stuff teams are already doing on their pilgrimage, these bonus points are finally tallied up and contribute to Awards earned by teams for achievements they've recorded and reported. To qualify for any award teams will need to be able to provide external evidence of certain claims, as highlighted in the table below:
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Criteria |
x factor |
+ bonus |
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1. |
City size |
Size of location witnessed in |
> 500,000 |
1.00 |
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300-499,000 |
1.10 |
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100-299,000 |
1.25 |
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20-99,000 |
1.50 |
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< 20,000 |
1.75 |
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in transit |
2.00 |
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Country grade |
Classification of country, by grade: |
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1.00 |
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2 |
1.50 |
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3 |
2.00 |
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4 |
3.00 |
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3. |
Language factor |
Recognition of language barriers |
single official & native language |
1.00 |
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single official & secondary lang. |
1.05 |
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multi official inc. native language |
1.10 |
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multi official inc. secondary lang. |
1.20 |
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non-native or secondary lang’s |
1.50 |
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4. |
Country successes |
No. of countries successfully witnessed and obtained conversions in |
< 9 |
1.00 |
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9-19 |
1.10 |
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20-29 |
1.25 |
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30 + |
1.50 |
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5. |
Church referrals |
Formal links established with local churches to pick up people for discipleship |
existing Christians |
1.50 |
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new converts |
3.50 |
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Contact details |
New converts provide verifiable contact details (email or phone) |
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1.10 |
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7. |
Video evidence |
Supporting video experiences |
new conversions |
1.20 |
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baptisms |
1.20 |
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Baptisms |
Performing baptisms |
existing Christians |
1.50 |
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new converts |
2.00 |
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Bible |
Distribution of bibles in native languages (to new converts) |
English |
1.50 |
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non-English |
2.00 |
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existing Christians |
1.25 |
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10. |
Guest appearances |
Invitations to speak at events and other public appearances |
churches |
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6 |
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schools |
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8 |
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other institutions |
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8 |
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public talks/debate |
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10 |
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11. |
Blog updates |
Regular (weekly) online blog updates and video clips |
blog report (max of 1) |
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4 - 1 |
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video clip (max. of 3) |
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2 |
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12. |
Country visits |
All countries visited in respective Divisions |
see country lists |
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25 |
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13. |
Deadline |
Complete the Challenge in S. Africa by due date |
deadline met |
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20 |
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finish on 31 Aug. |
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50 |
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deadline missed |
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-50 |
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14. |
Volume conversions |
Incentives based on number of new conversions per event |
> 25/event |
1.10 |
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> 100/event |
1.20 |
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> 100/town |
1.10 |
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> 250/country |
1.10 |
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> 500/country |
1.20 |
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> 250/fortnight |
1.10 |
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15. |
Weekly conversions |
Most no. of new conversions per week per Division |
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20 |
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16. |
Web site stats/votes |
Weekly achievements recorded by the official Challenge web site |
most popular blog |
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10 |
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(by Division) |
most popular clip |
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10 |
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best Testimonial |
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10 |
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best effort award |
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15 |
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Good Samaritan |
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20 |
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17. |
Fund raising |
Incentives for funds raised and received to-date for official causes |
per US$1,000 raised |
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5 |
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18. |
Promotions and Publicity |
Distributing official promotional materials re-the Challenge, and notifying secular media outlets |
per church notified |
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2 |
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web site link web site banner |
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5 10 |
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Christian media outlet notified |
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10 |
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newspaper - local |
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15 |
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newspaper – nat’l. |
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25 |
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radio - local |
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15 |
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radio – nat’l. |
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25 |
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television – reg’l. |
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30 |
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television – nat’l. |
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100 |
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19. |
Communications |
Number of outgoing and incoming items of correspondence recorded through the official web site |
per 100 items |
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5 |
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20. |
Supporting church |
Teams’ base churches who provide the most active, helpful and material support to foreign teams |
as judged by each foreign team |
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5 – 3 – 1 |
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best overall support award |
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25 |
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best continent support award |
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15 |
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21. |
Extra countries |
For each additional country, not included in a team's Divisional list, in which a team wins at least one convert |
up to a maximum of 5 extra countries |
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10 |
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Key: Internal verification available External supporting evidence needed
To see a worked example of how these Bonus Points work in practice, click here.
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