It is also important to reemphasize that events cannot be transactional to be authentic. A transactional relationship has the expectation of something in return, an emphasis on what you get from the relationship. If the event has some other agenda that is not clearly stated at the outset, it will be rejected. In other words, do not offer events to get people to attend your church or to hear an evangelistic message. The event needs to be limited to the integrity of the event itself—the one exception being if the event is being done as a benefit to a social cause.
