Why Your Church’s Welcome Is Driving Guests Away
Explore how declining church hospitality practices impact guest retention and discover actionable steps for your church’s welcome.
Getting Visitors is Easy-ish! Keeping Your Guests is the Hard Part
Word Count: 359 – Est Read Time: <2 Minutes What’s Up:Bringing people through the front door is easy (well, relatively!). Keeping your guests? That’s the real issue you need to wrestle with. So What:The average church loses 85 out of every 100 first-time guests. That’s not a leak … that’s a flood. And it’s killing […]
Four Key Strategies That Will Grow Your Church
Growing a church isn’t about finding a magic bullet or the latest trendy program. It’s about focusing on what truly matters. After decades of working with churches across the nation, I’ve found that sustainable church growth boils down to four core processes: Invite, Connect, Disciple, and Send. Bill Easum and I wrote about these in […]
Discerning and Developing Core Values
Over the years, there has been a good bit of conversation amongst church leaders, consultants, and coaches about congregational values – as in, every church needs to identify their core values. All that’s fine and good, but far too often I’ve come upon churches that spout their values as if they’re water springing from a […]
Deepen Your Congregation’s Spirituality Quotient
Back in the mid-1980s, while I was an undergraduate at Florida Baptist College, my professor, Dr. LeRoy Benefield, shared insights that have stayed with me to this day. He recounted a statement from Billy Graham, who estimated that only about 10% of active church members were faithful, practicing disciples of Jesus Christ. This revelation caused […]
Getting Church Members to Invite
The other day, I found myself in a heart-to-heart with a pastor, and his frustration was palpable. He complained, “My members just aren’t inviting their friends and neighbors to church.” It’s a common refrain, isn’t it? But here’s the twist: your members have already invited pretty much everyone they know over the years and they’ve […]