I’ve written posts and articles on how to grow your church… here’s a quick checklist you can use to find out why your church isn’t growing – complete with links to articles and resources to help.

• Unresolved conflict
• Limited or poor marketing  (no one has heard of you)
• No emphasis on growth programming
• Congregational low self-esteem (no one’s inviting anybody)
• Pastor engaged in limited networking
• Poor hospitality
• Poor follow-up
• Crowded conditions (over 75% full seating/parking/etc.)
• Irrelevant worship/sermons (not visitor focused/sensitive)
• Poorly targeted worship liturgy/style/content
• Anachronistic to your target (lack of or poor use of technology)
• Inward focused
• Lack of excellence
• Congregational members not adopting returning guests

Of course, if you’re stuck, helping churches grow is what we do – it’s the only thing we do. Contact us today for a proposal for church consulting, coaching, or training.