Before anyone can join your church they have to visit it. Before anyone can visit your church, they have to know that it exists. Pretty simple. These days there are 5 basic ways people find out that your church exists. The good news is that all 5 ways can be improved and maximized to dramatically …
If you do these three things together your church will grow. Period. There’s a reason why they’re called laws and not tips or suggestions. When you do all three growth always happens. The good news is that these laws are simple and easy to remember. The bad news is that if they were easy to …
Matthew 25:18 But the servant who received the one bag of silver dug a hole in the ground and hid the master’s money. A new perspective on your church finances can open up some exciting new leadership opportunities and will dramatically turn up the heat on your evangelism efforts. Unfortunately church budgeting and finances …
Outreach, Evangelism, & Money: A Fresh Look at Church Finances Read More »
Studies have shown that only 1 out of 5 North American church members invited anyone to church last year. Only 1 in 50 invited someone who doesn’t already attend another church. This means that, on a yearly basis, 80% of the time we don’t invite anyone, and if we do, 90% of the time it …
The Laws of Outreach – Part 5: Equipping Your People to be Inviters Read More »
Once you have attracted visitors to your church, the next step is to have them connect. If visitors never end up joining your church, your outreach efforts have been in vain. Oddly enough, most churches never really think through this process and, as a result, never get many people to stay. The first thing to …
Once a church has discovered their identity and ensured that their image now lines up with it, the next step is to communicate that image to the community. To be sure, the community already has an image of you in mind, it just might not be the right one. It might take a significant amount …
The Laws of Outreach – Part 3: Attracting Visitors Read More »
Once a church has decided in earnest that they want to be faithful to the commission Christ has given them and reach out to those beyond the church walls they should spend a good deal of effort on the first stage of the process: building an outreach identity. Before you can invite someone you have …
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According to George Barna, 75 churches close their doors every week. While Christianity is experiencing explosive growth in most areas of the world, North America is the most notable exception. While part of the problem may be our theology (if evangelicals are in decline, mainline churches are in a free-fall), the bulk of our problem …
The Laws of Outreach – Part 1: The Problem We Face Read More »
Part of the problem we face as church leaders is that we fail to see things through the eyes of our first-time visitors. When we put ourselves in their shoes and understand their discomfort we will be able to help them much more. #1 – Finding Out When Church Starts Assuming that a visitor knows …
