Helpful tips on connecting newcomers and new members to the life of the church.
In many of our churches, 80% of those who join disappear within 6 months. They visited and joined our churches with eagerness and enthusiasm. Some of these came to us from other churches. Others realized their need for Jesus as Savior and Lord. But something was missing. In the absence…
Discipleship fails without the big rocks of assimilation. Connecting your strategies is essential and does not have to be complicated.
There are many reasons people have dropped out, but I believe all the reasons boil down to one thing: a lack of care.
Critical disciple-making question: What would happen if the church became the most caring group that exists on earth?
I lean toward having conversation relatively early in your disciple-making sessions together about how you both are shaped to serve.
Leading a disciple to serve with you is often one of the key ways of helping your disciple to take steps toward serving.
Those who drop out stop stop growing to be like Him and stop serving Him. And the harvest cannot afford to lose laborers.
Jesus encourages pursuit and care for the lost as well as those who disconnect from the body. Pursuit without care is meaningless.
Simple assimilation habits help believers identify and connect with Christ and the church. A leader/teacher can help move members toward good habits.
While recovering from atrophy is time-consuming and painful, it is worth doing. Ignoring atrophy results in permanent loss.
Two encounters are critical. First, the leader encounters God in His Word and is changed. Second, the leader guides the group to have a life-changing encounter.
In John 13:34-35, three times Jesus said, “Love one another.” Your group is the ideal place to practice and launch the kind of love for one another that shows the world that we are His disciples.