Category: Church Growth Helping churches to grow numerically and spiritually.
Ten Growth Principles of Healthy Churches, Part 5
Ten Growth Principles for Healthy Churches, Part 4
Ten Growth Principles of Healthy Churches, Part 1
Good News, Bad News
Church Vitality Components
Audrey Barrick writing for the Christian Post reported an interesting new study by the United Methodist Church on what makes some churches healthy. Here are the key findings in that study. Churches with a high number of small groups, effective lay leadership, faithful pastors, and both traditional and contemporary services…
Growing off the Plateau
We looked last week at the term plateau, church health, and church growth. Let’s think some about how to get off the plateau. Kirk Hadaway has conducted much research over the years with Southern Baptist churches in particular. He also attempted to determine the characteristics of plateaued churches and what…
Church Health, Growth, Plateau?
7 Steps to a Friendlier Church
What can your church do to be even friendlier? Consider the following 7 steps: 1. Teach your members the difference between “having friends at church” and “being genuinely friendly to guests.” People come to church looking for a friend not looking for a friendly church. Churches are friendly but it…
7 Attitudes of Stagnation
Helping churches to grow numerically and spiritually.
Ten Growth Principles of Healthy Churches, Part 5
Ten Growth Principles for Healthy Churches, Part 4
Ten Growth Principles of Healthy Churches, Part 1
Good News, Bad News
Church Vitality Components
Audrey Barrick writing for the Christian Post reported an interesting new study by the United Methodist Church on what makes some churches healthy. Here are the key findings in that study. Churches with a high number of small groups, effective lay leadership, faithful pastors, and both traditional and contemporary services…
Growing off the Plateau
We looked last week at the term plateau, church health, and church growth. Let’s think some about how to get off the plateau. Kirk Hadaway has conducted much research over the years with Southern Baptist churches in particular. He also attempted to determine the characteristics of plateaued churches and what…
Church Health, Growth, Plateau?
7 Steps to a Friendlier Church
What can your church do to be even friendlier? Consider the following 7 steps: 1. Teach your members the difference between “having friends at church” and “being genuinely friendly to guests.” People come to church looking for a friend not looking for a friendly church. Churches are friendly but it…