The Church Growth Network, founded in 1987, provides a wide range of professional consulting services for churches. Our firm is particularly well-versed in church analysis, strategic planning, staffing, breaking size barriers, coaching of church planters, and generational change issues.
Robert Knegel in his book, If It Ain’t Broke? Break It!, shares, “Pardon the grammar, but if it ain’t broke today, it will be tomorrow. Today’s innovations are tomorrow’s antiques.” That’s easy for a businessman to say, but pastors in a local church must handle the criticism which results from “breaking” old forms of ministry in order to use new ones.
Read MoreCan your church live to be 100 AND be healthy? Compare your church with the secrets of healthy centenarians to find some clues on doing so.
Read MoreThose who are regular attendees of a church look at the issue of friendliness from the inside out. From their perspective, they are experiencing a friendly atmosphere. Guests to a church, however, view friendliness from the outside in. From their perspective, they don’t always sense a friendly atmosphere.
Read MoreOn Your Mark — I consulted with a church a number of years ago that kept an average of 15% of it’s first-time guests. That’s actually a good number. Unfortunately, the church had only 24 guests in an entire year, so they only kept 4 people! This illustrates a common pattern. A church does a good job of keeping people once they come, but doesn’t have enough people coming to grow.
Read MoreDisaster threatens a church following accidental parenthood (church split), physical damage (sanctuary burns down), moral dilemma (pastoral impropriety), or a number of other events. Turning a church around from one of these or other potential disasters takes patience, creativity, and a sound strategy.
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