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.
Those 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.
Read MoreThe first flickering images hit the airwaves on April 30, 1939. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a short speech declaring open the New York World’s Fair. It was the first public broadcast of an electronic medium called television.
Read MoreChurch leaders know that effective follow-up of guests is an important ingredient to their church’s growth. Traditionally, churches followed up with guests through a personal visit to the new person’s home by a pastor or calling team. Today we recognize that method is no longer as effective as it used to be.
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