As every church leader knows, what’s happening in your church is to some extent a reflection of what’s going on in the culture. And when it comes to church attendance statistics and patterns, culture is changing rapidly. Heading into 2024,…
Declining church attendance comes up in a surprising number of conversations – and no one’s quite sure how to respond to it. The issue? Even committed church attendees are attending church less often. Sure, the trend has been happening for…
Dave Adamson, who led social and online ministry for several megachurches including North Point, talks about why some churches should stop live streaming their services, the reasons church attendance might be decentralizing rather than decreasing, and how radical self-care has…
As you know, it’s an almost universal phenomenon. In-person church attendance for most churches has dropped significantly over the last forty years. The question is, why? The answer has puzzled me for a while now. It got even harder to…
Tony Morgan returns to the podcast to share the latest data on church attendance trends, best and worst practices for creating a digital strategy, and how to track online metrics that actually matter so you can connect with people who…
As things continue to change and the crisis we’re in drags on, you’re probably asking what’s going to happen to physical church attendance in the future. That’s a really important question. The good news is that as long as there…
So, you already know you’re leading through the biggest disruption in ministry in your lifetime. Exactly how deep is the disruption? Well, what if the church has left the building? What if it’s actually that deep? Here’s what you already…
As you know, long before COVID, it was already difficult to get people to attend weekend church services. Travel sports, weekends away, the death of cultural Christianity and a growing indifference and increased mobility meant that for most churches, attendance…
So now that your church (along with almost every other church) is online, you’re probably asking: how exactly do I track ‘attendance’? One of the remarkable stories of the global pandemic is that suddenly, 49% of churches are reporting that…