Church Growth
Text Messaging Vs. Email Marketing: Which Strategy Is Best For Your Church in 2021?
This post on text messaging vs email is written by Laura Pechenik, Demand Generation Marketing Manager at Gloo. By Laura Pechenik: Today, people are increasingly connected while “on the go” via smartphones and other mobile devices. But even as the world becomes more and more connected, people are growing more disconnected from church at an…
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The Top Three Digital Engagement Mistakes to Avoid
Today’s post on digital engagement mistakes is written by Alan George. Alan brings his expertise from almost a decade as the Church Online Pastor at Life.Church, and is passionate about leveraging technology to make the truth of Christ accessible to all people. By Alan George Mistakes aren’t all bad. No one wants to make a…
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Your Church’s Fall 2021 Growth Opportunity (Why It’s A Season Of Hope…)
This is a post written by Rich Birch. Rich is the founder of Unseminary and is a member of my Speaking Team. You can book Rich to consult with your team or speak at your next event here. By Rich Birch The coming months represent a potentially unprecedented opportunity to see your church impact more people than ever before. As…
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The Self-Awareness Gap: What Non-Christian People Really Think About the Church
Self-awareness is one of the keys to emotional intelligence. It’s also a key to growth. With that in mind, some recent research by the Barna Group through their Barna Cities initiative shows the church, in addition to the many well documented challenges it’s facing, might have an emerging self-awareness issue. The self-awareness gap, as you’ll…
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Declining Volunteer Numbers and 5 Steps to Reverse It
This is a post by Jeff Henderson. Jeff is a leading voice on how to create and grow momentum for organizations and leaders and is a member of my Speaking Team. Jeff is the founder of The For Company and author of the book, Know What You’re For. By Jeff Henderson While there’s been a lot of conversation about declining…
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3 Things That Will Be True About Growing Churches In the Future
There’s no question everything in ministry has shifted in the last eighteen months. But the real question is how? Some things, of course, never change. The mission of the church is as critical as ever. The need for prayer, scripture, preaching, love, community, grace, forgiveness, and hope is as sharp as ever. And yet church…
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The New Church Metrics: 6 Things Pastors Should Start (And Stop) Measuring
With hybrid church (physical + digital ministry) as the new standard, how do you measure what happened at church last week? Measurements matter only insofar as they help you assess the extent to which you’re accomplishing your mission. If the goal is to turn online views into real relationships and actual discipleship, do you have…
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5 Cultural Shifts We Need To Understand To Reach The West
Today’s post is written by Mark Clark. Mark is Senior Pastor of Village Church in Vancouver, a close friend, and co-creator of our courses The Art of Better Reaching and The Art of Better Preaching. By Mark Clark “The world is changing. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the air.” So begins…
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The Data Is In: 5 Things That Will Sabotage Your Church’s Future Growth
So how is your church positioned for reaching new people in the years ahead? Over 5000 church leaders recently completed the Church Outreach Assessment, and the data is in. The results were a little surprising, with some signs of hope as well as some significant areas for growth. The good news is that churches are…
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How to Keep Leading (And Growing) When 10%, 20% or 40% of Your Church Disappears
One of the biggest challenges most pastors are facing right now is that a meaningful percentage of their congregation seems to have disappeared. Or at least they think that’s what’s happening. In the current climate of reopened in-person services, online church, so many people moving and the uncertainty of the post-pandemic world, it’s hard to…
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