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…Sunday. The increased costs to maintain these spaces, coupled with shrinking attendance and a subsequent decline in giving, have left many church leaders tired of fighting the budget and therefore…
…worship attendance, aging constituents, and troubling giving trends. But what if, instead, this jolt to the system is a necessary wakeup call, opening our eyes to new possibilities, new patterns…
…type. It will probably be well into 2021 before large-scale physical worship attendance becomes the norm. 2. Adaptive change is the new reality. This means that the adaptive change lessons…
…our church. Now, of course, this we isn’t static; there are always people coming in and out of regular attendance and membership. But still, those who have been around awhile…
…off the wall, confusion is always in attendance. Ask questions. Weigh whether information is reliable and congruent. But also remember that clarity won’t always be comfortable for everyone. Some people…
…had gone. We learned that every single one of our groups reported higher attendance and increased engagement than was happening before COVID-19. More than half of the groups reported that…
…be in attendance any given Sunday. Vital churches provide their members with a variety of ways to give. One positive consequence of the coronavirus response is that many churches that…
…of online worship attendance? Most local church pastors I know are reporting a great increase of focus on pastoral care. Online worship is calling for greater focus and development by…
…our worship has gone remote, many churches have had the unanticipated surprise of finding that attendance has expanded, not constricted, and that the gathered community is geographically scattered to the…
…of congregations (over 80 percent in my area) are smaller congregations with average worship attendance of 100 or less. And smaller congregations thrive in different ways than their larger sister…
…some investigating, churches often find that their memory of past glory is not really accurate. (I have often looked back over church statistics to find that the attendance was never…
…half the churches choose to pay. How Likely Is It that Conferences Can Sustain 100 Percent? Based on conference attendance and financial trends, the Lewis Center projected that there was…
…in the importance and value of prayer. Prayer might open and close meetings in your setting, for example, including naming prayer concerns by those in attendance or asking God to…
…their allegiance to a particular ministry or a particular person, giving is rooted in personality rather than faith in Jesus. As pastors come and go, ministries change, attendance rises and…
…and vulnerabilities in the next five to ten years. Many of these churches will change pastors in the next ten years. And churches are particularly vulnerable to dropping in attendance…
…as broken. It’s often stress or tragedy that cause us to sit up and pay attention to the need for change — when worship attendance gets low, when money gets…
…is announced each week (welcome, attendance, etc.) and no more than two or three announcements specific to what’s coming up in the life of your church. 3. Think creatively about…
…churches in the United States with an average membership of 79 and an average attendance of 107. The Nazarene Church has 626,811 members. Would these numbers be the fate of…
…it also helps drive attendance in weekend worship, since persons will be discussing the message in their midweek gathering. The result of this alignment is akin to a diffused light…
…growth. Topics include 50 Ways to: Welcome a New Pastor; Improve Your Annual Stewardship Campaign; Welcome New People; Increase Worship Attendance; Strengthen Ministry with Children; plus many more. Read now…
…acute in declining membership churches trying to maintain a level of programming that no longer fits their current attendance. Although it is painfully difficult, churches in this situation need to…
…digital meeting spaces, electronic giving, and social media connections in the face of the pandemic. Many congregations report that their worship attendance and participation in meetings and groups have grown…
…time. But there was always a time crunch, and, with extra attendance, families of confirmands were not always able to sit together. So the congregation shifted the reception of confirmation…
…in attendance and giving. It is a perfect time to try an experiment. Here are four things to keep in mind when doing an experiment. The truth is, many of…
…over 20 years as a consultant. One of the consistent patterns is that churches are more diligent about keeping records of attendance, membership, and giving when the numbers rise than…
…to increase worship attendance, and more streamlined administrative processes. But too often, these ideas never get off the ground. Executing a vision or plan can be a refreshing and invigorating…
…with scripture, and have never once stepped inside a church? The culture provides an ever-increasing number of competing activities on Sundays that are more compelling than church attendance. When people…
…blocks away and eventually partnered with the elementary school. Since the restart and launch of Northwest Community Church, nearly 60 people have been baptized. Attendance has increased an average of…
…The ease and comfort of “virtual evangelism” may explain in part why many congregations have enjoyed increased attendance for online worship services. (See “Online Worship Makes Evangelism Less Intimidating for…
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