Helping Churches Change Lives and Grow
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Our purpose is to help church communities attract more people and impact more lives in positive ways. Reaching more people and transforming lives has been central to Christianity for centuries. Unfortunately, attendance in most denominations has been declining for decades. The good news is that many churches are growing and strongly impacting lives. So what are they doing that attracts and keeps more people whose lives are changing?Seeking to discover the ministry essentials that attract people and change lives, we spent four years creating and validating a survey. Over the past 11 years, we surveyed over 26,000 worshippers in 174 congregations. From analyzing these surveys, we identified six ministry essentials with very strong links to church growth and changing lives. Some leaders took their survey results seriously and worked hard to strengthen their essentials. Some did not.
Hard work pays off! Ministries that strengthened their essentials were nine times more likely to change more lives and seven times more likely to grow.
"The church life survey program has been absolutely transformational for our ministry. This past year, our attendance doubled." - Rev. Barbara Clevenger, Farmington Hills, MI.
Would you like to see your ministry have significantly more people coming whose lives are changing? Identifying which ministry essentials are strong and which need further development is the first step. Second, work to strengthen those essentials that need attention. Third, measure progress. Leaders in successful ministries practice this kind of accountability.
We invite you to explore a proven-effective approach for creating the kind of ministry environment that transforms more lives and attracts more people. For more information, see our paper "What Really Grows Life Changing Churches" (click here for a free download). Also, feel free to call us at (541) 382-7404 or email us at thrivingchurches@bendtel.net
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