How to Measure Real Church Growth
What are your ministry outputs?
When church leaders think about growth, they default to measuring people's participation, not their production.
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What is the [functional] Great Commission of your Church?
A Manifesto for REAL Church Growth
If we’re honest, it’s pretty easy to see the functional Great Commission in North America: Go into all the world and make more worship attenders, baptizing them in the name of small groups, and teaching them to volunteer a few Photo by Vero Photoart on Unsplash And, “Organized Disciple-Making” does not equate to the programs you’re running—or, for that matter, to the programs the “bigger and better” church down the street or the one across the country is running. See, if you’re [...]
The Most Important Distinction To Lead By: Ministry Means vs. Ministry Ends
If you aren't clear on your ministry ends you will always measure your ministry means. Think about it. If it's easy to confuse ends and means then this becomes the most important distinction to lead by. I hate to break [...]
