Since the vision statement of Community Christian Church is "helping people find their way back to God," we spend a lot of time dreaming, discussing, and talking about how we can do a better job of motivating our people to invite their friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers. As a result, during the last eight years, we have grown from 700 people in attendance to 5,000 people.
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed ...
Growth in worship attendance falls into one of two categories:
Increasing attendance among those who already attend.
Increasing the number of people who attend for the first time.
For those already attending:
Renew membership vows. Every four years, ask members to recommit, in a
public ceremony, to the vows they made when joining the church.
Set personal attendance goals. Members often are asked to make faithpledges
with their money. Why not with their attendance? Experience has
shown attendance jumps by at least 10 percent.
ARTICLE Service Interruptions What to do when emergencies and outbursts bring your worship service to a halt. Mike Woodruff
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When I closed my eyes to pray, I was alone on the platform. When I said amen, a man I did not know was standing beside me. He immediately stepped behind a microphone and started talking …
After his sermon, a friend stepped to the communion table. To his surprise he was met there by a woman who immediately shoved all of the communion elements onto the floor …
In the middle of the sermon, a young woman walked onstage, interrupted the pastor, and announced that she had a message from God. When the pastor declined her request to address the congregation, she refused to leave. As two male ushers stepped up to escort her away, she began screaming, "This is just like the church. A bunch of overbearing men oppressing women … "
First of all, if leaders are tracking membership as the key indicator of their church's health, they are tracking the wrong thing. Worship attendance is the most accurate, and immediate, barometer of a church's health.
But what if worship attendance begins to decline? What's the diagnostic procedure? Here are three key numbers to research:
1. Visitor Volume. The obvious but often overlooked fact is ...
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