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…and disaffiliating churches with 50 or fewer in attendance, disaffiliating churches have proportionately more in the 26-50 attendance group and fewer in the 25 or fewer attendance group than the…
…worship attendance was relatively good in the 1990s. It was not unusual for denominations that had regularly declined in attendance to show increases or breakeven numbers during that decade. Any…
…Invite church members to make a written commitment to grow one step toward faithful attendance. Include a commitment to faithful worship attendance as part of a holistic annual stewardship commitment….
…in attendance than they did a generation ago. First Church has decreased in weekly attendance by 35 percent in the past 20 years. Also, the size of the average household…
We are used to thinking of the seasons of the Christian year such as Advent, Christmastide, Epiphany, Lent. There are also attendance seasons that follow common patterns across congregations. It…
…Told Us About Your Summer Worship by Lovett H. Weems, Jr. Overflow: Increase Worship Attendance & Bear More Fruit by Tom Berlin and Lovett H. Weems, Jr. Congregational Attendance Profile…
…churches and disaffiliating churches with 50 or fewer in attendance, disaffiliating churches have proportionately more in the 26-50 attendance group and fewer in the 25 or fewer attendance group than…
…commitment to grow one step toward faithful attendance. Include a commitment to faithful worship attendance as part of a holistic annual stewardship commitment. Keep a record of attendance and monitor…
…one with questions such as: Is there still energy around this occasion? Is the attendance well above our normal attendance? Is it still appropriate as a special focus for the…
Worship attendance and revenue figures don’t tell the whole story in gauging your church’s effectiveness. Rich Birch suggests some novel indicators that can reveal growth and engagement — from how…
…decline in worship attendance. Eight out of 10 respondents to our 2022 Pandemic Worship Services survey said in-person attendance of their churches decreased during the pandemic, and about six out…
…attendance. As I explained in my article “No Shows” in the current issue of Christian Century, many people assume that there has been a steady decline in worship attendance for…
…a congregation’s style of worship or adding a new service tends to improve attendance, and there is a clear affinity found between contemporary worship and higher attendance. However, the quality…
…attendance. Worship attendance shows the “heartbeat” of the church. Review attendance relative to previous years, and look to understand rises and falls over the year and over multiple years. Also,…
…sense. Yet there seem to be few churches where in-person attendance has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels. I want to know what you’re seeing with regard to attendance and what you’re…
Learn best practices your church can use to increase in-person and online worship attendance. For most congregations, attracting new people was a challenge even before the pandemic. Now, churches must…
…survey conducted by the Lewis Center for Church Leadership found that worship attendance at Easter can be as much as three times the average weekly attendance. The average among the…
Does it seem that you still see the same people in worship on Sunday but not as often? For a number of years, declines in attendance have come not primarily…
Worship attendance matters. Learn how to improve it, so that your congregation bears more fruit. Our churches exist to glorify God and to share God as revealed in Jesus Christ….
…They include still evolving patterns of worship and congregational life, worrying attendance trends, churches reevaluating their building needs, and underlying demographic changes that challenge assumptions many churches hold regarding their…
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