Positioning Your Church for Growth in a New Season of Ministry
…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…
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Should You Add Another Easter Worship Service?
…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…
Fostering Conversations That Connect
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…
Monitoring Key Indicators of Congregational Health
…engagement, such as worship attendance and membership, are often at the top of the list of variables that churches monitor. Worship attendance should be prominent on any church’s dashboard. Congregations…
Overflow: Increase Worship Attendance & Bear More Fruit
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….
What to Watch in 2022
…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…
Ten Misconceptions about Church Vitality and Growth
…and purpose tend to grow in attendance and spiritual vitality. Do you have a mission and purpose statement with goals attached? Myth Eight: Pastor, if you would just get more…
Recent Research Quantifies the Nature and Scope of Lay Staff Ministry
…size range. While it is true that very large churches tend to have very large staffs, the lay employees of churches with attendance over 1,000 account for only about 12…
Why Worship Attendance Matters and Clues for Improving It
This 10-minute video by Lewis Center Director Lovett H. Weems, Jr., provides an overview of the importance of worship attendance and ways you can improve it. Download this video free….
4 Ways Preaching Can Boost Worship Attendance
…almost guarantee you will see an increase in worship attendance at your church. 2. Cut back on the lectionary and preach more topical sermons. Yes, following the lectionary has its…
