Tag: growth
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How Healthy Is Your Church? Take a Look at the Latest Benchmarks
Church Trends from the Q1 2019 edition of The Unstuck Church Report More than eighty percent of churches are currently sitting on the downward slope of the typical church life cycle. That feels staggering to me. And truthfully, it can be discouraging looking at data like this. At The Unstuck Group, we measure church growth…
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Top Posts of 2018 #2 “5 Core Issues that will Fuel Growth in your Church”
Every church leader I meet with wants to know what they need to do to grow their churches. The majority of these leaders are well intentioned and really have a sincere desire to see people who don’t know Jesus, meet Him. I wrote this particular article at the beginning of 2018 hoping to give church…
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Top Posts of 2018 #4 “5 Reasons Churches Don’t Grow”
It still holds true that 80% of churches in America are plateaued or declining. It doesn’t have to be that way! I wrote this back in August and it quickly shot up to one of the top posts of the year. It’s impossible for your church to grow and everything stay the same. I know it would…
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Top Posts of 2018 #5 “4 Indicators your Church is Moving in the Wrong Direction”
The “why” behind church growth and decline are always topics that generate a lot of interest here and this year was no different. This post was the 5th most popular post of the year! You may have heard me tell the story of a church that started years ago in the Phoenix east valley. This…
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5 Mistakes Experienced Church Leaders Make
Experienced Church Leaders don’t mean to do it. Being complacent. Making mistakes. It “just happens” we tell ourselves. But does it have to happen? Not really. After spending more than 22 years in full-time ministry this “experienced” Church Leader has committed every mistake on the list. We can chalk it up to complacency, over confidence,…