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ChurchInfluence.com is ALL NEW! We have taken special care in rolling out the 2.0 version of the website with a brand new approach to measuring and assessing the social influence of your ministry. This includes new church influence tools and inventories in: church trends church scores top 20 area assessment new team of experts finances …
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY & PRESS RELEASE SURVEY OF 1000+ CHURCHES on Church Giving, Budgeting, and Financial/Generosity Ministry Background on the survey: In late 2008 and early 2009 there were a growing number of media articles and news stories about a decline in church giving in light of the growing recession in America. Church giving stories were in city newspapers, …
2017 Church Hospitality Assessment [download here]
Church Facilities Survey [download here]
Dear Pastor, You and your church have been chosen among the first 100 congregations in the U.S. to participate in the launching of a new and innovative web tool that can help you improve your church influence in the local community. This is how it works: Go to churchinfluence.com to check if your church is among the Top 20 in your area …
“The six stages of a dying church:” Denial. The church is declining numerically, but no one seems concerned. Fewer people are reached with the gospel, but no alarm sounds. The church’s impact on the community is negligible, but life continues in the church like nothing has happened. Recalibration. There is a sense that something’s wrong …
I recently sat in a lecture “Why Are Youth Leaving the Church?” I listened to the most recent statistics, compared one opinion to the next, looked at the latest church involvement research and even explored some emerging themes of why people in general leave the faith. All the information was very interesting and contained an …
Simple Steps to Take to Get Discovered Online Every week, people in your area search for a community of faith to visit. Will they visit yours? Only if you take the necessary steps to ensure it will be found. Here are the key SEO (Search Engine Optimization) steps you need to take right after launching your new website …
If someone moved into your community and Googled “churches in [your city],” would they find you? Do a quick search on Google and Google Maps. Does your church show up on the first page? People search for everything from random questions to the mysteries of the universe. Does your church website offer answers to questions …
To qualify as “post-Christian,” individuals had to meet nine or more of the following factors . “Highly post-Christian” individuals meet 13 or more of the factors (out of these 16 criteria). Do not believe in God Identify as atheist or agnostic Disagree that faith is important in their lives Have not prayed to God (in …