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FIND 1: Churches that want to reach young people have no young people involved

Churches that want to reach young people don’t actually have young people involved in any visible roles. No young staff members teaching from the stage. Few young greeters or leaders of groups. No young musicians or singers. Little if any imagery of young families on their websites. (Relevant imagery on church websites is hugely lacking… …

3 Accelerating Trends in Local Churches Today

More multi-site and multi-venue churches. It does not seem that long ago that a multi-site church in America was a rare exception. Indeed, many viewed this approach with suspicion because they were uncertain about its efficacy or theological foundations. Today, the multi-site church seems commonplace and normative. The acceleration of the multi-site church is taking …

WHY CHURCHES GO BROKE?

1. Pastors do not teach principles of financial stewardship from the Bible 2. Financial issues are generally ignored hoping to go away on their own 3. Lack of budget focus allowing money to go to too many streams 4. Seasons of offering and fund raisings are not planned 5. The debt of the church is …