The Quickest Way to Grow Your Church
Last week I got an email from a woman in our church. She has moved into a new neighborhood and instantly began to make new friends. She found out one particular family didn’t have a church, so she invited them to Easter services. The invitation seemed to fall on deaf ears. She was persistent though and invited the family several more times, but each time got no response. The Saturday before Easter the family sent her a text asking what time the services were for Easter. Long story short, they came, they loved it, and they will continue to attend.
Grace Community Church has grown because people got excited about what we are doing and brought their friends. That’s the short and the long answer. We continually think through ways to improve upon what we are doing, but the bottom line remains that it is the people attending our church that have grown the church. (Obviously, God grows the church…I get that…but He uses people!) As people get excited about what God is doing, they bring people with them.
With that in mind, here’s a great question to ask if you want your church to grow:
Who are the catalyst type people in your church that if they ever get excited about your vision will bring others along with them to help implement it?
That’s how we planted a church. We looked for people who were influencers within a circle of people; whether in business, in their social life, or in the community, to find a core of people to start our church and we invested in them and released them to lead in the church. Four years later, we continue to invest in influencer type people that come to our church to lead our ministries. I have personally looked for influencer type people to add to our staff.
Look for and invest in people who others follow and the natural system of multiplication will work for your benefit and the benefit of your church.
Aren’t you amazed…and grateful…that God chooses to use you in His work?
