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Church Leadership And Infrastructure Development

Can I Tell You The Hard Truth?

Activate Your Church With Intentional Churches' "Activate Experience"

With only 18% of churches focusing on evangelism now (per Christianity Today), The leaders at Intentional Churches are concerned that the COVID-19 pandemic has turned many churches inward. So how do we continue without losing sight of Christ’s mission to seek and save the lost? Here’s what you can do: Align your team to double Kingdom impact Meet online to discuss and evaluate how to prioritize the lost … [Read more...]

Identifying First-Time Guests

Exploring This Very Important Part Of A Good Church Growth Strategy

Those of us who measure the number of first-time guests we attract each weekend know one crucial thing. We're only counting a portion of the "actual" number of first-time guests. In other words, many first-time guests do not identify themselves. Therefore, we don't know they are there. The "front of the house person," regardless of title, in addition to other responsibilities, is responsible for "connections" at … [Read more...]

Assimilation Process Implementation

The Details Of Developing And Implementing An Assimilation Process

I can't tell you the number of times I've been contacted by a church wanting to develop an assimilation process. They have one, and they want to improve it or use Church Community Builder to implement the process. Either way, I'm always happy to help! Remember, though, the assimilation process is just a part of an overall effort to develop strong, solid, and effective infrastructure. And, the heart of any serious … [Read more...]

The Evangelistic Calendar

One Of The Most Important Annual Planning Activities Of The Year

Yes, the Evangelistic Calendar creation is one of the most important activities we engage in all year. What is an Evangelistic Calendar? Everything we do is planned out carefully, weekend by weekend, to help us accomplish the mission. We do our best to plan "stuff" at times of the year that help us create momentum, taking advantage of and recognizing the reality that the year has a "natural flow." We do big … [Read more...]