December 13, 2013
By Phil Maynard
Don’t miss the opportunity of the Christmas Season. This is one of three or four times a year (seasonally) when people are most open to an invitation to church.
It’s no secret. Most churches (somewhere around 80%) are plateaued or in decline when it comes to participation in worship. Leadership teams all across the country sit and bemoan the fact that fewer people, and certainly fewer younger people and fewer non-Christian people, are coming to church. They often ask, “What can we do to turn this around?”
My first question is, “Who have you asked to come to church with you in the last month?” For some reason leadership teams are often surprised by the question. It never occurred to them that this is a responsibility of every disciple.
Current research indicates that for those who are unchurched