I just read a book by Stephen Gray called Planting Fast Growing Churches. It is a finding of a study of over a hundred church plants to determine what made certain churches fast growing as opposed to struggling.
Interesting results. There are many findings that are suprising.
As for me and where I am in ministry, I found the following three factors most interesting:
1. Core group at the time of the launch was 40-50. It is important to develop a decent size core team before the launch. Those that had smaller core teams often struggled after the launch.
2. Multi-staff at launch. Fast growing churches had 2-3 staff members at the launch.
3. Large launch service (150-200). Fast growing churches started big and invested in massive outreaches and marketing.
Interesting results. There are many findings that are suprising.
As for me and where I am in ministry, I found the following three factors most interesting:
1. Core group at the time of the launch was 40-50. It is important to develop a decent size core team before the launch. Those that had smaller core teams often struggled after the launch.
2. Multi-staff at launch. Fast growing churches had 2-3 staff members at the launch.
3. Large launch service (150-200). Fast growing churches started big and invested in massive outreaches and marketing.
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