The Number One Reason for the Decline in Church Attendance – Rainer on Leadership #025
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Church membership and attendance have become frequent topics both at the blog and on the podcast. In this episode, we highlight a recent post on how church attendance has declined in recent years, the main reason why, and how we can fix it.
While I don’t want to suggest there is a magic bullet to this problem, we discuss five approaches to address a low view of church attendance and membership. These five have proven to be the most helpful in hundreds of churches:
Raise the expectations of membership.
Require an entry class for membership.
Encourage ministry involvement.
Offer more options for worship times.
Monitor attendance of each member.
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