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August 15, 2017 9 Comments

Growing Churches, Evangelism Renewal, and You – Rainer on Leadership #354

Podcast Episode #354

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Statistics of doom and gloom for churches are all the rage—especially for those who specialize in helping churches. But are they correct? Not always.

Some highlights from today’s episode include:

  • It takes about three years of data to see patterns in churches.
  • 56% of churches are in absolute decline.
  • More than 1/3 of churches are growing.

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Resources Mentioned in Today’s Podcast

  • Church Answers
  • EvangelismRenewal.com

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Comments

  1. Ron says

    August 15, 2017 at 9:29 am

    Thom, you are doing the Church a great service with your work. Your love and gentle spirit come through with each session.

    Reply
    • Thom Rainer says

      August 15, 2017 at 9:46 am

      Thank you, Ron.

      Reply
  2. Thorsten says

    August 15, 2017 at 11:26 am

    I’m curious about state by state church growth statistics. Where would I go about getting stats like that? I looked on Barna, but the stats there are just current year…

    Reply
  3. Robert H. Wright Jr says

    August 15, 2017 at 5:14 pm

    Things never remain the same. Change is in the air. Every so often, a Local Body of Christ should do a comprehensive self study. The self study will show a local church its strengths and areas for improvement.
    At all times, we need to take a look at: 1. Worship 2. Nurture 4. Christian Education 4. Mission 5. Stewardship 6. Evangelism 7. Spiritual development 8. Community Involvement 9. Exploring and discussing social issues 20. Long range planning

    Reply
  4. Jonathan Hanna says

    August 16, 2017 at 6:13 am

    I look forward to hearing more about what you all found in your polling data. Thank you for your podcast.

    Reply
  5. Adam Will says

    August 16, 2017 at 10:41 am

    Thom, we are doing Invite Your One on September 17th. This is new evangelism focus just hits me at the right time. You’re helping rural pastors in Southern Ohio greatly! Thanks!

    Reply
    • Thom Rainer says

      August 16, 2017 at 11:55 am

      Thank you, Adam! You guys are my heroes.

      Reply
  6. Charlotte says

    August 16, 2017 at 12:26 pm

    My husband and I have doing outreach since 1997 we take our mission to each church we somehow end up joining 6 so far it always end up just being us 2 plus occasional 1we are now in a church that name is outreach but the ideas of outside ministry they don’t fully understand I say our mission is to go he therefore on Sunday’s when most churches are inside buildings it is so disheartening that we cannot get the concept of outreach. Please help me understand I am so exhausted thinking please help me.

    Reply
  7. Scott Hinkle says

    August 16, 2017 at 7:52 pm

    Are there any statistics on how people find faith in Christ? I.e. Crusade, tv, Sunday school, outreaches, friends, etc

    Reply

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