Today I want to wrap up a series of posts about the Top 3 Growth Barriers that all churches face, regardless of size.
As a quick reminder, I’ll be teaching this (and a lot more) LIVE in Seattle today, then San Francisco and Los Angeles this week – click here for more info.
But for those of you who can’t make it, you can catch the first two posts in this series here and here.
The third of the Top 3 Growth Barriers is:
SHARING
Another way to describe this barrier is Reaching New People (also known as Evangelism).
I wrote a recent post about the Pastor’s role in Evangelism (click here to read), but I can’t overstate the face that Evangelistic Churches are led by Evangelistic Leaders.
Once you’ve made sure that you are not your church’s limiting factor when it comes to Reaching New People, how can you break through the Sharing barrier?
Here’s a great step:
Challenge every person in your church to share with 3 people.
You can use a small, practical card (sometimes called an “Influence Card” or an “Impact Card”) where you encourage your people to write the names of at least three unchurched people that they will:
- Commit to pray for
- Share their verbal testimony
- Seek to invite to your church
Will every person in your church share with three people? Unfortunately, no, but by challenging them and giving them the tools, you can get 20% of your weekly attenders (or more) doing some type of sharing!
And that’s going to put your church on the right track to breaking the Sharing barrier.
So, how many people are committing their life to Christ each week at your church? Each month? Over the last year?
P.S. If you’re passionate about doing everything you can to Reach New People, you are probably a good fit for my new Senior Pastor Tele-Coaching Network!
It starts NEXT THURSDAY and it’s over 75% full, but I have room for a few more if you Apply Now. For all the information and to Apply Now, visit:
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