CHURCH GROWTH FACTOIDS ARRANGED BY TITLE

“Great Commission Conscience”

RATIOS

$1,000 – $2,000 – $2,200 Guideline

FINANCES

‘Nones’ are Increasing

RELIGION

1-5-4 Principle

CHURCH GROWTH

10 Golden Rules for Career Success

CAREER

10% Attrition Rate

CHURCH GROWTH

100 People per Acre

RATIOS

150 people per pastor

CHURCH GROWTH

200 vs. 2,000

MEGA-CHURCHES

24 Hours of Growth/Loss

CHRISTIANITY

25,000 Small Groups

CHURCH GROWTH

250 Attendance

CHURCH GROWTH

2nd Time Visitors

ASSIMILATION

3,000 New Churches every week

CHRISTIANITY

30 Largest U.S. Religious Groups

RELIGION

5% a year for 3 years

CHURCH GROWTH

5.79 Contacts

EVANGELISM

50% < 100 people

CHURCH GROWTH

50% attend 14%

CHRISTIANITY

50% Limit

SMALL GROUPS

65-70% New Sanctuary Guideline

CHURCH GROWTH

8 Greek Words

EVANGELISM

80% + Rule for Growing Churches

CHURCH GROWTH

80% Participation!

SMALL GROUPS

85 People per Decision

EVANGELISM

America’s Teenagers

RELIGION

Assimilation into Leadership

CHURCH HEALTH

Atheists & Non-Religious

CHRISTIANITY

Belief in God

RELIGION

Biblical Illiteracy

CHURCH HEALTH

Board Ratio — 1:5

RATIOS

Budget

EVANGELISM

Change Adopters

CHURCH GROWTH

Christian Populations

EVANGELISM

Church Attendance

CHRISTIANITY

Church Attendance Frequency

CHRISTIANITY

Church Sizes

CHURCH GROWTH

CHURCHES

CHRISTIANITY

Churches Founded Before 1960

CHURCH GROWTH

Churches over 600

CHURCH GROWTH

Churches Starting vs. Ending

RATIOS

Churches to Population

RATIOS

Closings vs. Openings

CHURCH HEALTH

Congregational Attitude

CHURCH GROWTH

Counties

CHURCH GROWTH

CULTURE

CULTURE

Decisions before 18 years old

EVANGELISM

Definition

MEGA-CHURCHES

Denominational Loss

CHURCH GROWTH

Desire for Spiritual Growth

RELIGION

Diffusion of Innovation

CHURCH GROWTH

Distinctiveness

CHURCH GROWTH

Doubled in 1990′s

MEGA-CHURCHES

Evangelism Scorecard

CHRISTIANITY

Explanation vs. Application

PREACHING & TEACHING

Fastest Growing in America, 1990-2000

RELIGION

Flakes Formula

CHURCH GROWTH

Four Largest in the World

MEGA-CHURCHES

Friendship

EVANGELISM

Friendship Ratio – 1:7

RATIOS

Geographic Spread

MEGA-CHURCHES

Gift of Evangelism

EVANGELISM

Gift of Giving vs. Gift of Poverty

FINANCES

Gift of Interpretation

CHURCH HEALTH

Gift of Leadership

LEADERSHIP

Gift of Mercy

CHURCH HEALTH

Gift of Missionary

EVANGELISM

Gift of Shepherding

CHURCH HEALTH

Gift of Teaching & Knowledge

PREACHING & TEACHING

Goal Setting

CHURCH GROWTH

Great Commission

BIBLE

Greek Meaning of Evangelist

EVANGELISM

Groups Ratio – 7:100

RATIOS

HISTORY

CHURCH GROWTH

Hope

LEADERSHIP

How People Get to Church

EVANGELISM

Impact of 30% Change

CHURCH GROWTH

Indebtedness

FINANCES

INDIA

CHRISTIANITY

INDONESIA

CHRISTIANITY

Initial Attraction to the Gospel

EVANGELISM

Internal vs. External Staff Hires

LEADERSHIP

IRAN

CHURCH GROWTH

Key Attitude

PREACHING & TEACHING

KOREA

CHURCH GROWTH

Leader Group Size — 1:14

RATIOS

Little Conversion Growth

EVANGELISM

Long-term Health

CHURCH HEALTH

Marketing

CHURCH GROWTH

Mass Mailings

CHURCH GROWTH

Mega-church Stats

CHURCH GROWTH

Mission Evaluation & Planning

CHURCH GROWTH

More than 10,000

MEGA-CHURCHES

Muslims

CHRISTIANITY

Need-oriented Sermons

PREACHING & TEACHING

NEW CHURCHES

CHURCH GROWTH

New Groups Ratio — 1:5

RATIOS

New Member Classes

CHURCH GROWTH

New People in Growing Churches

CHURCH GROWTH

Non-Growing Churches

ASSIMILATION

Non-western Missionaries

CHRISTIANITY

not available

RATIOS

not available

FUN

Number of Churches

CHRISTIANITY

Number of Clergy

CHRISTIANITY

Number of Missionaries

EVANGELISM

Number of Unevangelized

EVANGELISM

O.H.I.O.

ABBREVIATIONS

Pace-Setters

LEADERSHIP

Parking Lot

CHURCH GROWTH

Pastoral Tenure

CHURCH GROWTH

Pastoral Tenure – Breakout

CHURCH GROWTH

Percentage of Multi-Site Churches

Mega-churches

Poor Follow-up

CHURCH GROWTH

POPULATION

CHRISTIANITY

Population Growth

EVANGELISM

Population Growth Factors

CHURCH GROWTH

Potential

CHURCH GROWTH

Practical How-to Sermons

PREACHING & TEACHING

Prayer

CHURCH GROWTH

Prayer Increasing

CHURCH HEALTH

Primary Catalyst

LEADERSHIP

Progress compared to 1900

CHRISTIANITY

Reasons for Choosing a Church

CHURCH GROWTH

Reasons People Join a Church

EVANGELISM

Religious Ideology

RELIGION

Rich donate 2%

FINANCES

Role/Task Ratio — 60:100

RATIOS

RUSSIA

CHRISTIANITY

S.M.A.R.T. Goals

ABBREVIATIONS

Secular Leadership Development Stats

LEADERSHIP

Small Group Members Stick

SMALL GROUPS

Spiritual Experience

RELIGION

Spirituality

CHURCH GROWTH

Staff Ratio — 1:150

RATIOS

Stand-alone Messages

PREACHING & TEACHING

Strategic Planning

LEADERSHIP

Teenage Alcoholism

CULTURE

Teenage Faith

RELIGION

Teenage Smoking

CULTURE

The Church in Africa

CHRISTIANITY

Thoughts on Hell

EVANGELISM

Tithe = 2.6%?

FINANCES

Tithing

FINANCES

Unchurched Population

EVANGELISM

Vision

LEADERSHIP

Vistor Ratio — 3:10

RATIOS

Weekend Worship Totals

CHRISTIANITY

Why People Return to a Church

CHURCH GROWTH

Willingness to Change

CHURCH GROWTH

Witnessing at Work

CHURCH HEALTH

Worldwide Christian Growth

CHRISTIANITY