CHURCH GROWTH FACTOIDS ARRANGED BY TOPIC

S.M.A.R.T. Goals

ABBREVIATIONS

 

O.H.I.O.

ABBREVIATIONS

 

2nd Time Visitors

ASSIMILATION

 

Non-Growing Churches

ASSIMILATION

 

Great Commission

BIBLE

 

10 Golden Rules for Career Success

CAREER

 

3,000 New Churches every week

CHRISTIANITY

 

50% attend 14%

CHRISTIANITY

 

Atheists & Non-Religious

CHRISTIANITY

 

Church Attendance

CHRISTIANITY

 

Church Attendance Frequency

CHRISTIANITY

 

CHURCHES

CHRISTIANITY

 

Evangelism Scorecard

CHRISTIANITY

 

INDIA

CHRISTIANITY

 

INDONESIA

CHRISTIANITY

 

Muslims

CHRISTIANITY

 

Non-western Missionaries

CHRISTIANITY

 

Number of Churches

CHRISTIANITY

 

Number of Clergy

CHRISTIANITY

 

POPULATION

CHRISTIANITY

 

Progress compared to 1900

CHRISTIANITY

RUSSIA

CHRISTIANITY

 

The Church in Africa

CHRISTIANITY

Weekend Worship Totals/a>

CHRISTIANITY

 

Worldwide Christian Growth

CHRISTIANITY

1-5-4 Principle

CHURCH GROWTH

 

10% Attrition Rate

CHURCH GROWTH

 

150 people per pastor

CHURCH GROWTH

25,000 Small Groups

CHURCH GROWTH

 

250 Attendance

CHURCH GROWTH

 

5% a year for 3 years

CHURCH GROWTH

 

50% < 100 people

CHURCH GROWTH

 

65-70% New Sanctuary Guideline

CHURCH GROWTH

 

80% + Rule for Growing Churches

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Change Adopters

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Church Sizes

CHURCH GROWTH

Churches Founded Before 1960

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Churches over 600

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Congregational Attitude

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Counties

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Denominational Loss

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Diffusion of Innovation

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Distinctiveness

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Flakes Formula

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Goal Setting

CHURCH GROWTH

 

HISTORY

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Impact of 30% Change

CHURCH GROWTH

 

IRAN

CHURCH GROWTH

 

KOREA

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Long-term Health

CHURCH HEALTH

 

Marketing

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Mass Mailings

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Mega-church Stats

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Mission Evaluation & Planning

CHURCH GROWTH

 

NEW CHURCHES

CHURCH GROWTH

 

 

 

New Member Classes

CHURCH GROWTH

 

New People in Growing Churches

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Parking Lot

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Pastoral Tenure

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Pastoral Tenure – Breakout

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Poor Follow-up

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Population Growth Factors

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Potential

CHURCH GROWTH

Prayer

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Reasons for Choosing a Church

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Spirituality

CHURCH GROWTH

Why People Return to a Church

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Willingness to Change

CHURCH GROWTH

 

Assimilation into Leadership

CHURCH HEALTH

 

Biblical Illiteracy

CHURCH HEALTH

 

Closings vs. Openings

CHURCH HEALTH

 

Gift of Interpretation

CHURCH HEALTH

 

Gift of Mercy

CHURCH HEALTH

 

Gift of Shepherding

CHURCH HEALTH

Prayer Increasing

CHURCH HEALTH

 

Witnessing at Work

CHURCH HEALTH

 

CULTURE

CULTURE

 

Teenage Alcoholism

CULTURE

 

Teenage Smoking

CULTURE

 

5.79 Contacts

EVANGELISM

 

50% Limit

SMALL GROUPS

 

8 Greek Words

EVANGELISM

 

80% Participation!

SMALL GROUPS

 

85 People per Decision

EVANGELISM

 

Budget

EVANGELISM

 

Christian Populations

EVANGELISM

 

Decisions before 18 years old

EVANGELISM

 

Friendship

EVANGELISM

 

Gift of Evangelism

EVANGELISM

 

Gift of Missionary

EVANGELISM

 

Greek Meaning of Evangelist

EVANGELISM

How People Get to Church

EVANGELISM

 

Initial Attraction to the Gospel

EVANGELISM

 

Little Conversion Growth

EVANGELISM

 

Number of Missionaries

EVANGELISM

 

Number of Unevangelized

EVANGELISM

 

Population Growth

EVANGELISM

 

Reasons People Join a Church

EVANGELISM

 

Thoughts on Hell

EVANGELISM

 

Unchurched Population

EVANGELISM

$1,000 – $2,000 – $2,200 Guideline

FINANCES

 

Gift of Giving vs. Gift of Poverty

FINANCES

Indebtedness

FINANCES

 

Rich donate 2%

FINANCES

Tithe = 2.6%?

FINANCES

 

Tithing

FINANCES

not available

FUN

 

Pace-Setters

LEADERSHIP

 

Primary Catalyst

LEADERSHIP

 

Secular Leadership Development Stats

LEADERSHIP

 

Strategic Planning

LEADERSHIP

Vision

LEADERSHIP

Gift of Leadership

LEADERSHIP

Hope

LEADERSHIP

 

Internal vs. External Staff Hires

LEADERSHIP

 

200 vs. 2,000

MEGA-CHURCHES

 

Definition

MEGA-CHURCHES

 

Doubled in 1990′s

MEGA-CHURCHES

 

Four Largest in the World

MEGA-CHURCHES

 

Geographic Spread

MEGA-CHURCHES

 

More than 10,000

MEGA-CHURCHES

 

Percentage of Multi-Site Churches

Mega-churches

 

Explanation vs. Application

PREACHING & TEACHING

 

Gift of Teaching & Knowledge

PREACHING & TEACHING

 

Key Attitude

PREACHING & TEACHING

 

Need-oriented Sermons

PREACHING & TEACHING

 

Practical How-to Sermons

PREACHING & TEACHING

 

Stand-alone Messages

PREACHING & TEACHING

 

“Great Commission Conscience”

RATIOS

100 People per Acre

RATIOS

 

Board Ratio — 1:5

RATIOS

 

Churches Starting vs. Ending

RATIOS

 

Churches to Population

RATIOS

 

Friendship Ratio – 1:7

RATIOS

 

Groups Ratio – 7:100

RATIOS

 

Leader Group Size — 1:14

RATIOS

 

New Groups Ratio — 1:5

RATIOS

 

not available

RATIOS

 

Role/Task Ratio — 60:100

RATIOS

 

Staff Ratio — 1:150

RATIOS

 

Vistor Ratio — 3:10

RATIOS

 

‘Nones’ are Increasing

RELIGION

 

24 Hours of Growth/Loss

RELIGION

 

30 Largest U.S. Religious Groups

RELIGION

 

America’s Teenagers

RELIGION

 

Belief in God

RELIGION

 

Desire for Spiritual Growth

RELIGION

Fastest Growing in America, 1990-2000

RELIGION

 

Religious Ideology

RELIGION

 

Spiritual Experience

RELIGION

 

Teenage Faith

RELIGION

 

Small Group Members Stick

SMALL GROUPS