When it comes to church growth, here are eight myths you may have heard.
Myth 1: Church growth is about attendance numbers.
Donald McGavran, the father of church growth, saw this as a myth immediately. Thus he deemphasized the term church growth and instead emphasized that the goal of the Great Commission is “effective discipleship.” He did this to move away from the concept of counting attendees and towards measuring if people become disciples. The Greek word for disciples means “active learners.” So measuring active learners, whether by measuring people involved in small groups, discipleship programs, etc., is the measurement tool the father of church growth had in mind (Effective Evangelism: A Theological Mandate).
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