Pastors and leaders can evaluate their congregations by asking four questions associated with predicting church growth.
Small, normative-sized churches can be healthy congregations serving Jesus and the community in which He has placed them.
For many churches, however, there is an opportunity for numerical growth. Many people may be physically near the church building but spiritually far from God. Regardless of whether a church sits on a city block or a rural road, most congregations are surrounded by both non-Christians and lapsed Christians.
Lifeway Research found a majority of both U.S. Protestant pastors and churchgoers consider someone to be a regular churchgoer if they attend twice or month or more. Recent surveys from both Pew and Gallup, however, show a minority of Americans attend church regularly.
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