People knew when Hamlin collapsed to the ground that Jesus was the only answer. Millions began crying out asking Jesus to heal him.
In 2020, the world collapsed. People know they need Jesus. People want to know how to have a personal relationship with Him. Post-pandemic churches with growing in-person attendance are aggressively sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and seeing record numbers of people accepting Him.
Growing churches are telling their people you don’t have to wait for your world to collapse again to call upon Jesus. You can do it now and He will hear you.
6. Post-Pandemic Churches With Growing In-Person Attendance Preach Books Of The Bible More Than Felt Needs
The issues people are facing today require more than TED Talks with a Bible verse attached at the end. People are requiring timeless truths which can only be found in the Bible.
Post-pandemic churches with growing in-person attendance elevate the primacy of God’s Word. They are passionate about the Bible and facilitating the opportunity for their attenders to join onsite, off-campus, or Zoom Bible studies.
God’s Word is the only thing that can change a human heart or someone’s condition. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 says, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”
Felt needs should still be addressed but only as they are woven throughout the Scriptures. Which leads to my next point.
7. Post-Pandemic Churches With Growing In-Person Attendance Are Focused On Discipleship
Matthew 28:18-20 says,
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Today’s growing churches are primarily focused on three things:
- Making Disciples (evangelism)
- Baptizing Them (obedience)
- Teaching Them (theological framework and biblical worldview)
All other areas of focus (even good ones) are secondary issues.
8. Post-Pandemic Churches With Growing In-Person Attendance Are Seeing Summertime Growth
There is a thought-process in today’s western church that you should teach books of the Bible during the summer when it is only “insiders” and return to felt needs in the fall when school resumes and visitors appear.
