Think about it your church right now, whether it’s growing or not. Again and again, it’s engaged Christians who advance the mission.
Engaged people are passionate people. They know what the mission is. They serve in it. And they live it out.
They’re passionate enough about it to invite their friends.
Over the long-term in a church, you can accomplish more with 300 engaged Christians than with 3,000 disengaged attendees.
The disengaged group will dwindle. The 300 engaged Christians will advance the mission and never stay the same.
Yes, only God can bring church growth. But he uses people who are engaged to do it.
If you want more on how to engage the people you have in the mission, here are seven ways to do it.
6. Clarity
This may seem like a strange one to add to the list, but it’s essential.
Growing churches are clear churches. They have clarity about the mission. Clarity about the vision. And they have clarity about the strategy.
It’s strategic clarity that scares a lot of leaders. Here’s why: Clarity takes courage, which is why so many leaders shy away from it.
Clarity means this is how we’re doing music. Often, blended worship in a church exists to try to keep everybody happy, which of course means, no one is happy. Especially the leaders.
Clarity means this is how we’re going to reach our community. It also means, no, we’re not going to do X, Y and Z. We’re about THIS instead.
I know language like that strikes fear into many hearts.
Clarity does not mean you issue executive fiats. It doesn’t mean my way or the highway.
