Ideas

Bethlehem Church: What You Celebrate, You Replicate

The power of storytelling is used throughout the year to proclaim God’s goodness to the congregation, and it seems to be affecting church growth positively.

Helping Youth Thrive Spiritually

What if we trained our young people to look at their university training as a four-year mission trip? What if we helped them approach their jobs as if they were missionaries to their coworkers?

FBC Simpsonville: Raising the Sails

Pastor Wayne Bray maintains that God has organically been building and evolving their church year after year.

Idea Starter: Use the Right Form of Advertising to Reach Your Community

Consider what methods of advertising will work most effectively to reach and speak to your target demographic

Idea Starter: Leave a Light On

Make your church the light people see at night

Idea Starter: Equip Your Church to Talk Christ With Nonbelievers

Several different curricula make apologetics training free and easy

Idea Starter: Run for Charity

Plan a 5K for a cause or support runners with water and snacks at someone else's

Try This: Invite the Community to Be Healthy

Focus on health from a biblical perspective at a healthy living expo.

Idea Starter: Have Church Business Cards Printed

Ask church members to distribute business cards for the church around the neighborhood and with unchurched friends and acquaintances

Idea Starter: Make Newcomers Feel Genuinely Welcome

Try a handwritten note, a phone call or a personally delivered pie to thank them for their visit

Idea Starter: Don't Embarrass Your Visitors Who Arrive Late

Keep congregants from filling up back pews first by directing them to the front of the church first