Ideas

Quay Church: Sled Dogs Over Show Dogs

The area’s unique demographics—theme park employees, young professionals, retirees and tourism workers—have led to a congregation with an eclectic mix of people.

Boyd Avenue Baptist Church: Open Invite

Some of the players on the women’s basketball team were initially reluctant to come until a woman from the congregation befriended them.

Greenwood Baptist Church: No Strings Attached

The church leadership purposefully lowers what they ask their people to do so that anyone—introverts, kids, the elderly—can be involved.

Red Rocks Church: No. 4 Fastest-Growing Church, 2016

“Our purpose is to ‘make heaven more crowded’ by being the front porch for prodigals to come home.”

Church of the Highlands: No. 5 Fastest-Growing Church, 2016

“Success for us is when people move from where they are to the place God intends for them to be.”

The Life Church: No. 6 Fastest-Growing Church, 2016

"We now have more people receive Christ in one weekend than we did in an entire year four years ago."

Citylife Church: No. 7 Fastest-Growing Church, 2016

Citylife’s mission is to become smaller as they grow larger, to be a place where people count and every life matters.

NewSpring Church: No. 8 Fastest-Growing Church, 2016

For years now, NewSpring Church has been known as a place where where life change takes place.

Rockford First: No. 9 Fastest-Growing Church, 2016

From the moment you drive onto Rockford First's campus, there is a very real sense of genuine love and care for people.

2|42 Community Church: No. 10 Fastest-Growing Church, 2016

“2|42 has a healthy and externally focused culture. We’re not seeker sensitive; we are seeker obsessed."

Tapping Into Joy: BridgePoint Church

No. 13 Fastest-Growing: BridgePoint Church in Florida Seeks out the Unchurched and Dechurched