Use Technology and Planning Tools to Grow Your Church

Use well-known church assessment and planning tools, such as Reveal, Fellowship One or Church Metrics to track your church’s progress toward its goals and to evaluate the spiritual growth of attendees. Tithing and attendance are good metrics, but these tools allow you to evaluate your church’s health in other ways, like spiritual maturity, disciple-making, salvations and baptisms.

James P. Long
James P. Longhttp://JamesPLong.com

James P. Long was formerly the editor of Outreach magazine and the author of a number of books, including Why Is God Silent When We Need Him the Most?

Evangel Church: Never Stop Serving

Last year, Evangel started a church two hours away inside the largest women’s prison in New York. A pastor and a team go every Thursday to share a message, preach and lead worship for the prisoners.

Angulus Wilson: Evangelism Is the Heart of God

When the church taps into the mission and the heart of God, she gets mobilized, she can get revived. We can see growth and new initiative.

David Kinnaman: Start the Conversation

Church leaders must recognize that what feels hidden is actually hurting people, and that discipleship includes helping people break free from destructive patterns.