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?

Living and Leading Above the Warning Signs

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A Personal Approach to Go and Make Disciples in 2026

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