Growth And Assimilation - Wrap up

February 19, 2011

I want to wrap-up this short survey on Growth and Assimilation with this blog.

Churches that grew by more than 15 percent in 2010 were only about 16% of the total group that took the survey. (26 out of 160) The rest (84%) grew by less than 15 percent in 2010. The majority of churches that took this survey, (47%) grew by less than 5 percent.

The 16 percent of churches that experienced greater growth in 2010 stood out in several ways:

1. They were very intentional about inviting people to their services.
2. They were very intentional about tracking guests.
3. They didn’t rely on one method for inviting the community to attend.
4. They used multiple invitation methods and experienced 30+ visitors each month. Those with a much more conservative approach, (84%) experienced only 5 visitors or less each month.
5. They had an intentional and aggressive method for follow-up.
6. They made better use of email, and social networks.

Here are the actual numbers of those who participated.

What percentage of growth do you estimate your church experienced in 2010?

Response
                                                Percent            Respondents
Less than 5%                         45.6%                     75

6% - 10%                                22.4%                      38

10% - 15%                              8.8%                        13

15% - 20%                              5.4%                        8

20%+                                      12.2%                      18

Not sure                                        5.4%                            8

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