44 Ways to Increase Church Attendance

Are you still suffering over the sight of empty pews? Have your efforts been more than exhaustive in expanding your congregation? Have you maximized your brainstorming potential for bringing in new members?If you have reached what appears to be your limit, then no longer fret, 44 Ways To Increase Church Attendance can open the doors of both your church and mind. With proven techniques for building a body for Christ, church leaders can increase their membership and then free themselves to focus on other important missions for God. Schaller's suggestions will energize leaders and put their churches on the road of abundance.

Introduction

11

(10)

Begin with the Worship Experience

21

(25)

Offer a Note of Hope

23

(2)

Enhance the Quality of Preaching

25

(4)

Schedule More Preachers

29

(3)

Hasten the Pace

32

(1)

Place Greater Weight on Intercessory Prayer

33

(3)

Use the Mails

36

(2)

Call on the People

38

(1)

Involve More People

39

(1)

Schedule More Special Sundays

40

(1)

Seek Pledges

41

(2)

Encourage Mutual Accountability

43

(1)

Evaluate the Music

44

(2)

Review the Schedule

46

(18)

Offer More Services

49

(4)

Offer More Choices

53

(3)

Expand the Schedule

56

(3)

Create a New Congregation

59

(2)

Analyze Impact of Location in Time Zone and Life-Styles

61

(3)

What Are Your Operational Policies?

64

(15)

Change the Policy on Weddings

67

(1)

Encourage Children to Worship God

67

(4)

Cancel the Summer Slump

71

(3)

Review the Sunday Morning Sequence

74

(1)

Review Policy on Frequency of Lord's Supper

75

(1)

Expand Your Advertising Budget

76

(1)

When Is the Fellowship Hour?

76

(3)

The Power of Program

79

(13)

Conceptualize a Larger Context

82

(1)

Build Mutually Reinforcing Components

83

(1)

Minimize Internal Competition

84

(2)

Match Goals, Program Priorities, and Resources

86

(1)

Expand to a Full Music Program

87

(5)

Real Estate Considerations Do Influence Attendance

92

(12)

Maintain a Clean and Attractive Building

92

(1)

Use Lots of Signs

93

(1)

The Nursery and Rest Rooms Are Important

94

(1)

Offer Adequate Off-Street Parking

95

(1)

Provide Good Acoustics

95

(1)

Provide Plenty of Space for Fellowship

96

(1)

Air Conditioning Can Make a Difference

97

(1)

Can You Seat Too Many People?

98

(3)

Do You Need to Remodel?

101

(1)

Has the Time Come to Rebuild?

101

(1)

Is Your Location Obsolete?

102

(2)

Institutional Factors

104

(16)

Become a High Expectation Congregation

104

(3)

Examine the Community Image and Name

107

(6)

Yoked or Separate?

113

(2)

Create Places for Men

115

(5)

What Next?

120

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