6 Pack System of Church Growth and Health
Studies reveal that 8,000 to 10,000 churches are closing annually and 1,500 pastors are leaving the pulpit monthly – never to return. Only 1,200-1,800 churches are opening annually. The church attrition rate is increasing; and while population growth is increasing in North America, church attendance rates are in a constant decline. Pastors are feeling the pressure of membership decline, and many churches are suffering. The church is no longer benefiting from societal centrifugal force that drove people into the church after the world wars. Growing churches understand that we are beyond the era and cliché that “if you build it, God will fill it” age. We live in a high tech-low touch society that needs a church that possesses the right spiritual DNA to appeal to and retain this new generation. Thus, church growth must be intentional and very focused in order to grow an effective Great Commission-based church. The church in general is suffering great growth challenges, and as a signific