{"id":32559,"date":"2022-09-10T16:14:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T21:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/7-statistics-that-predict-church-growth\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T16:14:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T21:14:18","slug":"7-statistics-that-predict-church-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/7-statistics-that-predict-church-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Statistics That Predict Church Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Aaron Earls<\/em><\/p>\n

Most American churches have 80 or fewer worshippers each week and fewer than 45 percent of churches have grown more than 2 percent in the last five years, according to a study from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, it is God who brings growth to churches, but research shows several factors that are common in growing churches.<\/p>\n

Analysis of the American Congregations 2015 study finds seven statistics played a role in which churches experienced significant growth since 2010.<\/p>\n

1. Growing location<\/strong> \u2014 The old real estate adage applies to churches. Growth is connected to \u201clocation, location, location.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than half (59 percent) of churches in a new suburb grew at least 2 percent in the past five years. Those in other locations were less likely to experience similar growth\u2014only 44 percent grew at that rate.<\/p>\n

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2. Younger congregation<\/strong> \u2014 Churches whose membership was at least a third senior adults were less likely to grow than other churches.<\/p>\n

Only 36 percent of churches heavily attended by senior citizens grew 2 percent or more in the last five years. Almost half (48 percent) of churches where seniors were less than one-third grew.<\/p>\n

3. Innovative worship<\/strong> \u2014 Congregations who describe their worship service as \u201cvery innovative\u201d are almost 10 percent more likely to grow than others.<\/p>\n

Less than 44 percent of churches that say they have little to some innovation in worship grew, while more than 53 percent of churches with very innovative worship grew.<\/p>\n

4. Lack of serious conflict<\/strong> \u2014 Fighting churches are not growing churches. Serious conflict stunts growth.<\/p>\n

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For churches that maintained relative calm\u2014no serious conflict in the past five years\u2014more than half grew. Only 29 percent of churches with serious conflict did the same.<\/p>\n

5. Involved church members<\/strong> \u2014 Simply put, the more laity is involved in recruiting new people the more likely a church will grow.<\/p>\n

How likely is it that a church grew? For those whose laity was \u2026<\/p>\n