Reaching people for Christ is our main mission in ministry and most churches use a variety of methods to attract a diverse audience. That makes sense and yet if we’re not careful, this can lead to a scattered approach that drains your people and church finances. Then once a program or event is in-place, it becomes part of the routine regardless of whether it attracts people or produces the desired results.
From a lack of defining goals, to not measuring effectiveness, or just plain not wanting to rock the boat, we can quickly fall into the trap of mistaking abundant activity for actual fruit.
Here are a few ways to tell if your church is too busy – and how to combat the problem. Keep reading
A good book that outlines principles for helping to make your church more streamlined and focused on disciple-making is Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geiger's Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples. The church with which I am sojourning employs these principles in its ministry. I definitely recommend the book.
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