Carey Nieuwhof: Why Your Church Isn't For Everyone--And That's OK

Church leaders do it all the time. Ask them who they’re trying to reach. Their answer? Everyone.

It sounds appropriate. I get that. What else are you going to say? After all, the Gospel is for everyone.
But that’s not the question. The question is who is your church designed to reach?

Is your church for everyone? Really? What if it’s not?

Now, here’s the promise. What if … the faster you get away from the idea that your church is for everyone, the more effective you will be as a church? Keep reading

Churches run into serious problems when they are designed to reach a ministry target group that is a very tiny, is disappearing, or has vanished altogether.