Most churches want to reach unchurched people. They take the Great Commission seriously and want their church to make a positive difference for the Kingdom.
At the same time, we’re coming to grips with the fact that fewer and fewer people are attending church. Even regular members show up more infrequently than in years gone by.
The same group of people, attending less often, is not a recipe for growth. For a church to grow and thrive, it has to reach brand new people.
Even though many churches share in this desire, few actually do it.
If your church is serious about reaching new guests, particularly those who are not attending any other church, here are five things to consider to reach people. Read More
I know this isn't the right place to post this but I couldn't find any other way to contact you. Due to the continual censoring by the major social network companies such as facebook, google, etc. May I suggest that you also post on minds.com . This site is more conservative and does not censor. Those difficult doctrines of Scriptures can be discussed there, whereas, facebook would shut you down without explanation. I have personal experience with this one. I don't know why I was remove; facebook didn't think that it was necessary to explain. Anyway I am suggesting that you take precautions.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joe, for the warning. It is good to hear from you. If you send a current email address to me at heritageanglicansatgmaildotcom, I will send you the address of the email account that I check the most often. I will be on the lookout for your email.
ReplyDeleteWhile I have a Facebook account, I seldom use it and then primarily to maintain sporadic contact with a few relatives and friends and acquaintances scattered around the US, Canada, Australia, and other parts of the world. I do not post on Facebook any material that I write because I understand that Facebook can claim copyright to this material.
I do not participate in any online discussion groups on Facebook or any other social media websites, in part because I prefer to avoid heated discussions centering on topics on which I may not be well-informed.
I have also had a lot of negative experiences with comment threads on various websites over the years. The other posters were not interested in giving me a fair hearing but in attacking me because I voiced an opinion different from their own. Indeed they appeared all too eager to pounce upon anyone who disagreed with them and me in particular – or so it seemed to me.
In addition, I have been taking Japanese language courses at the local university. Learning Japanese and blogging have not left me with much time for online discussion groups. I did not do as well this past semester as I have in previous semesters and will have to retake the last course I took over again in the fall of next year. It is only offered in the fall.
I was leading services and preaching sermons at a small Continuing Anglican church in a nearby town while pursuing ordination in the jurisdiction with which it is affiliated. But it became evident toward the end of the summer that I did not enjoy the support of the church for ordination so I did not seek renewal of my lay reader’s license this past fall.
What I would like to do is pioneer a new church here in Murray but the recent turn of events and my age cause me to doubt that I am the right person for the task. At the same time I believe that Murray would be a good site for an Anglican church. Murray is a university town as well as the county seat. The population is more diverse and more cosmopolitan than the larger region. The three existing liturgical churches in Murray appear to be doing well. While the community has a number of churches, it also has a large unchurched population. There have been several successful new church plants recent years. The community is also growing.