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Wednesday, March 06, 2019

The Church Growth Gap: The Big Get Bigger While the Small Get Smaller


The US congregations most likely to grow are the 10 percent that already have more than 250 worshipers.

In many congregations in the United States, new faces in the pews have become rare.

A new study from Exponential by LifeWay Research found 6 in 10 Protestant churches are plateaued or declining in attendance and more than half saw fewer than 10 people become new Christians in the past 12 months.

“Growth is not absent from American churches,” said Scott McConnell, executive director of LifeWay Research. “But rapid growth through conversions is uncommon.” Read More

Also See:
Major New Research on Declining, Plateaued, and Growing Churches from Exponential and LifeWay Research

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