
Why No One’s Listening to Your Church (4 Steps to Fix It)
You’re leading. You’re preaching. You’re promoting. But still… it feels like no one’s really listening. That’s not just frustrating; it’s
We all know the church/Bible answer for why people go to Church. But why do they go to YOUR local church?
I speak across the nation and I often ask why people like their church. Here’s the reasons I hear:
All of these are great reasons, but ultimately they aren’t compelling reasons for someone to come to your church.
You need to help direct your church members into why they actually go to your church. It sounds weird, but (like customers of a product) your congregation need to hear the positives of attending your church. The benefits of actually going. Most of the time, a consumer (or parishioner) won’t come up with their own reason.
According to Ranier, the Top 6 Reasons (in order) to be active in a Church are:
These are the start of determining benefits that are compelling for people to use to invite others. How do you determine yours? Start with listing programs and features of your church — then talk to your most active people. See what they are drawn to, and then listen to their benefits of doing a program or being involved with a feature.
You’ll start to hear key benefits of attending your church. Choose the most compelling (to your core audience) and add it (as a tagline) to your logo. Then repeat it over and over. Preach about it. Tell people about it. Communicate it. In Unison.
Your church will start to grow as people start hearing compelling benefits of attending your church.
You’re leading. You’re preaching. You’re promoting. But still… it feels like no one’s really listening. That’s not just frustrating; it’s
Julie Andrews sang it well in The Sound of Music: “Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place
Excuse me, but who are you? Few questions strike deeper than this one: “Who are you?” It can feel affirming
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