Lost: The Church Edition

The latest Lifeway poll says that every week, 115,000 people leave their church. That's more than 8,000,000 people that choose to leave their churches annually. Ouch. I know that in our recent annual meeting it was scary to see how many left our church last year. So, what are you doing about it? Quickly, I always hear Pastors put a spin on it. "There's no way we can keep everyone". Or the more spiritual answer, "The person probably has internal issues that keep them from realizing how great our church is". Is it spin? Or is it the truth. The answer? I don't know. But I can tell you based on my knowledge of church marketing and secular industry (where most brands suffer...
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