The Fall 2013 edition of Facts and Trends contains a graphic (p.4) from Leadership Network showing that Protestant megachurches are four times more likely to be growing than are all Protestant churches (79% compared to 20%).
So What?
This statistic is one of many that highlight the reality that America’s largest Protestant churches are among the healthiest of all churches when it comes to growth. Since most congregations are smaller in size, the 20% number must be something that associations, denominations and networks of churches work together to improve. Surely more than 1 in 5 congregations should be growing.
- Over the last 10 years how much has your congregation grown (or declined)? over the last 5 years? last 3 years? during 2013?
- What do you think are some of the main reasons that only 1 out of every 5 Protestant congregation is currently growing?