Church health/growth standards

Research shows that churches will stop growing when they regularly reach 80% capacity in their facilities. This rule applies not only to seating in the sanctuary but classroom capacity, lobby space, restroom space, and parking lot capacity.

Why? New people will not come back to a church that they do not feel has room for them.

our three dilemmas

1
Parking capacity

2
seating capacity

3
classroom capacity

based on august 23 projected attendance we will be:

Sign indicating that at 95-111% seating capacity, the space accommodates 24 to 28 people per person.
Sign indicating available parking capacity at 138%, based on 2 people per car.
Text stating "Over 100% capacity in at least 4 classes" with "Over 100%" on a yellow background and the rest in black text on a white background.

Mirrored Service Model

A mirrored service model would mean holding two identical services on Sunday mornings back to back with a short transition period in between them. Members and guests would choose which of the two services to attend.

Timeline for Mirrored Services

  • Continue with Summer Schedule
    10am Teaching Hour + 11am Main Service

  • Begin Mirrored Service Model

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view the full slide deck from our mirrored service presentation on wednesday, august 2nd.

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Infographic titled 'Viewing Porn Is Wrong' showing two groups of figures: one with two figures labeled '1/2 Adults,' and another with three figures labeled '1/3 Teens + Young Adults.'
Statistics graphic showing that 40 million U.S. adults visit internet pornography sites regularly, with the source labeled as [BARNA].
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Statistic infographic showing that 64% of 13-24 year olds look at pornography on a weekly basis, credited to BARNA.
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Text graphic with the message: 'Not just men, 17% of all women struggle with porn addiction', attributed to Barna.
Text on a black background stating, "20% of men + 13% of women admit to accessing porn while at work."