Church leaders on course for growth

What practical steps can you take to develop your church’s vision and ministry? This is the question Mark and Kathy Ryan are asking leadership teams attending the church development and growth track. And as three leaders told Chris Rolfe, it’s proving to be extremely helpful.

George Whittome, Regis Christian Fellowship, Rowley Regis, near Birmingham 

About George’s church George started at Regis Christian Fellowship at the end of 2023 and took over as senior leader at the start of this year. From being a church of an average 30- 40 on Sundays, regular attendance lately has jumped to 50-60. The church has just joined Elim.

I’ve learned so much from this course, but the main thing has been a mindset shift about church and how to develop it.

One thing Mark showed us was that a core part of growing a church in a healthy way is raising volunteers, training leaders and building teams, so I’ve been implementing this advice.

Mark’s tip was to write a list of everything that needs doing in church, then to give everyone a job, the idea being that when people receive responsibility their commitment goes through the roof.

From that, I’ve started a notices team. Before, it was just me running the services, but I did some training about speaking on stage and now we’ve got five or six people on board.

I’m creating a team to launch kids work too and I’ve just run a work day where we gave people pizza then repainted a room upstairs and did a clear out.

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