Northern Roads by Jeremy Norton

Tag: church revitalization

Leadership, Ministry

DO YOU WANT THE CHURCH TO SURVIVE, OR THRIVE?

Do you want the Church to thrive?

Canada’s Christian landscape has changed drastically over the past few decades. According to research, Church attendance fell from an average of 88% in 1975 to 66% in 2011, and has continued to decline.

Within the Millennial Generation, church attendance has sunk to 35%, and the rising Generation Z is trending lower.

Clearly there’s a problem.

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Church, Discipleship, Leadership, Outreach

The Sobering Outcome for the Church that Loses an Evangelistic Focus

As I toured the facilities with the pastor, I started to realize how grim the situation was. It would take way more than a summer work team to turn this church around. It was a large property that resembled a ghost town of sorts; like time stopped a decade prior, when a large group of families just walked away all at once. The property was left to take care of itself. However, the facility wasn’t the problem.

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