Why A New Church?

why start a new church?

The statistics regarding the church in America are staggering:

  • 1500 new churches are started each year, but 3700 are closed.
  • Not one county in the U.S. has even a 1% increase in church attendance.
  • 65% of Americans have had no significant connection to any church.
  • 80-85% of churches in America are plateaued or in decline.
  • A church older than 10 years takes an average of 89 attendees to help one new person find Jesus while a church 0-3 years old takes only 3!

Church planting has been demonstrated as the single most effective method of helping new people get connected to Jesus and find life in him.

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