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July 28, 2008
Giving and the Church Member Experience, Law #4
The 4th Law of the Church Member Experience is Unengage church members don't create engaged church members.
In Stewardship and Assimilation are closely linked I addressed the core principle behind Law #4.
At the risk of repeating myself, let me add to what I've previously posted. People who are excited about your church and the ministry it provides will naturally draw people to your church. Word of mouth recommendations will always reign supreme in influencing people. In fact, your church members will consistently be more effective at generating new prospects and converting those prospects to new church members than church staff will ever be.
Rest assured, marginal or inactive church members will never do anything to generate interest in the ministry of your church. In fact, they may do more harm than good. (But that is another discussion for another time.)
Engaged church members create an ideal environment to grow stewards - people who understand that all they have (their time, talents and treasures) are assests entrusted to them to be managed ultimately for Kingdom growth.
Previous posts in this series:
Giving and the Church Member Experience, Introduction
Giving and the Church Member Experience, Law #1
Giving and the Church Member Experience, Law #2
Giving and the Church Member Experience, Law #3
Posted by bstroup at July 28, 2008 3:41 PM
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