As a pastor of over 20 years, I have struggled
with all of the issues of pastoral ministry,
including a passion to grow
a slow-growing church. I began my first pastorate with a crowd
of 17 people. After almost ten years of hard labor the church
had grown to a comfortable 350 in weekend attendance. I spent
those years, like most pastors, trying to figure out how to
advance and grow the church. I devoured countless church growth
books and attended conferences from one end of the country
to the other. Eventually a pattern began to emerge that affected
the way that I viewed and conducted ministry. This led to an
explosive period of church growth over the next four years
where our church grew to over 1200. I share the step-by-step
story of my personal journey as a pastor in the links below.
Discovering the Nature of Ministry VIEW
My Role As a Pastor VIEW
The Missing Link To a Rapidly Growing Church VIEW
A Critical Shift of Focus VIEW
Field Testing and Discovery VIEW
The Gift of Technology VIEW
The Information Bonanza VIEW
As a fellow pastor, I wholeheartedly
invite you to join us in ConnectionPower™ as a partner church. We
are on a journey to assist churches to increase their
assimilation
power and to help them to connect people into the Body
of Christ. We believe that we will learn much in the
days ahead
as we collect data from hundreds of participating churches
about how to do a better job growing the local church.
God's
Richest Blessings,
Pastor Allen Ratta
Founder and President, ConnectionPower.com
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