The XM ChallengeChurch Growth Plan – The XM Challenge https://www.rickbergen.net Help Plant 1,000 Churches Fri, 07 Nov 2025 23:01:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 169531157 Church Growth Plan https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=142 https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=142#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:55:00 +0000 Rick Bergen http://www.rickbergen.net/2012/10/27/church-growth-plan/ To make disciples we need to spend time with people. Forming a church community that eats and studies and plays together is fun, but we have found that these can tend to get ingrown. Over time our language, preferences and inside jokes can make new people feel like outsiders.
Church growth by natural reproduction is really slow.
Church growth by Christians moving over from other churches is complicated.
So how do we attract people who don’t like church?
We are developing another chapter to our work here called CDR. In English, this translates to Center of Regional Development. These are activities designed to meet felt needs in our neighbourhood. Our goal is to build bridges so that church people can hang out with unchurched people. Our hope is that our Christian community and our message will be considered good news.

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