12 Intriguing Megachurch Trends

December 8, 2015

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December 8, 2015

In this issue…

• Watch: 12 Intriguing Megachurch Trends

• 3 Ways to Show Generosity in Your Church from Pushpay

• Video: Small Groups Are Weird

• The Nines: Engaging Millennials, Nones and the Next Generation

• Listen: Uber, Airbnb & Church Online Reputation

Succession Readiness: Survey the Landscape of Large Church Pastors

12 Intriguing Megachurch Trends

by Warren Bird

Does it surprise you that among megachurches…?

• 62% are multisite, up from 46% five years ago

• 30% host an online campus (more than just streaming)

• 57% serve Communion always or often as part of worship

• almost twice as many “strongly agree” that their congregation has a clear mission and purpose, as compared to smaller churches

These findings and more are available in a just-released, richly illustrated report, “Recent Shifts in America’s Largest Protestant Churches,” by Scott Thumma and Warren Bird, brought to you by The Beck Group….

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VIDEO: Small Groups Are Weird

Chris Surratt talks about Small Groups ministries, their awkwardness, their challenges, and most importantly, their effectiveness for spreading the gospel.

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What Can You Do to Engage Millennials, Nones and the Next Generation?

This year’s NINES online conference, “Engaging Millennials, Nones and the Next Generation” proved to be an event full of great information. We heard from folks like Perry Noble, Craig Groeschel, Bryan Carter and Rebekah Bullard – all about what their churches are doing reach these age groups. This was a hot topic this year, and we had more than 200 videos submitted. During the original event on November 10-11, we had so much interest that we’d thought we would share the event again Tuesday and Wednesday, December 15 and 16, 12-4 EST (also shown Pacific) AND a special event for your church family 7-9 PM (and Pacific) Tuesday night. No need to register, just go to thenines.tv on these days and watch all of the content for free.

2015 Book Releases from Leadership Network

This year we celebrated the release of four fantastic books in our new publishing series NEXT. In case you missed any of them, read more for a quick rundown of the books and what they’re about. Each is available at booksellers everywhere…

Uber, Airbnb & Church Online Reputation

Social Media Podcast: Episode 127

Nils and Jay talk about how the church can learn from Uber and Airbnb about the power of empowering others to leverage the platform however they like and get rid of the middle man. The importance of online reputation is talked about and a couple other items.

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