6 ways to increase church attendance.

Yes, I’m serious! Here are six ways to boost your church attendance by next Sunday!

1. Have a miracle service.
2. Have a healing service.
3. Invite a world famous evangelist.
4. Say there will be a special blessing on the first 10 that  show up on time!
5. Say that God has a special; blessing for the one that brings the most guest.
6. Have a musical contest.

It’s true, many places of worship will resort to the use of hooks and gimmicks to get people in the door. It is unfortunate that many people will fall for it. If the gospel is simply preached and leaders allow God to add to the church daily, such as should be saved, churches would not have to resort to hooks and gimmicks to fill the pews.

There are more than enough believers and those on the edge of believing who are hungry for Gods word and they want what is true, not the religious jargon and mombo jumbo, blab it and grab it religion. Many people, believers also are discouraged by trickery and the slight of hand and face in many fellowships. Hooks, gimmicks, tricks like: Prayer lines(5, 10 15 or 20 dollars); If you love God bring the preacher $25.00; If you want to be blessed, be here next Sunday, I would not miss it!; If you want your family blessed and your body healed, give God a sacrificial offering.  Honesty should be commonplace in a place of worship.

How can you exhort someone or comfort someone in trouble if every time they ever asked asked you “How are you” your reply has always been “I’m blessed of the Lord and I’m too blessed to be stressed”, how can you identify with (empathize) anyone. Its helps in the restoration process of a soul when you can identify with what they are going through, but, if your too blessed to be stresses, you send the message that , I have no problems.

I’d rather go to the brother or sister in Christ of whom I know has been through much (because they are open enough to be real), he or she can always share with me how God saw him through their situation. Would you let a surgeon operate on you and they never performed a surgery?

Just preach/teach the word of God and leave the hooks and gimmicks to the sales force and marketing team.

Going Against The Grain.