5 Problems That Stop Churches From Growing

Author

Jacob Schmelzer
August 08, 2023

There are five big problems that stop churches from growing

#1 Not enough guests and visitors...

#2 Losing people out the back door...

#3 A lack of dedicated leaders and volunteers...

#4 Not enough finances and resources to grow...

#5 A lack of discipleship and leadership development...

Fixing these issues leads to growth and momentum!

I’ve helped over 500 churches solve these issues with an extremely high rate of success and now it’s your turn…

But like all positive change it starts with being honest about the problem.

Does your church deal with 1 or more of these issues?

What would it look like for you and your church if every one of these was solved?

The good news is we have a proven plan to identify, isolate, and eliminate each and every one of these 5 problems.

But you’ll need to take action.

Here’s the deal…

Until the end of the month you have an incredible opportunity to work with me (and my team of coaches) 1 on 1. This accelerates results like crazy! But we only have room to take on 5 pastors.

If you’d like to learn more about this please click here and fill out the form and one of our team will be in touch!

Talk soon,

Pastor Jake

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If you’re reading this you probably know I send a newsletter almost every day (at least 350 per year. And if you didn’t know…I write them myself! It’s the equivalent of writing 10-15 books per year. I get dozens of replies and responses from pastors that share how this daily email encourages them. Right now it goes out to over 33,000 pastors/church-leaders!

But, it’s definitely a time-consuming and challenging task! I spend at least an hour a day on average studying, writing, and managing this newsletter. Over the past few months I’ve considered doing less or stopping the newsletter altogether. Then I get a response from someone and it encourages me to keep going. Here’s where you come in.

I want to focus on writing great content, sharing it with more pastors, and LESS time on creating paid offers and selling. To do that I need your help.

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Free Resources

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Recommended Tools:

Here are some of the best tools I use for business and ministry!

1) Email Newsletter Software - Beehiiv

Want to start your own newsletter? For church communication, leadership development, discipleship, or something else? Beehiiv is my go-to tool. I use it everyday and it works great. Totally FREE up to 2500 subscribers!

2) Group Software - Skool

Skool is hands down the simplest, easiest, and BEST group software available right now. I use it for UpLevel Leader coaching and it’s fantastic. Community. Classroom. Calendar.