How new people come to church for the first time

How new people come to church for the first time

Now Crandall’s original study was done in the 10 years ago, when church growth scholarship was really studying the impact of such advertising. From research done some time ago and still in print from Amazon (Source:The Inviting Church, 1987 p. 44), here is what was found:

• 2% by Advertisement
• 6% by the Pastoral Invitation
• 6% by organized evangelism campaign
• 86% by friends or relatives

I don’t know if there has been any new research to show these numbers to have changed or remain the same.

At least the statistics show that for most growth to happen, personal invitation is still the best. I was glad to see that be #1 on the list.

http://www.evangelismcoach.org/2009/15-strategies-to-increase-first-time-visitors/