Navigating the Path to Church Health

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The chapter delves into the basics of healthy church growth and contrasts growth with true health, highlighting core tensions church leaders face in strategic planning. It emphasizes the importance of pastors moving beyond gut instincts and personal perceptions to objectively assess their church's health, advocating for data-driven analysis and seeking outside perspectives to accurately diagnose challenges.

Attendance growth isn't always a sign of health. After all, both healthy and unhealthy things can grow.

In the first episode of our new series on "How Healthy Churches Grow," Tony and Amy unpack the first principle of healthy growth based on our work with 650+ churches: objective assessment.

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