Commentary by Dr. Whitesel: Previously geography dictated a church’s size and potential for growth as per this research on face-to-face churchgoers.
Not any more.
Now churches everywhere can overcome the “geographic wall” to attendance by developing their online ministry. In my book Growing the Post-pandemic Church I list tools and plans to accomplish this.
Drive times to church for face-to-face attendees are:
5 min or less = 21 %
6 – 15 min = 47 %.
16 – 30 min = 22%
30+ min = 9 %.
AMERICAN VALUES, MENTAL HEALTH, AND USING TECHNOLOGY IN THE AGE OF TRUMP, Findings from “Church Commuting” by Kevin D. Dougherty, Baylor Religion Survey, Wave 5 , 9/2017 (https://www.baylor.edu/baylorreligionsurvey/doc.php/292546.pdf)
Find more ideas in the book Growing the Post-pandemic Church available in paperback and Kindle …

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