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Tools to Help Your Church Reach More People
Lost people are driving by your church every Sunday. These resources are here to help you meet them.
Church Growth Blueprint
Not sure where to start with reaching your community? This free blueprint walks you through the four things healthy, effective churches do to meet new people and keep them.
3 Ways to Make Your Church Known in Your Community
Your neighbors don't know your church exists yet. This resource shows you three practical ways to get your church in front of the families already living in your community.
Practical Tips for Finding Balance During the Busy Days of Summer
Is your summer ministry calendar full? Download this resource to fill your tank and walk away with practical insights on how to prioritize your friendship with God in a busy ministry season.
Marketing Resources for Your Church
Your front door has moved. It's your website and social media now, not your welcome lobby. These resources help you show up where your community is already looking.
Church Growth Resources
By 2050, church attendance will be half of what it was in 1990. These resources give your church a real path forward.
Executing a Clear Plan
Creating Remarkable Experiences
Enjoying Deep Friendship With God
Building Life-Giving Relationships
"Executing a Clear Plan" Resources for Your Church
Most churches want to grow but don't have a clear road map. These resources help your team align around a plan that actually moves you forward.
"Creating Remarkable Experiences" Resources for Your Church
First-time guests decide whether to return within minutes of walking in. These resources help your church make every experience worth coming back to.
"Enjoying Deep Friendship With God" Resources for Your Church
Outreach that lasts starts with a church rooted in its own walk with God. These resources support the spiritual health underneath everything you do.
"Building Life-Giving Relationships" Resources for Your Church
People don't stay at a church because of a program. They stay because they found belonging. These resources help your church become a place where real connections take root.
Church Video Resources
Short, practical videos to help your team think clearly about outreach, community, and church health.
How to Make Guests More Likely to Return to Your Church
There are so many opportunities to meet families, young adults, gen z, moms, and future volunteers in your community, but the stats say that only 15% of first time guests come back to a church. So what are really effective churches doing to increase that percentage?
Encouragement for When You're Stressed About an Event
As a church leader, events and things are always coming up. Maybe it's Christmas or even just a small moment. You've planned. You've prepared. You've done everything you can think of, and yet for some reason, stress is seeping in. It's natural; and church and ministry leaders experience it just like anyone else might.
The First Step of Church Marketing You Shouldn't Skip
You can't reach everyone; in order to reach anyone, you have to start by focusing on what your church is and who your church is reaching. Calina Jordan with the Connect Ministries marketing team talks about the critical step of the marketing process that is so easy for churches to miss.
We Visited 135 Churches. Here are 6 Cool Ideas.
If you're looking for some ideas of what churches are doing for outreach, in their gatherings, or to better connect with new families, Drake, Lindsey, and Graham visited a combined 135 churches working with Connect Camps and pooled together some of the most interesting ideas.
The Connect Podcast
Real conversations for church leaders who want to reach their communities. Each episode covers practical outreach strategies, ministry leadership, and what it looks like to help your church meet new people.
