Membership Matters: Insights from Effective Churches on New Member Classes and Assimilation

Insights from Effective Churches on New Member Classes and Assimilation
Findings from a national study to improve membership
classes and to motivate current members into active
ministry
How do churches move members—both old and new—
into ministry? Many church staff and lay leaders know
they need to start new member classes as a point of entry
into their churches but don’t know how. This book is
based on a national study of effective churches and
shows how growing churches implement new member
classes and motivate their members into ministry.
Membership Matters is designed to be a guide for
church leaders wanting to start or improve a membership
class. It includes models for classes and examples
of resources such as church covenants, class schedules,
and lesson outlines. It also gives direction on motivating
uninvolved members to participate in ministry. One
chapter chronicles an ongoing discussion among pastors
of growing churches that are effectively motivating
members to do ministry.