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Originally Posted by CC1
What made me decide to start this thread is that I was looking at a Pentecostal church website. The church has been there for many decades in a Southern town with a population of around 200,000 people. I know nothing about the church or the pastors who have pastored it. However in reading the church history they mentioned that when the current pastor came about 20 years ago the church doubled from 60 to 120 members in two years. Then it proceeded to say that currently the church runs 100-120 members. I thought to myself that it seems incredible this church in a decent sized city would see virtually no growth in 20 years. It made me wonder how that pastor, church, and other pentecostals look at church growth and how they measure their success in carrying out the great commission.
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The church I grew up in is the oldest Oneness church in Iowa, the weekly Sunday morning service has typically never gone much above 100 (I believe 150 was the peak, but I could be mistaken), albeit the population of the town is only around 8-9,000. However, a great many daughter works have come out of it. People being taught in the church have then gone to other towns and started new works. Church growth isn't just based on the weekly regulars, but also what grows out of it in surrounding communities or even other works in the same city.
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