Inside the heads of potential members

February 20, 2007 by
Filed under: Church New Member Process, Religion 

In the next few days, I will present some information from the Reconnecting with Faith – Finding Your Home retreat.  I do so in the hopes that it will be useful to churches and new member programs in particular.

The information results from brainstorming done by the participants of the most recent retreat.  There are three sets of information:

  1. What are potential members looking for?

  2. What are potential members looking to avoid?
  3. What is stopping you [the retreaters] from getting involved or more involved in a faith community?

Please keep in mind that this was a small group (about 10) in New Jersey.  The needs in your area may be different.  Also, this group was concentrated in the 20-40 age group, though we had representation of older folks.  This group was predominantly white and middle class as well.  A few of the participants were coming from a non-Presbyterian Christian denomination.

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2 Comments on Inside the heads of potential members

  1. What potential New Members want to avoid in a spiritual community : Mark Time on Tue, 20th Jan 2009 10:38 am

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  2. What is keeping potential new members from getting involved : Mark Time on Tue, 20th Jan 2009 10:38 am

    3. […] caveats about the makeup of the retreat group found here […]

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