1422, 117%, and 234

Lots of things are changing at Freedom Valley York Road. I am learning and growing all over the place. recently God gave me a voracious appetite for reading and I have been chewing up books like a crazy man. Good stuff.

On my learning journey over the past months, came the leading from the Holy Spirit that Freedom Valley's growth is being hindered by our structure as well as our space (most services are over 70% full.

So we have been working on some stuff- among which is a need to grow in our small group structure. After some research, we found only one system that has the history and potential to get huge results as measured by percentage of church attendees that sign up for it. Nelson Searcy's system.

Nelson claimed that he could help us get more than 100% of average weekend attendance in small groups. That is a tall order, especially based on the fact that the church that sports the highest numbers that I know of in this area, has only about 50% of it's weekend attendance involved in small groups.

So we took on Nelson Searcy's system and copied it lock, stock, and barrel (not sure what that means but my Dad used to say it and it sounds cool).

The result? 1422 people are signed up to be involved in Growth Groups! Our average attendance is about 1200 here at York Road, so that brings us to 117% of weekend attendance in Growth Groups! 234 people signed up who had never signed up for anything before!

I believe this creates a whole new era for us as a church. More and better disciples, more leaders, and more spiritual development. Exciting stuff!