HippoChurch

Ran across this link on Tony Morgan’s site, which details some reasons the unchurched may stick once they attend a church - http://churchrelevance.com/qa-top-reasons-for-church-attendance/

Which led me to ask, “Yes, but what will get them there in the first place?”. We’re spending a lot of time examining assumptions these days at NP. I love it. I stuck in ‘98 because I found two elements that had previously never mixed in my life up to that point: relevance and ministry. We’ve become known for the environments we create, but we know it’s relationships (genuine “I respect and care about you” ones, not “I just need to get you saved” ones) that are the main factor in determining whether someone will give you a chance. My roommates at the time convinced me to attend North Point with them.

We, the Church, can work on a lot of things, but being a better friend will have the greatest impact. Relationship sure seemed to matter to God. Hmm…

Here were some other interesting links on church attendance: (Thanks to Kent Shaffer at churchrelevance.com for these)

http://churchrelevance.com/why-young-adults-stop-continue-and-restart-attending-church/

http://churchrelevance.com/why-go-to-church-and-why-people-dont/