Are you in church leadership?

If so, you know as well as anyone how tough business can be right now. Gone are the days of triple-digit revenue growth and billion-dollar IPOs.

But listen - don't let the challenging marketplace get you down. Instead, get creative.

Here are 8 practical ways to get butts in seats and bottom lines heading north:

1.) Pander, pander, pander. The first rule of church growth is to constantly compromise whatever deep convictions and sincere beliefs you might have, in order to make visitors feel special. Sometimes, you even need to just ask people point-blank what it is you can compromise to get them to start attending your church regularly.

2.) Study what the Bible teaches about the local church, so you know what not to do. Read up carefully on concepts lik

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