How to Increase Engagement and Build Community in Your Church w/ Pastor Peter Haas

Modern Church Leader

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/feXLcfwtdzk
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Every church leader wants to know the secret to making their church grow. Many churches put their efforts into finding a quotable preacher or investing thousands into the production quality of their services. Other churches start new ministries or expand their social media presence in hopes of reaching a new demographic.
Today’s guest, Peter Haas, is here to challenge the typical model of church leadership.
“Pastors spend all their energy on the wrong things.” - Peter Haas
In this episode, we will hear how Peter’s leadership model changed once he realized that there was more to church leadership than a fancy service production and preaching an awesome message on Sunday mornings.
Through a personal discipleship experience and reading several studies, Pastor Haas learned that the true key to getting people and keeping people in the church is friendship. A sermon can only go so far, and strobe lights and fog machines only last for the one hour a week people are behind church doors. But mid-week discipleship helps churches to actually make and keep disciples.
“10% of the population will jump into deeper circles of commitment on their own. But the other 90% are invited into maturity.” - Peter
Pastor Haas and the leadership team at Substance Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota have seen how this practice works firsthand. Through their own study, they have come up with three avenues that they believe have revolutionized the growth and connectedness of their church.
As church leaders, it is important to strive for excellence in all that we do, but we must be careful to not get lost in our performance as speakers or the production of our Sunday services. We must get back to the basics of discipleship and Spiritual Habit Formation in order to see true transformation in people.
By the end of this episode, you will learn:
✅ Peter’s 6 Levels of Objective Discipleship Metrics
✅ How to invite church-goers into discipleship
✅ How to train your small group leaders to build relationships
✅ How to make friends in church
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