What do people really want from you and your church?
What do people need?
What should be your top priorities as a leader? 

FOCUS: The Top Ten Things People Want and Need from You and Your Church:  Businesses focus on giving people what they want. "The customer is always right" is their motto. But we're church leaders, not business executives. And our mission is to make fully devoted followers of Christ, not just to give people what they want.

Sorting out wants from needs is messy business. One group wants different music. Another group wants more ministries. And your church has time constraints, not to mention budget considerations. In light of both mission and limits, how does a leader make tough decisions about a church's priorities?

Drawing on REVEAL research from hundreds of churches and thousands of congregants, Focus presents fascinating answers to the persistent and perplexing question of wants versus needs. You'll discover what the latest research reveals about:

  • what drives satisfaction with the church
  • what defines the church's unique role in spiritual growth
  • what people want and need most from their senior pastor
  • what a senior pastor's top priorities must be


As a leader, you want a vibrant, happy congregation. But you also want people to grow spiritually. Now you can focus on what matters most—helping people draw closer to Christ by meeting both their wants and their needs—even with limited resources.  Order FOCUS

 

Follow Me: What's Next for You: Four years of cutting-edge research: 200 churches, 80,000 people, and the breakthrough findings that will change the way you do church. Follow Me draws on the latest research to provide unprecedented insights into what drives—and derails—spiritual growth. It addresses questions every ministry leader wrestles with: How does spiritual growth happen? How do we help people move toward a more intimate and committed relationship to Christ? And it reveals the astonishingly honest responses people gave to questions about their spiritual lives.

More than anything else, what people really want is change—they want to become more like Jesus. And they’re looking to the church—to you—to help them grow. Order FOLLOW ME

 

Reveal: Where Are You?:  Are you really making a difference? How do you know? For years, church leaders have relied on numbers to help answer questions like these. In other words, we ask the “How many?” question. How many attend each week? Are in small groups? Actively serve? Tithe?

Numbers can be helpful, but they don’t reveal the whole story. Numbers can’t peer into the human heart. Reveal invites you to learn from its earliest findings, based on 5,000 surveys from seven churches, including Willow Creek. You’ll discover the four segments that characterize the journey of spiritual growth. You’ll learn more about what catalyzes and stunts spiritual growth. And you’ll understand how the church needs to change in order to help people become more like Christ. Order REVEAL: Where Are You?

What’s the difference?  Reveal uncovers and explains a spiritual continuum that identifies four segments of the spiritual journey:

  • Exploring Christ
  • Growing in Christ
  • Close to Christ
  • Christ-centered

Picking up where Reveal leaves off, Follow Me focuses on movement—the vital things that catalyze growth and move people from one segment to the next on the spiritual continuum.