Leveraging a Church Move for Growth
How to treat a building move or relocation like a fresh church plant.
Treat a building move or relocation like a church plant all over again. Run the launch play. Church of the Highlands had four hundred people on launch day, and we replayed the full launch plan every year for the next five years.
On big days, send mailers, ask everyone to invite friends, run an evangelistic series, and elevate the worship experience. Two things have to get better as you grow: worship and kids' ministry. You cannot preach good enough for those two things to be bad.
If a kid says, "I do not want to come back," they will not. If a kid says, "Can this be our church?" they will. Spend thirty to forty thousand dollars on lighting and audio-visual if you need to, and donate the upgrades to the venue as you go. They will not kick you out if you treat them like family and honor them well.