Momentum: When you hear the word momentum what comes to mind? Excitement? Passion? Or maybe you’re like a lot of people and your mind goes straight to frustrations about why you can never seem to keep momentum going. The truth is, creating momentum is not an easy task, but once you get it, it’s worth the effort. We look at other churches and wonder why they have it and we don’t. At Church Trainer, we believe momentum is one of the major keys to success in a church for growth and evangelism.
I believe in the statement, “healthy things grow.” When the core of your church, volunteers and staff are healthy – it will unify us and ignite momentum. When people are in an atmosphere that is charged with expectation, we become a magnet that will attract people to experience God. When you think of magnets; they create a healthy tension that pulls the right things together and keeps polarized things apart. Momentum does the same thing for pulling people with the right vision together and keeping those who have opposite visions separated. It’s ALL in the environment we set from the time they pull onto our parking lot to the time they leave.
George Barna says, “An estimated 73 million adults are presently unchurched. When teens and children are added, the total swells to roughly 100 million Americans.”Everyone wants to feel like they are apart of something great, something that’s moving forward and making a difference. When people feel momentum it propels them forward! When guests are invited into your church, you want them to experience God and get excited about coming back the next week! Momentum is contagious and in the world we live in – people are looking for family, connection and something that makes them feel alive.
So what is momentum? Simply put, it’s a series of small wins. If a sports team wins several times in a row, they get fan momentum. So a church needs a series of wins also in: the worship team, the hospitality team, the youth team, the creative team, the business team and so forth. Celebrating these wins create an environment of anticipation. Several wins in a row creates a rhythm of expected winning. Start celebrating your teams and raise your level of momentum.
