![]() ![]() To a businessperson, this approach might sound familiar as a “sales funnel” for drawing prospects in. Once people engage with the community, a fraction of them will engage more deeply to join the active core of church membership. Some would argue that Sunday morning services are fundamental to drawing people into a church. In this view, Sunday morning service is an appendage of the church rather than its center. In contrast a large thin community with no core will drift apart. A church that develops a small thick core community can endure, with or without a larger enveloping thin community. Ministries that appeal to a wider audience can then overflow from the active community life of committed members. In starting a church, one must first focus on preparing a place and a role for people to be thick members. These members generate the gravity that holds it all together. What sustains a church is its thick core. One can imagine a church community as a ball or a planet, ranging from the “thickest” most involved members at the dense core to occasional visitors in the outer atmosphere. ![]() A thicker community is one that is more connected its members interact more frequently and share more important ties in their lives. 1 In community, there exists an idea of thick vs thin. ![]() Church is a community of people practicing Christianity together. ![]()
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