Input statistics: Giving and Attendance

The response to the McWorship series, otherwise known as an expository study of Malachi, was overwhelming; the Super Size challenge in particular. It might be helpful to put that response in perspective.


The Super Size Sunday offering was roughly four times the amount of our regular weekly offerings; from July through the end of December, average weekly offerings are around $44,000.


Giving is tracking about 12% ahead of giving for the same period a year ago.


Attendance is tracking about 2% ahead of attendance for the same period a year ago.


The last time we saw giving growing at a higher rate than attendance was in 2004, just as we entered a strong attendance growth period. Eventually, I'm going to get around to explaining why I think that giving and attendance tracking, while important, are not the measure of a church's health and what measures I'll be using to assess the health of Grace.


NEXT TIME: Imploding Churches