num_pages: 124
description: Accurately counting the right things can profoundly impact ministry effectiveness. Knowing the story in the stats can inform decisions and lead to the things that produce the results most pleasing to God. Gathering and studying the right numbers can help a church wisely invest its resources of time effort people money and facilities. Effectiveness by the Numbers will help ensure that your church is measuring the right things for the right reasons. Counting what counts enables a church to fulfill its mission--making mature followers of Jesus Christ. Jesus and his disciples counted. They knew how many he fed with the five loaves and fishes. When a crowd gathered they often knew and recorded the number of men women and children present for the event. The early church counted. They knew that on the day of Pentecost about 3000 were added to their number. The book of Acts reports that many believed people were added and many of the Corinthians who heard him believed and were baptized. If Jesus counted and the early church kept track of numbers it is not unreasonable to expect churches today to use metrics to increase their effectiveness in doing Gods work on earth.Chapter The Fear of NumbersChapter If You Could Count Only One ThingChapter How Many and How OftenChapter How Many Stick?Chapter How Many Serve?Chapter Who's New?Chapter Growing by Staying SmallChapter What's More Important than Dollars?Chapter What Product Are You Producing Anyway?About the William R. HoytDuring his 38 years of ministry Dr. Bill Hoyt has served as Pastor Seminary Professor Executive Minister of the Southwest Baptist Conference and a consultant to churches denominations and other not-for-profit corporations. By virtue of his varied background Dr. Hoyt has been privileged to observe countless churches from many different vantage points.Dr. Hoyt is the President of NexStep Coaching and Consulting an organization committed to enhancing the effectiveness of Christian leaders and organizations through executive coaching and consulting for organizational development. Dr. Hoyt is also President of UniReach International a non-profit organization that engages in humanitarian work in Vietnam.Dr. Hoyt and his wife Gwyn have been married for 40 years. They have two sons and daughters-in-law a granddaughter and three grandsons.
language: English
title: Effectiveness By The Numbers: Counting What Counts in the Church
publisher: Abingdon Press