Identify the gifts the new persons bring. Involve them in ministry. Arrange for their needs to be met. Forge linkages with the old members. Provide educational activities and events that will bind the old with the new.
Many small churches slip into a survival mentality, which seems to hasten their demise.
To look beyond themselves and to help other churches and people restores vision and helps small churches get moving again. Lead the congregation to consider and cooperatively seek consensus on what the will of God is for the church. Assist the church in organizing itself and in allocating its resources to do the ministry God has for it to do.