The outreach committee provide the care for new members joining the church, and help make the transition into a fully participating, active member as easy and smooth as possible . In the early days of Northwoods, reaching out to find new members was called evangelism. Now it is known as outreach. It has been successful, whatever it is called, because the membership has grown steadily through the years until Northwoods Presbyterian has become a large church. The very first outreach was that of Tom Huser, the organizing pastor, calling on each family that had expressed an interest in a new Presbyterian church in the northwest area.
Factors affecting church growth can be external or internal.
Perhaps the most important ones are the population and school growth in the church's service area, the socioeconomic level in the community, and the degree of competition from other churches. Fortunately for Northwoods, there has been a strong population and school growth, a favorable socioeconomic level, and initially there was limited competition from other churches. Many major corporations were moving or expanding their operations into the Houston area, and many of these relocated families settled in the church's service area. Several of these companies were oil related, as Houston was becoming the oil capital of the United States. Northwoods was one of the first churches along FM 1960 to have a church building and openly invited outside groups to use the facilities free of charge.