Where Should You Focus Right Now?

It might feel like there are 75 problems and challenges facing your church and your leaders can’t agree on the best next step. 

Take this assessment to help you decide where to focus.  Plus, you can share with your team and see everyone's responses together on a helpful dashboard.

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Let’s Discover Your Next Big Opportunity

After working with more than 5,000 churches over the last 7 years, we’ve found there are really 9 big opportunities facing churches today.

We call this the Growth Grid.

Reach New People

We want to reach new people and want to see our avg. weekly attendance increase.

Increase Volunteers

We need more volunteers to do the ministry God has called us to do.

Refresh Approach

We’ve been stuck in the past and need to change how we do things.

DEVELOP LEADERS

If we don’t find and disciple new leaders, we are not going to accomplish our mission.

ENGAGE MEMBERS

People feel disconnected and not involved.

REDISCOVER MISSION

We’re not clear about who we are and what we do.

ORGANIZE SYSTEMS

We’re spinning our wheels and have few written systems.

DISCIPLE MEMBERS

We must help people grow in their faith and need a clear process to do so.

INCREASE GIVING

Without adequate financial resources, we’re not going to be able to fund the mission.

You might see this list and think “Yes, we’ve got many of those challenges.”  And you might recognize these challenges are really growth opportunities.

But there are at least two big problems.

First, you can’t work on 9 priorities at the same time.

As we’ve helped pastors navigate these challenges, the churches that grow and the pastors that lead well focus on one big opportunity.

Without this “one thing filter,” every new idea will just add to your feeling of overwhelm. If you try to juggle 9 balls at a time, all of them will fall to the floor.

And your team will feel that too.  That will cause them to lose trust in their leader.

Second, your team needs to agree.

Too many times, the pastor things the biggest opportunity is one thing but key staff or leaders think other problems are more deserving of focus.

Without alignment around the problem to solve, solutions will never take hold.

Our assessment will help you identify your biggest opportunity, but the secret sauce is getting your team on the same page.

Then, once you’re aligned, we’ve got a game plan you can follow.

We’re here to help you lead a healthy and growing church.

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A Church Fuel Membership will bring you and your team a personalized pathway to address your biggest opportunity.

  • Access to 15 (and counting) on-demand online courses where you can learn and work at your own pace. Anyone in your church can take any of these courses.
  • The Resource Library, the hub for 200+ downloadable templates to help streamline operations at your church. PDFs, spreadsheets, Word docs, and more.
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  • Access to one-on-one coaching with any of our Ministry Coaches to talk about specific challenges you’re facing.
  • Members-only Live Classes to learn from vetted church leadership experts.
  • Labs, where you work with other Church Fuel members in small groups to accomplish one specific thing.
  • Unlimited logins for of your staff and leaders, so you don't have to do it alone.

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You already have too much on your plate.  Let’s lighten the load.

In today's leadership and culture, you need to simplify your approach. Conferences will get you hooked on tactics. Books will give you long lists of ideas. Online summits can wear you and your team out. Let us help you determine where to start, get your team on the same page, then share a personalized, step-by-step plan.

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You’ll never hear us talking about small church because your mission isn’t small. Your vision isn’t small. Your impact isn’t small. Church Fuel was created to serve the normal-sized church, the kind of churches too many forget about.

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Church Fuel is a family-owned business which just means we don’t have investors or private equity forms pressuring us to increase customer lifetime value or hire a high-pressure sales team. We’re free to focus on helping your church.