tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152029133681792030.post8273299147843513342..comments2023-07-17T09:54:31.556-05:00Comments on Hacking Christianity: Stop Converting 100 People [mission.hack]Rev. Jeremy Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10137491388537194847noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152029133681792030.post-60602625729036859782008-07-04T20:23:00.000-05:002008-07-04T20:23:00.000-05:00"Facts are the fingers of God," wrote A.T. Pierson..."Facts are the fingers of God," wrote A.T. Pierson in 1888. "What gets measured, gets managed," wrote Peter Drucker. We need statistics--but we need the right statistics for the right reasons. You can look at statistics AND their use and know what motivates any group, be it church, club or political gathering. The one problem that I often see with these kinds of statistics is this: that the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152029133681792030.post-60022514158637505742008-07-01T12:30:00.000-05:002008-07-01T12:30:00.000-05:00You know, I was totally just having this conversat...You know, I was totally just having this conversation with the chair of our family ministries on Sunday. She had been really excited about our Kids Club program because it was the largest it had ever been and there were more than that had never been there before. The last day our attendance dropped about 10, which wasn't surprising because it was rainy. Another leader told her that the whole Melissa Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08676269613891547485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152029133681792030.post-12878148511326258482008-06-30T10:05:00.000-05:002008-06-30T10:05:00.000-05:00Ever heard of The Power Team? My former church (af...Ever heard of The Power Team? My former church (after I moved) had them in a few years ago and the pastor was over the top excited about them. He's very much a numbers guy.<BR/><BR/>Leaving aside the unabashed idiocy of the thing, they use the numbers game on their website, claiming that you'll get one convert for every $10 and that 20-30% of attendees will be converted.<BR/><BR/>P.S., last I Matt Algrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09626052718821794580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152029133681792030.post-51218764937843040772008-06-30T08:45:00.000-05:002008-06-30T08:45:00.000-05:00What abt statistics that track church members who ...What abt statistics that track church members who have been serving for more than a year... or regular attendance at prayer meetings :)yphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10572496567131826489noreply@blogger.com