Success of Church Plants

Over the weekend I blogged on the difficult road church plants have to follow to be successful. The Southern Baptist Convention (North American Mission Board) has released some statistics validating that point.

Points of interest:

99% of church plants survive the 1st year
92% survive the 2nd year
81% survive the 3rd year
68% survive the 4th year

Four reasons why are:
Expectations
>> 87% with realistic expectations survived
>> 61% with unmet expectations survived
Leadership Development
>> 79% with leadership training for church members survived
>> 59% with no leadership training for church members survived
Peer Groups
>> 83% with planters who were part of a church planting peer group survived
>> 67% with planters who were not part of a church planting peer group survived
Stewardship Plans
>> 81% with a stewardship development plan survived
>> 67% with no stewardship development plan survived

Thanks for Church Relevance for bringing this to our attention. Check out the full report for more information.