It happens at every church. The moment your senior pastor or supervisor asks you one of these questions:

• “How many students do we have coming to program?”
• “How many students attend on a weekly basis?”
• “How many students regularly attend?”
• “How many students are fully engaged?”
• “What are our numbers for high school?”
• “What are our current numbers for middle school?”

While many of these questions have a similar feel to them, they indeed are DIFFERENT questions. If your boss or senior pastor ask one of the above questions you might feel stuck or unfairly represented by answering that one question. Help them clarify their question by answering more questions that should be asked.

My high school ministry is most misrepresented by simply observing a weekly attendance report. If I were to answer the question, “How many high school students attended this week?” I would be forced to answer, [Read more…]