In these dog days of twenty-first century summer, only about one in ten churches are growing in the United States. But as a coach, more of my churches are growing than not - so we still are in the plateau-busting business! As a matter of definition - a plateau is when a growing church hits an invisible ceiling to its growth. I was once in leadership at a church where we were stuck for 3 years at 1400 in worship attendance. That church started two more campuses and grew by another 1000. Here are the top ten reasons for plateau, as I see them these days:
