1. Church Size - Matters
Pop Quiz – Ready?

2. What Size is Your Church?
Small, Medium, Large, Huge?
How many exterior doors are accessible from the parking areas?
How many buildings are tied together in your complex?
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3. Why Does It Matter At All?
Numbers 13

4. Perception /self Image Decisions/actions/behaviors Destiny/results/outcomes

5. What Size is Your Church?
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6. Church Size Complicates the Issue for Some Folks
Remember that many guests have not been in a church before, except for a wedding or funeral, etc.
Remember that many folks with church background may not have been in a church as large as yours is.
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7. Physical Barriers to Growth
First time guests to your church experience what are called “anxiety points”.
These are normal, natural, predictable points or places at which people become anxious when encountering a new place/space.
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8. Anxiety Points, or “Help Me, I’m Lost!”
How do I find the church?
Where do they prefer for me to park?
Which door am I supposed to enter?
How do I get to my kid’s classroom, or the sanctuary?
How do I get back to pick up my children?
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9. “Spatially Challenged”
Some folks simply can not keep track of their relative position in a new place and get confused or disoriented.
Think like hospitals in their approach to visitors.
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