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For over a quarter of a century the problem of losing church members has progressively increased. Today the situation is so bad that less than one-third of the members in some churches attend worship services. Church leaders are crying for help.In an effort to help church leaders, the Billy Graham School of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary conducted a massive research project involving...

Two important elements, we were told, must be present for the worship service to be an assimilation factor. First, expository preaching, mentioned earlier, equips Christians for ministry and service. This facet of the worship service is the teaching and equipping time for church members. Second, the pastor and other leaders use the worship time to communicate high expectations to the congregation. One worship and music leader told us that high expectations can be communicated in parts of the service