40 Days of Purpose - Comments Received from Churches

"On Sunday we had our highest morning attendance for three months. We have increased our small groups from eight to thirteen…we have seen four people become Christians."

"We’re having a very exiting time with our ‘40 Days’ programme. We’ve moved from having 9 house groups with around 70 in regular attendance to 27 small groups with over 220 enrolled."

"New people keep coming – the home groups are overflowing – two or three people are wanting to talk about baptism…"

"40 Days of Purpose is only the beginning. 40 Days of Purpose has been used by God to take our church to the next level."

"Our attendances on Sunday mornings have risen by 10-15%…we increased the number of home groups by more than 50% and more than half of the new groups will be continuing after 40 Days of Purpose. Ten people became Christians and others are on the way. Many of these have been through Alpha, which runs along side 40 Days of Purpose."

"We have been thrilled at the take-up, with so many people really getting their teeth into things…almost double the small group attendance…it really does feel like we’ve caught a wave."

"Thought you’d like to know that we’ve had a wonderful time in our 40 Days of Purpose journey. 166 people have signed up for groups…"

"We have 80 people out of a membership of approximately 90 in small groups."

"95% of our members (330 members) are coming to a small group. We went from 15 to 120 small groups. We have about 900 people in the small groups and about 200 kids and teenagers."

"Our small groups have doubled in number"

"The immediate effect for us has been to double the number of house groups from 11 to 23."

"We went from 22 cell groups to 58"