Measuring Success

One of the things that we are constantly doing at Freedom is trying to determine how we are doing.  This is important to us because we want to be as effective as possible at helping those that are far from God to experience life in Christ.  Measuring success is difficult but here are a few of the things we use to track how we’re doing.

a.  Hard Measurements:  We track almost everything.  On a weekly basis, we look at attendance, financial, groups, children’s ministry numbers and percentages.  We track almost everything on a 10 week average and even compare our data to what was going on 1 year ago.  This helps us to know how we’re doing.

b.  Soft Measurements:  We realize that you cannot attach a numerical value to all that God is doing.  We also make it a point to talk about feedback and stories of life change.

With over 120,000 people in a 5 mile radius of our meeting location, it is vitally important for us to gauge how we are doing.  Measuring our success helps us to determine how we’re doing at helping those that are far from God to experience life in Christ.