Thriving churches are comprised of 15 dimensions. The dimensions within the "leading" category uniquely offer a peek behind the curtain of church operations, ministry strategy, decision-making and effectiveness.

Today, roughly four in 10 churched adults qualify as church leaders, saying they lead in some way at their church. The interpretation of “leader” here could be quite broad, including staff, deacons, elders, volunteer coordinators, team leaders or committee members; the Barna survey from which this statistic comes from did not limit leadership to senior or executive pastors.

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