Discover the IGNITE Your Church™ Hourglass Model - a 6-stage framework to move guests from first visit to lasting discipleship. Listen now and find your church's biggest gap.
Most churches don't have a passion problem. They have a clarity problem.
In this episode, we sit down to unpack the IGNITE Your Church™ Hourglass Model - a six-stage framework built to help church leaders move people from first-time guest to fully committed disciple, without relying on memory, guesswork, or one overworked staff member holding it all together.
We talk through why good intentions don't automatically translate into real connection, what it actually looks like when someone "slips through the cracks," and how the six stages of IGNITE - Invite, Gather, Nurture, Initiate, Transform, Expand - mirror the way people genuinely move through a church community. We also dig into why you don't need to rebuild your entire ministry to see results; sometimes the win is fixing just one weak stage.
If you've ever felt like your church loves people well but still can't seem to keep them, this conversation is for you.
In this episode, you'll learn:
