THE CITY FIRST AUDIT
Ten questions. Five moves. One honest score. Find out exactly where your church stands in its city — and which move to make next.
Do You Know Your City?
1. If asked today, could your leadership team name the three biggest unmet needs within one mile of your building?
2. Do you know the actual rhythms of your city — when it gathers, where it gathers, and who it listens to?
Are You Present or Just Located?
3. Outside of Sunday, does your church have a consistent, visible presence in the community every single week?
4. If your church closed tomorrow, would anyone outside your membership notice within thirty days?
Are You Building Alone?
5. Do you have active working relationships with schools, businesses, or civic leaders in your city?
6. In the last ninety days, has your church partnered with any organization you don't control?
Can People Actually Cross Over?
7. Does your church have clear, low-pressure pathways for community members to connect before ever attending a service?
8. When someone from the community engages with your church, is there a designed next step — or does it depend on chance?
Does the Invitation Land?
9. Is your congregation actively inviting — and are those invitations converting to first-time guests?
10. Do first-time guests return within thirty days at a rate you'd call healthy?
ANSWER EVERY QUESTION TO REVEAL YOUR SCORE.