Free growth help for pastors
Help your church grow to 100+ members.
With Pastor Joe, your church growth advisorClear, practical help for pastors. 100 Strong gives you a repeatable path - strengthen leadership, sharpen outreach, improve follow-up, and build healthy systems - to move your church from plateaued to growing.
A ministry resource - free for every pastor. Your progress saves across every device.
You are the majority
A church under 100 isn't failing. It's the statistical center of American Christianity. The walls that stall small churches are well-mapped, which means they're beatable.
The 100 Strong path
Five milestones - 25 to 100+.
Each milestone names where your church is by size, the wall it hits, and the one move that breaks through. Find yours and start there.
The First Core
Building your core family
Phases 1–2 →The Comfortable Community
Growing your community
Phases 2–3 →The Single-Cell Barrier
Breaking through
Phases 3–4 →The Tipping Point
Sustaining & organizing
Phase 5 →Multiplying
100+ and beyond
Beyond Phase 5 →Guidance, systems & tracking
Everything the method asks of you - made doable.
Learn the method
Clear, practical guidance for every milestone and phase - what to do, why it matters, and what good looks like.
Start learning →Track your progress
A living checklist that remembers where you are - completion for every phase, on any device, right where you left off.
Open the tracker →Check your church's health
A short assessment scores six areas of church health and points you straight to the right next step.
Take the assessment →A church under 100 isn't a problem to apologize for.
You don't need to be a megachurch to make an eternal difference - you need a clear next step and the faith to take it.
Free instant tool
Is your website helping or hurting?
Most families decide whether to visit your church by looking at your website first. Grade yours in seconds and get the exact fixes that turn online lookers into Sunday guests. No account needed.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about growing a church
How do I grow a small church?
Focus on the few things that actually move people from visitor to member: a genuinely warm welcome, fast and personal guest follow-up, a clear next step into a group, and developing volunteer leaders so it doesn't all rest on the pastor. 100 Strong gives you a free, step-by-step path through exactly those milestones.
What is the 100 Strong method?
100 Strong is a free, milestone-based path that takes a church from where it is today to 100+ engaged members. It's broken into five phases with practical tools, a church health check, narrated lessons, and weekly tracking, so you always know the highest-impact next step.
Is 100 Strong free?
Yes. 100 Strong is completely free for pastors and church leaders. The guidance, assessments, lessons, and tracking tools are all included at no cost - it's a free service of NetMinistry.
How long does it take to grow a church to 100 members?
It varies by context, but most churches build real momentum within 12 to 24 months when they consistently improve guest follow-up, assimilation, and leadership development. 100 Strong helps you focus on one barrier at a time instead of trying to fix everything at once.
Why do small churches stop growing?
Most plateau for a few predictable reasons: weak guest follow-up, no clear path from first visit to membership, too few developed leaders, and the pastor trying to do everything alone. 100 Strong is built to remove those barriers one at a time.
What tools does 100 Strong include?
A church Health Check, a Growth Audit, a milestone Navigator, weekly metrics tracking, goal-setting, a 501(c)(3) preparation helper, narrated 'Get Strong' lessons, and a curated directory of recommended resources - all free.
Your church's best days can still be ahead.
Create a free account and get your milestone, your next steps, and a tracking dashboard - today.