Retention

How does one retain supporters for one's political party?  How does one keep one's customers?  Gets the visitors to one's website to keep coming back?

Colin Myles' blog post spoke well on this topic.  What do you think of it?  Does it challenge you?

I think the same principles apply to churches.  We wish to get people to come to attend church.  We wish to have these people come back and attend regularly.  But the hypocrisy turns visitors away.  Older members die.  Families with children move away.  How do we grow churches in these circumstances?

(At least the internet and multinational corporations are accessible from almost everywhere ... churches with physical addresses are not as accessible when one is overseas.)

I think the real aim of the church is to introduce people to Jesus.  What do you think?

Are churches out for conversions or for retentions?

How do we keep people interested enough to keep coming back?