GHC Basics

GHC exists to help ministry leaders intuitive discern insights about the health and growth of their church.

We do this by:

  • helping leaders better use their church management system
  • synthesising and displaying data in helpful ways
  • shared network trends empower churches to collaborate on improving church health within their regions by exchanging insights and growth initiatives.

At the core of our dashboard design is the idea of knowing who calls your church home (what we call membership). We want you to see:

  • the pathway of newcomers becoming members (including conversions)
  • the engagement of members (attendance, service, discipleship groups)

We use some basic but important health measures to help you see these things:

Health MeasureWhat it meansHow it's calculated
MembersPeople who call your church homeBased on designated people categories in your church management system
Visitor RatioHow many of your members are inviting new peopleThe number of new people added to database in the last year
divided by
The number of members
Stay RatioHow many of those new people stayedThe number of new people aded to database in the last year who are now a member
divided by
The number of new people added to database in the last year
Attendance RatioHow engaged are your members at churchThe number of members who attended a service in the time period
divided by
The number of members
Group RatioHow engaged are your members in discipleshipThe number of members that are in a discipleship group
divided by
The number of members
Volunteer RatioHow engaged are your members in servingThe number of members who are marked as a volunteer
divided by
The number of adult members
Profession RatioHow many of your members are recently convertedThe number of professions of faith in the last year
divided by
The number of members