I realize that this thread is over a year old. But I am interested in the question because I am in the process of "re-engineering" our assimilation process. After three years of rapid growth (from just over 400 to over 3300) the old process is broken.
So I am in the midst of redesigning a scalable system that will work whether we're 3000 or 30,000. My thoughts on this are still in the process of formation, but here's my thinking at this point:
- The "assimilation process" is everything a guest experiences from the time they first arrive on our campus until they reach the "final gate."
- We have designed a process that is proactive; we actively shepherd them through the process by presenting the "next step" all along the way
- The "final gate" is achieved when they are either active in a small group or tell us that they don't want to be in a small group.
- Success in assimilation is when they are actively involved in a transformational small group, and the "success ratio" = N(t)/T(t) where N=number actively involved in a small group and T=the total number of guests in a given time frame(t).
As for where this data will reside and how it will be tracked, that is an open question at this point. If FellowshipOne is capable of tracking this information -
EASILY - then we'll keep it there. But if not, we'll be looking for another solution.
Bud Brown
The Heights Church