{"id":944,"date":"2026-06-02T04:37:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=944"},"modified":"2026-06-02T04:37:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:37:52","slug":"faith-organization-offers-surprisingly-simple-way-to-get-people-back-in-pews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=944","title":{"rendered":"Faith Organization Offers Surprisingly Simple Way To Get People Back In Pews"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A faith-promoting organization working with hundreds of Christian churches across the U.S. attributes the rise in church attendance to an increased focus on marriage and family.<\/p>\n

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The nonprofit Communio is a group of consultants who had worked with around 440 Trinitarian churches as of the end of 2025 to strengthen marriages and relationships. The organization told the Daily Caller their work is having the added effect of getting people to attend church. They focus on figuring out the needs of church congregations and providing \u201cbest practices\u201d to people who are single, engaged and married, according to a framework shared with the Caller. Communio said churches that have engaged with its programs for at least 12 to 23 months have seen an average of 24% growth in attendance on Sunday.\u00a0(RELATED: \u2018Mass Grave\u2019 Hoax Tied To Anti-Christian Arson Might Finally Be Falling Apart)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got to admit, and I\u2019ve got to just confess publicly \u2026 now we have another problem, and it\u2019s parking,\u201d Father Matt DeGance, pastor of St. Helen Catholic Church in Vero Beach, Florida, told the Caller. \u201cCommunio\u2019s giving us a problem with how many people are coming out. I\u2019ve got to figure out where to put all these cars.\u201d<\/p>\n

Father Matt said his church\u2019s lowest Sunday attendance now is still higher than their peak attendance in prior years. He added that it isn\u2019t just the quantity that is growing but the quality as well, adding that healthier marriages create healthier children, which build healthier communities, countries, cultures and congregations. Matt\u2019s brother, J.P. DeGance, founder of Communio, told the Caller he had this in mind when he formed the organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrying to change the world by focusing on politics is a lot like trying to change the weather by playing with the thermometer,\u201d J.P. said, adding that changing laws was ineffective if the foundational units of society, such as faith and family, were left to decay.<\/p>\n

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J.P. said the idea came to him after he witnessed a close familial example of \u201cwhat happens when families fail in that kind of way,\u201d and he decided to use the skills he had learned in the private sector and in public policy to help create healthy marriages.<\/p>\n

Matt, being a \u201ctraditional\u201d big brother, said he had addressed his brother\u2019s plans with \u201chealthy skepticism,\u201d but has found for himself that the methods do work and that he has seen their fruits firsthand.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt really transformed a number of families and marriages,\u201d Matt said regarding the two parishes where he personally served and saw benefits from this focus on the family.<\/p>\n

Communio said 74% of married individuals who had been struggling within their marriages reported being very satisfied or better after engaging in the organization\u2019s Growth Journey as instructed by their member churches.<\/p>\n

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The brothers told the Caller that their course focuses on crafting \u201cmarriage enrichment\u201d skills, including communication habits between spouses who are already on the right path, while also providing access to intensives, coaching and resources for \u201cmarriages in need.\u201d<\/p>\n