Five Signs Your Church Is Doing Well in a Post-COVID Era

In the years immediately following COVID, many church leaders asked the same question in different ways: Are we doing okay?

The question was understandable. Attendance patterns changed. Volunteer habits shifted. Giving became less predictable. Some churches surged back quickly. Others plateaued. Still others quietly declined while insisting everything was “almost back to normal.”

But here’s the reality most pastors are now discovering: normal isn’t coming back. And that may be a gift.

Healthy churches in this post-COVID era are not defined by perfection or explosive growth. They are marked by clarity, focus, and a willingness to move forward without waiting for ideal conditions. These churches have stopped measuring themselves against 2019 alone and have started asking a better question: Are we becoming the church God is calling us to be now?

Encouragingly, there are clear signs when a church is doing well—even if it doesn’t feel that way every week.