Price Comparison Charts

Here's a chart to help you compare prices of our youth ministry programs which you can buy indivdually or bundled into the Center for Youth Ministry (with 35+ other resources).

Your fee is based on your church size using the average weekly WORSHIP attendance (including children, youth and adults -- whatever your church reports to your denomination as your average weekly attendance).

Episcopalians can find their average attendance HERE (click on "Studying your Congregation" and go to the bottom of that page to select your diocese and congregation -- it will then give you your 10 year average trends).




  Making it Real and Relevant God Talks! Journey to Adulthood Center for Youth Minsistry (CYM) CYM with Diocesan SPONSORSHIP (25% discount) CYM with Diocesan MEMBERSHIP
1-25 worshippers $99 $99 $149 $169 $127 $0
26-75 worshippers $119 $119 $199 $219 $164 $0
76-150 worshippers $149 $149 $209 $239 $179 $0
151-225 worshippers $169 $169 $239 $259 $194 $0
226-500 worshippers $199 $199 $269 $279 $209 $0
501-1000 worshippers $229 $229 $299 $329 $247 $0
1001+ worshippers $259 $259 $329 $379 $284 $0

 

Why do we use church size?

Well, we had to pick something! Here's our rationale for why we settled on worship attendance:

Number of Youth:

Most church youth group attendance varies greatly and it is very common for a church to start the fall with six youth and, when they institute a good youth program, end up with 20+ by December. Having to change their fee level mid-year would be a pain for them and us and if we didn't adjust it would penalize churches who had good youth programs or got themselves well organized before they ordered!

Number of Members:

Different denominations count members differently. Plus, membership numbers are often hugely inflated if the church hasn't removed people who moved away, quit attending, etc.. So this is an unreliable figure.

Plate and Pledge or Total Budget:

Most people don't have a clue what that is so they'd have to go to someone to find out the number, making ordering a pain. Or we'd have people guessing and with some being wildly off track -- which isn't fair to those who know their accurate figures.

Worship attendance:

So we settled on average weekly worship attendance -- which is what researchers indicate is the most reliable figure (people either are or aren't there!). And we've learned that on average, most congregations have about one teenager for every 5-7 adults. Those teenagers aren't necessarily visible, but if you go through your membership list, most churches will find that ratio. So that seems to be the fairest way to apportion the fees. Smaller congregations pay less; bigger congregations pay more on the assumption that they are (or should be) serving more youth.If you institute a good youth ministry program and invite youth (preferably by other youth), they will come. And their parents will follow. That's why youth minstry is one of the best church growth programs around!