Classifications of Members and Non- Members Inactive Members When is a member considered "inactive"? When he/she stops coming to church. Oh, you mean when you never see them again in a worship serivce. Some guide lines need to be drawn. If a person misses three Sundays in a row, a church member should contact that him/her,/family, and the results are about 85% of the time they will be back in church the following Sunday. The longer the church waits to act, the less likely they are to return. If a reason exists of hurt feeling, something that has happened, or something the minister has said, a members of the congregation can talk member to member to resolve any conflicts that might exist. After six months the possibility of them returning drops to a 50-50 chance of their ever reentering the church again. After four years, the chance of returning drops down to less than one percent. For statistical purpose, the inactive member can be put into four different catagories: 1) three to ten week, 2) to weeks to six months, 3) six months to four years, and 4) over four years.