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FirstTimeVisitorNightMares

How Friendly is Your Church?

Most churches consider themselves a friendly place.

But to church visitors, it can be intimidating to make a first time visit to a new place with a new set of people they don’t know.

In this article you’ll encounter

  • How a simple oversight drove a family away from church for the last 40 years.
  • How the power of a hospitable welcome can overcome the awkwardness of visiting a new place
  • Tips on helping a congregation become more welcoming to visitors.

This was originally published in Net Results Magazine in the October 2007 issue and I have their permission to post it here.

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Chris wants to help you increase the number of conversations that lead people towards Christ. He has studied evangelism and church growth ever since working for a Billy Graham crusade over 20 years ago, and has led countless training seminars throughout North and South America in many different denominations.

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