Some churches play hard to get!
- Websites don’t list any contact information
- Worship Service times are not on the telephone responder,
- Service hours are not on on a sign near the front door or on the road.
Here is one low-cost idea that you can use to help advertise your church and raise awareness in the community.
Print up business cards that are about the church — not a person or the pastor, but about the church.
Include items like service times, a phone number for the office, maybe a map, your website.
Print them by the thousands for your members to give away. My church in Richmond did this and I was giving away several each week or so to people that I’d see in line, customer service people in fast food joints, or people standing around pumping their gas.
Here is a sample from my church in Richmond.
- It features the church name.
- Worship times.
- And a map.
The back contains phone numbers and website information.
You can print these by the thousands for your members to give away.
People may not be comfortable talking about their faith, but many are excited to invite people to church. This gives you a tool to put in the hands of your members to help them invite others.
Let me ask you this?
What kinds of invitation tools do you use?
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This is a great tool to use with visitors and one that doesn’t cost hardly any money. Our church, Dunwoody Community Church – http://www.dunwoodychurch.org – uses these and encourages all members to take them and give to friends and neighbors. The church changes the colors of these cards to reflect the change of seasons. Great, professional design speaks volumes in establishing your identity with visitors.
Chris, great idea! Only thing I would probably do differently is make the web address more prominent – on the front of the card – since I believe most people if they are interested will want to learn more about the church online before they visit.