How to Make Church Announcements Visitor Friendly

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Printed AnnouncementsMany churches still use a bulletin or program to share the news of community life.Do you proofread your announcements? Is the font easy to read? Does the bulletin appear professional (not a 7th generation photocopy) Are contact names and phone numbers included?  … [Read more...]

Friday Finds

Stop Being a Friendly Church challenges the church with an interesting twist on hospitality (thanks to Tony Whitaker for highlighting this in the April  Web Evangelism Bulletin).  Essentialy, quit trying to be a "friendly church" and be a church "where you can make friends."  There is a big … [Read more...]

Assimilating Church Visitors: Beyond the First Visit

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What kind of impression do visitors get when they come into your church for the first time?  Every church thinks it's friendly.  But I and many others have experienced the fear factor of walking into an unknown place and knowing immediately that we don't fit and are not really … [Read more...]

Business Cards that Church members can give away.

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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 … [Read more...]

Welcoming Visitors to Your Church – Miracles disguised as needs.

Greeting Church Visitors

Every now and then, we lift up an article on welcoming church visitors.Church hospitality is not evangelism as we define evangelism here, but it is part of the responsibility of the church to welcome those that God draws to your church so that the gospel can be heard, seen, or felt.  (See … [Read more...]

Friday Finds

Mark Driscoll on video explaining the various themes on the Emerging Church. I find this a helpful summary of the ongoing conversation and a fair critique of it.The Jolly blogger asks: “Why are church plants the most successful at reaching people and does my established church stand any chance … [Read more...]

Hospitality Series

From the traffic reports on this site, the 2007 Series on Hospitality has been the most searched after material.I've complied the entire series here.Back to Basics in Church Evangelism Hospitality is a piece of evangelism What’s your sign? (Do your signs help or hinder?) Poor Word … [Read more...]

Back to Basics in Church Evangelism

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I just read a timely article about this in Net Results Magazine’s September/October 2007 Issue.Bill Easum writes “Back to Basics,” calling on church leaders to get back to the great commission and the great commandment.In returning to the Great Commandment, he exhorts congregations … [Read more...]