As the author, I get to hear various reasons why people buy  How to Welcome Church Visitors.
Why are church hospitality committees looking to improve their hospitality ministry in their church by buying my book?

Fear that a visitor to their church will come a few times and still not feel welcome.
Fear that a church visitor will [...]

The ARIS 2008 survey was carried out during February-November 2008 and collected answers from 54,461 respondents who were questioned in English or Spanish.
The American population self-identifies as predominantly Christian but Americans are slowly becoming less Christian.

86% of American adults identified as Christians in 1990 and 76% in 2008.
The historic Mainline churches and denominations have experienced [...]

In yesterday’s article 2 Attitudes for Small Church Transformation, Ron Crandall’s study pointed out how evangelism in the small church is rooted in relationships.  “Small church approaches to evangelism need to be person centered.”  Larger churches may have lots of programs to help attract them and integrate people quickly.
Smaller churches however, may not have the [...]

During January, I received a series of questions via Ask Evangelism Coach section.
Because of travel engagements in 3 different countries during January, I’m just now responding (though I’ve been thinking about these for a while)
A series of posts this week will focus on sharing these.  It’s my hope that our readers will join in [...]

Recently, in late July, I was in Volcán Panama, teaching evangelism training workshops at the mission base of Operation Mobilization Panama. 
Missionaries from 6 different countries had come to Volcán Panama for two months of working with the local church.
To double up the use of the time, I also had the opportunity to do personal [...]

Miss part I?
You can read 10 Practices to Welcome Church Visitors Part 1 by following that link.  Here are Common Practices 6-10.
6. “Secret Greeters”
Some churches will go beyond simply training greeters for points of entry at the church, such as the front door.  A good idea is to encourage others to be “secret greeters.”  [...]

Greeting visitors at church is such an important part of the hospitality ministry of the church.   They are part of the ministry team and form part of the first impression that a visitor receives.
Failures of  Church Greeter
I know of a couple that quit going to church 40 years ago because no one said hello.  [...]

I’ve been doing some writing and thinking about helping the church become visitor friendly.
A list of related articles is below.
Hospitality is only a part of church based evangelism.
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 [...]

Current Reading:
I finished reading They like Jesus, but not the Church by Dan Kimball. It has a companion website to explore (www.theylikejesus.com). I enjoyed Dan’s take on culture, and cultural exegesis. He does a great job of explaining our current culture and how the church should engage it.
Anyone interested in doing evangelism among the unchurched [...]

I found this following church hospitality survey for your church committee to evaluate how welcoming or visitor friendly your church is.
The biggest one for us when we first did this was #3. Church entrance.
The regular attenders used the side entrance, and only first time visitors used the front door, which was never unlocked. Once we [...]