Mothers Day 2009 Outreach Ideas

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Mother’s Day 2009 may be a time to conduct special weekend event outreaches.  I know several pastors that will give a sermon related to motherhood.  But it’s also an opportunity for churches to engage their neighborhood.Some links have since broken Mother's Day Outreach Ideas Here are … [Read more...]

Church Hospitality Webinar Resources and Replay

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We had a great webinar this afternoon. Registrations from 10 different countries, covering 31 different states and churches from a wide variety of denominations and traditions. Church Hospitality Book Recommendations How to Welcome Church Visitors, Chris WalkerA practical how to manual on … [Read more...]

More recommendations on How To Welcome Church Visitors

Note: Shameless self-promotion follows.I've collected a few more stories of how people are using and finding my book How To Welcome Church Visitors. We have been giving church hospitality workshops for over 15 years and of the 25 or more books we have used in the past, yours is by far the best … [Read more...]

Improve Your Church Hospitality Webinar

Perhaps you’re wonderingHow to improve your first impressions ministry for first time church visitors What to say to a first time visitor. How to train church greeters.Do you want to retain more of your church visitors?That process starts with a great first impression.A first … [Read more...]

How to Get a First Time Church Visitor

Inviting Friends to Church

The short answer: Personal Invitation from a Trusted friend.Charles Arn has surveyed thousands of people: (Source: 3 Questions for Charles Arn) In your research, have you found that there's one specific reason that visitors come to church?The friendship factor.We've asked more than … [Read more...]

10 Most Important Minutes to Church Visitors

10 most important minutes Charles Arn has surveyed thousands of people: (Source: 3 Questions for Charles Arn) We also asked the focus groups when they decided that the church was friendly or not.From the answers we got, there's a ten-minute window that is pregnant with opportunities for a … [Read more...]

Webinar with Bill Tenny-Brittian March 26

Webinar for Churches

Are you familiar with this statistic? There are so few North American Christians practicing evangelism that it takes an average of eighty-five church members one full year to bring one Wanderer to the faith.  Additionally, according to the World Christian Encyclopedia, the church spends … [Read more...]

Guest Article: Church Hospitality Training

This was submitted by one of our readers and permission granted to be distributed by EvangelismCoach.org.  The writer wishes to remain anonymous.  Some slight editing for on-line reading have been made.The writer gave this as part of their Hospitality training to their welcoming ministries … [Read more...]

Quick Evangelism Coaching Call

Burning questions need fast answers! Do you need advice to take your evangelism passion, hospitality, or  outreach strategy to the next level?Leading your church or small group is challenging.  Brainstorming about evangelism ideas or strategies seems to have you stuck in a rut.  You need … [Read more...]

2 Attitudes for Small Church Transformation

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Of all the various observations that Crandall makes in Turnaround and Beyond: A Hopeful Future for the Small Membership Church about vision casting, effective leadership and managing conflict, there were a few items that really stuck out for me in terms of what successful turnaround and … [Read more...]