Prepare Your Church for Christmas Visitors – Hospitality Review

Church Hospitality for Christmas

Christmas is an ideal time to attract people into your churchby hosting Advent activities, reaching out into the community, and making your church more inviting.Don't miss the opportunities to introduce people to Christ this Christmas.As you celebrate and announce the birth of … [Read more...]

7 Ways to Prepare Your Church for Mothers Day

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1. Bathroom sniff test. Yes, I’m serious.Ever been blown over by that uniquely powerful smell?You know what I mean.  What’s the first room you clean in your own home whencompany is coming?I rest my case. Is your church bathroom up to “company standards?”Put some nice … [Read more...]

Webinar Resources — Church Transformation with Ron Crandall

Church Transformation View more presentations from Chris Walker. (tags: transformation crandall)Ron Crandall's presentation on Church Transformation.The audio didn't record.Upcoming webinars:HitchHiker's Guide to Evangelism -- March 19, 2009 Evangelism Where you Live -- March 26, … [Read more...]

2 Church Website Pages to Help First Time Visitors

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I consulted with the Church Hospitality Team leader of a large urban church that is developing a parking lot ministry greeter team.Over the decades, this church has acquired neighboring parcels of land in the city to expand their campus.  The end result being that there is no contiguous land … [Read more...]

More Resources on Church Hospitality

As part of the bonuses involved in buying How To Welcome Church Visitors,  I offer an hour of coaching time. "I enjoyed your book and this has been a great help." After a recent call, particularly on church hospitality, I developed a resource list: The United Methodist Church's on-line course: … [Read more...]

How to Welcome Visitors Series Busts Records

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(Note: Whole series is listed at the end of this article).The month of August smashed all traffic records for this website with the series on How to Welcome Church Visitors.   Website statistics Back when EvangelismCoach.org first got started it took nearly a 365 days to reach the first … [Read more...]

Christian Hospitality Verses

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I'm continuing this week a series on Christian Hospitality.The Bible has some examples of hospitality, both positive and negative.  It is a good practice to review these on your own and glean your own insight into them.Positive Examples of Biblical HospitalityGenesis 12:14-20 Genesis … [Read more...]

Assimilating Visitors to Your Church

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Update: Read my review here: Fusion Visitor Assimilation.  I think this is the best assimilation book available right now.  I've not read Sticky Church, but that is next on the list.A new book has been released about turning Visitors into Members, also known as church visitor assimilation. … [Read more...]