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4 Keys to Keep More of Your Church Visitors

November 17, 2010 by EvangelismCoach

Today’s guest article comes via George Bullard’s website at Bullard Journal.  Below are excerpts from the article called “Why do People Leave Churches.” George Bullard of The Columbia Partnership, a Columbia, S.C.-based organization that helps churches pursue and sustain vital ministry, said churches face an “assimilation challenge” in the first year after new people begin …

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Evangelism Training Meeting

We used your Church Visitor material for a training meeting

September 6, 2010 by EvangelismCoach

Here is a brief word from one of the buyers of How to Welcome ChurchVisitors. She used the free coaching bonus and eventually gathered her team for some training, using the material in the book as well as a new MP3 file on Casting A Vision for Hospitality that’s now in the store. Reprinted with …

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Podcast: Press Releases for Churches

August 27, 2010 by EvangelismCoach

Press releases can be free publicity for your church as part of your marketing. Church press releases are remarkably simple to do once you understand some basic points and setup a distribution system for your church press release. How First PC Englewood Uses Press Releases I recently spoke with Richard Hong, pastor of First Presbyterian …

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Grow Your Church 20 Percent – By The Numbers

August 18, 2010 by EvangelismCoach

Want to grow your church attendance by 20% this year? I once coached a church that set 20% as their goal. Is 20% growth a realistic? Visitors are the key to growing your church. Without keeping your first time church visitors, your church will not grow. Likewise, you will not replace the members who drop out, move to …

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These are the six steps we used to run our Invite A Friend Sunday

6 Steps to Organize an Invite a Friend Day

August 3, 2010 by EvangelismCoach

A reader contacted me via Ask EvangelismCoach: “Pastor, our small church needs help organizing a Friends and Family day for the end of August to launch our new season. Can you help us?” As we talked on the phone, we kicked around a few ideas unique to their church, but developed some ideas that are …

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Broken Church Website

Reduce Friction on Your Church Website

July 20, 2010 by EvangelismCoach

Can potential first time church visitors find out the information they need on your church website landing page? What do you think are some of the most common questions of your website visitor? Here is what I think (though I don’t have data to prove it): Where is the church? What does the building look …

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10 Ways to Pray for Inviting Visitors to Church

March 24, 2010 by EvangelismCoach

How effective are personal invitations to church? Here is what the research shows

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5 minutes to church hospitality

5 Minutes to Refresh a Vision for Church Hospitality

March 2, 2010 by EvangelismCoach

A frequent question I receive is how do pastors regularly cast a vision for hospitality ministries for the church. Particularly when they are in charge of casting vision for everything. So I want to share with you another practice for growing your church’s hospitality. (Read Practice #1: Review your Church Hospitality Ministries) Practice #2: Regularly …

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Church Websites Help Visitors find your Church

March 2, 2010 by EvangelismCoach

This Easter, some people might want to visit your church for the first time in a long time. This Holy Week, some out of town guests may want to visit your special services for holy week. You don’t know who they are. They don’t know where they want to go. God has given these first …

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Passion for Evangelism Flame Fire

How Pastors Lead Congregational Evangelism #3

February 19, 2010 by EvangelismCoach

Pastors carry the torch of vision, and are usually the key public person of influence in a congregation. It’s been observed that pastors are asked to cast vision for everything from Finding volunteers for work parties or service projects, Recruiting volunteers for Children’s Church, Encouraging small group participation Community initiatives or outreaches, Stewardship and fundraising, …

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How Pastors Lead Congregational Evangelism #2

February 17, 2010 by EvangelismCoach

I’ve been listening to some podcasts from various different churches in the United States as I exercise. (Read: 6 Steps to Get your sermons recorded again to see a cheap and easy way to make them available on line.) One key feature that I’ve observed in the podcast of these growing churches is the regular …

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Greeting Church Visitors

How Pastors Lead Congregational Evangelism #1

February 16, 2010 by EvangelismCoach

Pastor, you have a remarkable privilege to address a group of people each and every week and influence their life for growth in Jesus. Every time I step into a pulpit, I recognize that responsibility and realize that my words will be empowered by the Spirit of God to change people. From the front platform, …

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Growing the small church

Only Two Things Grow a Church

December 16, 2009 by EvangelismCoach

I’ve taken up a pattern of walking most mornings to help clear my head  and gather my thoughts  during this season of the year. I’ve subscribed to the podcast from Church Talk Radio, and most segments are about 45 minutes to one hour. I’ve got it on my MP3 Player and while walking, I consume …

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31 days to Improve Your Pastor Blog or Church Website

September 26, 2009 by EvangelismCoach

The ebook from ProBlogger is an action step guide to improving your church's blog, pastor's blog or ministry blog

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Radio Interview with 3 experts on Church Websites

Expert Interview — Simple Church Websites that Work

September 24, 2009 by EvangelismCoach

Do you like the look or feel of your church websites? They are embarrassing. They are clumsy. They are hard to keep up to date. It was designed 10 years ago in HTML and uses expensive software. What if you could fix that for free (do it yourself) or for a small fee and outsource a …

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Broken Church Website

A Broken Church Website

August 12, 2009 by EvangelismCoach

I recently visited a church website and immediately thought they were playing hard to get. Does your website prevent visitors from even making it to you church? Does your website home page commit any of these errors? 1.  Where does your church meet? I wanted to know where the church was. There was no address …

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Operation Andrew / Bring a Friend Sunday

July 6, 2009 by EvangelismCoach

I had a follower on twitter who ordered a “Bring a Friend campaign in a box.” It was a laughable experience. It ultimately failed. He felt like he wasted his money. Originally designed in the 1980s, it has never updated (except moving the recordings to CD from the cassettes). The campaign failed to rally the …

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Church Greeter Training Video

Church Websites can be Embarrassing

June 16, 2009 by EvangelismCoach

Last week, I spoke with a small suburban church pastor who apologetically murmured how his church website embarrassed him. “I’m sorry you had to see that.” He went on to explain how it was setup 10 years ago by a church member who has since moved on and how impossible it is to maintain with …

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Stan Ott

The Practice of Evangelism

June 1, 2009 by EvangelismCoach

Today’s Guest article comes via Stanley Ott, director of Vital Churches Institute. Stan has a program called the Acts 16:5 Initiative, and I am familiar with several presbyteries that are going through this process with their churches. I consider Stan a friend, and heard him give this talk last November. Visit Vital Churches Institute and …

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Community Evangelism Webinar Resource Page

April 16, 2009 by EvangelismCoach

I’ve been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of struggling churches. It’s a book that is based out of years of practical experience, and has much to say to how a church should engage it’s community. How does your church connect with the community? …

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Help Out of Town Visitors Find Your Church

April 2, 2009 by EvangelismCoach

This spring there will be many occasions where out of town visitors might be visiting their relatives. If they want to attend a special service at your church, such as your Easter or Resurrection Day services, can they easily get the information from your website? Example from Christmas Over Christmas, my family visited relatives. We …

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How to Get a First Time Church Visitor

March 31, 2009 by EvangelismCoach

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 50,000 people over the last 10 years why they came …

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Statistics on Invitations to Church

March 27, 2009 by EvangelismCoach

Ed Stetzer was interviewed this week by Cathy Lynn Grossman for USA Today about Americans’ receptivity to evangelistic contacts and outreach from a church. Lifeway Research and the North American Mission Board surveyed over 15,000 people (read more on this report via Lifeway Research) and they found that most people said they would be willing …

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Turnaround and Beyond

Webinar Resources — Church Transformation with Ron Crandall

March 5, 2009 by EvangelismCoach

“How can skillful pastors who long for the resurrection power of God to be manifest in their churches learn to patiently guide a congregation through all the necessary stages of change involved in a turn around?” Ron Crandall – Turnaround Churches and Beyond

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