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How to Lead the Introduction of First-timers in Church

December 5, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

If you were the first time visitor in a church, would you want to be introduced publicly to a group of people you didn't know, hadn't met, and may not see again?

Your own answer to that question may give you a clue as why that is a bad idea.

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Help Church Visitors Make Connections

April 18, 2019 by EvangelismCoach

God sovereignly brings visitors to your church. But once people are first welcomed into your church during their first visit, what happens when the service is over? How do you help your church visitor connect?

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6 Ways to Follow Up on First Time Church Visitors

December 13, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

Healthy churches know that every church visitor is a gift from God.

But many churches do not have a well-designed visitor follow-up process that helps turn visitors into fully committed members.

Plan your church visitor follow-up strategy well.

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Church Dropouts — why people find it easy to leave

April 10, 2022 by EvangelismCoach

If it was easy for me to drop out the back door of the local church, what can you do to help close that door? Here are 4 simple strategy steps

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The Best Church Visitor Assimilation Tool

April 18, 2019 by EvangelismCoach

The best church visitor assimilation tool is not a visitor contact card.  Nor is it a complicated data system, direct mail, automated emails, or even a free gift for your church visitors from the beautiful welcome center. Those things help, but they are not the most powerful assimilation tools.  The best tool is ....

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Getting Visitor Contact information is the first step towards your visitor followup, yet many churches fail at it. Listen to this expert on the subject describe different ways and what is the best way

How to Get Church Visitor Contact Information

May 13, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

Getting Visitor Contact information is the first step towards your visitor followup, yet many churches fail at it. Listen to this expert on the subject describe different ways and what is the best way.

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8 Church Connection Card Templates

January 27, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

Thinking about redoing your church connection cards? They need updating and greater simplicity. Here are some examples and commentary on some church connection card templates you might want to consider

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Guest Assimilation: A Roadmap to success

August 9, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

Churches that don't have a clear, simple and logical path for visitors to follow send out some conflicting messages! Members think they're a welcoming church, but the church guests experience something different.

The loving bonds of friendship that tie the church members together end up becoming barriers to those who'd like to elbow their way into the congregation! Read more. . . .

Make it easy for them, pastor.

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Your First Time Church Visitor Follow-up Letter

April 17, 2022 by EvangelismCoach

Send your church visitors follow-up letters to invite them to the next step in your church visitor assimilation process.

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Confessions of a Church Shopper – Can I make a friend?

November 5, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

We tried for 6 weeks to make friends at a church we thought we'd become a part of. Yet we could never seem to find how the way in.

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Church Management Software

3 Ways Church Management Software Can Help Your Church Visitors Become Members

August 13, 2016 by EvangelismCoach

One consistent question  on church hospitality processes that I receive is how to follow up on your first time church visitors.  Questions like: What are good thank you gifts for church visitors? How often should we contact visitors after their first visit? How do we get church visitor contact information in order to follow up? …

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Church Visitor Reception

Why your small church should have a reception after your service

March 15, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

Having Church Visitor Reception AFTER a service in a small church can make the difference between a visitor who returns, and one who doesn't.

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My Favorite Books on Church Visitor Assimilation

March 18, 2017 by EvangelismCoach

Helping your church visitor become a regular attender is not rocket science.  Church visitor assimilation is ultimately a matter of personal relationships and connections. But there are plenty of good strategies that churches have tried to help those connecting relationships form naturally. If you want to do some good reading on the subject, here are …

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Church Visitor Assimilation Training Class

August 11, 2016 by EvangelismCoach

“I wish more church visitors would come back and get involved.” This is common lament I hear from church leaders.  They might be leading small churches.  They might be managing large churches. These leaders have put forth valiant efforts to improve their hospitality, increase their marketing, and even provide some programming that would attract new …

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Video:Your Sermon Starts in the Parking Lot

July 27, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

Danny Franks, Connections Pastor at The Summit Church in North Carolina, considers the importance of preparing for guests who are visiting your church.  Your sermon starts in the parking lot and he offers 5 principles to effective church hospitality and first impressions.

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Do you want to know why your church visitor didn’t return?

April 20, 2019 by EvangelismCoach

Don’t you wish that you could sometimes learn why a church visitor would choose not to come back after their first visit? There is one way you might learn:  ask. But don’t start thinking you need to make a cold call and talk with a stranger who will likely be polite to your face.

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Guest Article: 9 Questions for Retaining your Easter Crowd

November 13, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

As Easter is not too far away, what are you doing to help your church visitors and invited guests to come back the following week? The following article is from a friend of this ministry, Gary Rohrmayer, who writes at YourJourneyBlog. Read on for what Gary shares. To read the development of each of the subpoints, visit …

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Video: What if a church visitor keeps coming back?

February 3, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

Our family experienced a temporary life transition that involved us moving to another state in the US for a period of four months. We left our work, our church that we are planting, our friends and support networks. During this temporary time, we chose a local church in the community we lived in. We chose …

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What is the next step?

March 24, 2017 by EvangelismCoach

Our family has experienced a temporary life transition that had us move to another state in the US for a period of four months, away from our church, away from our social networks, and away from our friends. Four months not enough time to visit many churches to look for a church home. to build …

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4 Keys to Keep More of Your Church Visitors

July 10, 2020 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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Grow Your Church 20 Percent – By The Numbers

February 17, 2020 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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Formerly Churched Adults who Return to Church

May 1, 2019 by EvangelismCoach

I found this article on Todd Rhodes Monday Morning insight blog (link below).  It features the results of a survey of formerly churched adults. (Photo: WanderSick) Highlights: Only 11 percent would be willing to self-identify as a visitor on first visit. 26 percent would visit some kind of reception. Most would want to “size up …

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Church Hospitality Webinar Slides Only and Related Resources

January 27, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

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. Perhaps you’re wondering How 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 …

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Book Review Fusion Visitor Assimilation

April 18, 2019 by EvangelismCoach

I finished reading Fusion: Turning First-Time Guests into Fully-Engaged Members of Your Church. This book is sure to be on the top of the list for Church Visitor Assimilation texts. Comparing a Ferrari to a Pinto Note: I read Beyond the First Visit: The Complete Guide to Connecting Guests to Your Church, Gary McIntosh (see …

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