The gospel should be offensive, not your church members or a lackadaisical hospitality ministry.
Your hospitality ministry in the church is one of the most important factors in the experience of first time visitors that will influence their personal decision to come back to your church.
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The fall ministry season is approaching in the US. Perhaps it’s time to review the materials in your church welcome folder. If you do not have a visitor packet ready, you are missing out a great opportunity to help newcomers find their way into your church family. You can check out this list of 15 …
Should we invite non-believers to our church services? So far through the three parts of rereading the book of Acts (part 1 covers Acts 1-5, part 2 covers Acts 6-9, part 3 covers Acts 10-11), I don’t see a clear answer to the question. As I have looked at the gatherings of the disciples so …
Recently, I was asked via Ask EvangelismCoach about ways to increase the number of invitations to church that members give to their network of friends. Review these posts to get on board with some of the answers More church invitations: Friends and Family Get More Church Invitations: Prayer I want you to come to my …
A lifeway study also asked how many times respondents have personally, “invited an unchurched person to attend a church service or some other program at your church?” Nearly half (48 percent) of church attendees responded, “zero.” We need to change this. Download this video at BeamerFilms.com. Use this mini-move to help encourage your congregation to …
Recently, I was asked via Ask EvangelismCoach about ways to increase the number of invitations to church that members give to their network of friends. Review these posts to get on board with some of the answers More church invitations: Friends and Family Get More Church Invitations: Prayer I want you to come to my …
Helping church members invite their friends is one of the side effects of an engaged church, as Albert Winesman wrote Growing an Engaged Church. The basic question of his book is addressed on the jacket: What would a church look like if members of its congregation were 13 times more likely to have invited someone to …
Recently, I’ve been asked via Ask EvangelismCoach about ways to increase the number of invitations to church that members give to their network of friends. Review these posts to get on board with some of the answers More church invitations: Friends and Family Get More Church Invitations: Prayer Today, I add number 3 3. Church …
LifeWay Research did a study and asked how many times they have personally, “invited an unchurched person to attend a church service or some other program at your church?” 48% of church attendees responded, “zero.” 33% percent of people say they’ve personally invited someone one or two times. 19% say they’ve done so on three or more …
During a recent coaching appointment, a pastor expressed a frustration that members are not inviting guests to church. The church had reached a plateau in attendance and had been stuck there for nearly 2 years. The pastor had tried various tactics to remind people about the importance of making personal invitations, such as regular announcements, …
A regular question I get is "How do you grow a small church?" "How do I grow small church numbers?" We were a small church, made up primarily of immigrants from other countries. Here are 5 steps we are implementing to grow that total number to 70.
A church on invited me out last weekend to prepare their team to go door to door. I thought I was invited to give my workshop on personal evangelism. Because of some miscommunication, I didn’t realize that this was my expected purpose until it was too late. The organizer mentioned that 53 people were attending …
My new favorite resource on this topic is Thom S. Rainer’s book Surprising Insights from the Unchurched. He has surveyed those who have become churched within the last two years. This was a particular niche of study, asking questions of those who made that transition in effective evangelistic churches.
Easter is rapidly approaching and many of you are gearing up for your Easter Outreaches and special Easter Services Let me give you a three pointers to increase your congregation’s impact this Easter. 1. Do a hospitality review. Give your systems a look over to make sure they are up. Read more: Church Hospitality Review …
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 …
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 $1,551,466 for each new convert. Why are so few Christians sharing their …
In yesterday’s article 2 Attitudes for Small Church Transformation, Ron Crandall’s study pointed out how evangelistic growth in the small church is rooted in relationships and need strategies to increase the number of first time church visitors. Larger churches may have lots of programs to help attract them and integrate people quickly. Smaller churches may not …
This week and next, you’ll be reading about small church transformation, particularly the role of evangelism, based on a study of small churches first done in 1995 and then updated in December of 2008. These first few posts setup some of the background and are meant to be in small blog-size portions for easy consumption. …
Gary Rohyramyer asks his readers: Do you have an Evangelism Plan for 2008? His specific action steps in his plan: Study and Read. Do you need books? Check out our books on evangelism page. Evangelism Journal. Make notes of quotes, books, and experiences. Evangelism Plan. Make a plan to be intentional about sharing your faith. …
