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Church Hospitality Survey Assessment or Audit

July 27, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

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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6 Conditions of a Growing Church

April 24, 2019 by EvangelismCoach

Our family attends a growing church. I see 6 things in the attitudes of church leadership that I'm convinced help it grow. Do these 6 ingredients show up in your church?

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5 Growth Lessons from Church Planting

July 2, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

5 Lessons I learned about church planting from planting two churches.

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Are Church Welcome Packets a good idea?

March 8, 2015 by EvangelismCoach

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 …

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Invited to Church

Are Unbelievers Present at Church – Part 4

August 8, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

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 …

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Get More Church Invitations: A Great Welcome

March 1, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

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 …

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Church Invitation Video You Can Use

October 24, 2012 by EvangelismCoach

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 …

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How preaching leads to more church invitations

Get More Church Invitations: Relevant Sermons

October 24, 2012 by EvangelismCoach

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 …

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Growing an Engaged Church

June 28, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

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 …

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how to get more invitations to church

I want you to come to my church

June 22, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

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 …

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Recent Statistics on Church Invitations

March 22, 2018 by EvangelismCoach

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 …

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Church of St Paul - Leicester Street, Leamington Spa - church sign - Welcome to St Paul's Church

Personal Invitations to Church are Most Effective

November 5, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

During a recent coaching appointment, a pastor in a small country church in the United States expressed frustration that church members are not inviting guests to church.

The church had reached a plateau in attendance and had been stuck there for nearly 2 years.

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Here are 5 ways we are using to grow small church attendance

5 Ways to Grow Small Church Numbers

November 5, 2017 by EvangelismCoach

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.

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Taking Evangelism to the Street

How I Prepared a Church for Door to Door Evangelism

July 26, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

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 …

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Top Reasons Unchurched People Choose a Church

April 17, 2022 by EvangelismCoach

Thom Rainer surveyed adults who became church going believers. Through interviews with the formerly unchurched, he discovered some top reasons why they would choose their church.

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Prepare Your Congregation for Easter Impact

April 3, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

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 …

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5 minutes to church hospitality

5 Minutes to Refresh a Vision for Church Hospitality

April 15, 2015 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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15 Strategies to Increase Number of First Time Visitors

March 16, 2017 by EvangelismCoach

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 …

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Turnaround and Beyond

Theories of Church Transformation

June 9, 2016 by EvangelismCoach

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. …

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