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3 face icons (happy, neutral, frown) checklist for church visitors

Your church visitor has a list

June 4, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

Your church visitor will have an invisible list in their head that they will use to evaluate your congregation. As a leader of hospitality and welcome ministry, what can you do about that list?

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Connecting to a Church

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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Video Discussion Starter for Church Greeters

April 20, 2019 by EvangelismCoach

Videos can make for great discussion starters at your gatherings for hospitality workers or church greeters. Use as a discussion starter for your next church greeter training or hospitality training meeting. I enjoyed the humor and the painfully true characterizations.

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Church Pews are Empty

Ask EvangelismCoach: That leader keeps the sanctuary empty!

August 11, 2016 by EvangelismCoach

I know first hand the uncomfortable awkwardness when church visitors show up 10 minutes early to get a seat and the sanctuary is empty except for a few musicians finishing a review rehearsal, and church members arriving up to 30 minutes late. Recently, a reader submitted a question via Ask EvangelismCoach, concerning a Sunday School …

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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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Evaluate Your Hospitality Program for the Price of a Cup of Coffee

April 23, 2019 by EvangelismCoach

Many churches have special events with the idea of “invite a friend” or to open up their church to the neighborhood. As a church leader, here is a tip to getting a free or nearly free hospitality assessment.

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Break the Barriers Hospitality Training on DVD

January 26, 2018 by EvangelismCoach

You’ve worked so hard to attract church visitors. . . . . You passionately desire to reach these newcomers for Christ. You know that Jesus can make a difference in their life. Perhaps you’ve spent money on advertising like a direct mail campaign or business cards members give away. You’ve designed sermon series to hopefully …

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Churches don't let people in

I Can’t Get In

December 12, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

Over at http://www.ChurchHospitalityTraining.com, I’ve released video Number 3. In today’s video, I address one of the biggest barriers that churches put up to visitors who do come back for several weeks in a row. I once  attended a local fellowship for nearly 6 months and still had no friends.   It was a fellowship with about 100 …

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8 Reasons Why Your Church Visitor does not want to return to your church

8 Reasons Church Visitors Don’t Come Back (and what you can fix)

July 2, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

Why do your church visitors choose not to return to your church? Here are 8 reasons, 5 of which you can do something about.

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Why is it so hard to visit churches

Why is it so hard to be a church visitor?

March 30, 2018 by EvangelismCoach

I read a newsletter some time ago (source lost) that described what it is like to be a church visitor: Why is it so difficult to walk into a new church? Even if you’ve been steeped in church culture for years, being in an unfamiliar environment is unsettling. If you get there a few minutes …

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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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10 Practices to Welcome Church Visitors

February 17, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

According to a Barna Research survey of people looking for a church, “Friendliness to Visitors” is Extremely important: 71% Somewhat important: 21% Based on a national telephone survey of 1,015 people 18 or older; sampling error of plus/minus 3 percent. Citation: Moody (Jan/ Feb 2002); For 9 out of 10 visitors, the friendliness of your …

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Church Service Times

Hard to get: What time are your services?

March 15, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

A church that took over an abandoned post-office turned the exterior into a nice presentable building. It looked sharp, clean, and with fresh paint and landscaping. Since the church was in my normal commuting patterns, I would drive by at least 3-4 times a day. The facilities renovation attracted my attention. What time are your …

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Church Visit Hispanic Church

Church Hospitality and Belonging

May 30, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

I’ve had the joy of connecting with a Spanish speaking small church. It is a small church, bouncing from 15-40 in attendance. Our first visit was sometime 2006, maybe October. I’m clearly an American, so I stuck out.

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