How to Give An Extra Large Welcome in an Extra Small Church
How can the extra-small church give a good welcome?
It can be done. We were welcomed into a small church of under 40 people and stayed in spite of their obvious shortcomings - why?
Video:Your Sermon Starts in the Parking Lot
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.
Are church greeters an appropriate ministry for the church?
One reader put a challenge to me about whether or not a greeter ministry was appropriate in a church. Why have church greeters? Since I teach and train on good hospitality practices such as greeter ministry and other church growth issues, it’s a question that I’ve been pushed to re-look at. In chapter 1 of …
Christmas Eve Church Hospitality Failure: A True Story
Your Christmas Eve church hospitality can make a big difference in a visitor’s decision to come back. Your Christmas Eve Outreach is a wonderful opportunity to invite first time church visitors! Your members can invite their friends as well as strangers they meet out in public. Visitors come through your doors. Some will be out of …