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7 Ways to Encourage Congregational Evangelism

April 28, 2022 by EvangelismCoach

Every pastor I know wants to grow their church by leading people to Christ.

If that’s you, you’re in good company.

If you’re succeeding at it, you are in rare company.

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4 Ways to Pray for Your Church’s Hospitality Ministry

November 22, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

Four areas for leadership teams to pray for your church hospitality work of the ministry.

You can easily spend 30 minutes a week in prayer as part of improving your welcome ministry.

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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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38 Resource Links for Your Welcome Ministry

June 19, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

A resource compilation of 38 articles related to church hospitality, church greeters and welcome ministry.

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8 Lessons from My Church Shopping Experience

August 10, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

Our family has been the church shopper. We moved to a new city, had no friends in that city, and looked for a church where our family could give our time, talents, and treasure. We wanted a place where we could invest our lives for this new chapter of life. Here are 8 lessons I learned from making several visits over the past year before we found a church home.

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Church Small Talk from Church Visit

Useful Small Talk at the Church Welcome Center

July 6, 2017 by EvangelismCoach

In our family’s current journey of looking for a church, we empathize anew with Christian families that are new movers and have to find a new church on their own. I am re-discovering is the value of small talk when engaging your first time visitor.  (Read these 20 Crazy Church Greeter Comments). Our church visit …

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Church Shopper Confession

What you can learn from our church shopping experience

August 11, 2016 by EvangelismCoach

In the summer of 2014, our family moved to central Florida due to an expansion of our ministry’s vision and reach. We are new movers into the community. We have no friends yet. We are a blank slate looking for a church. We are the first time visitor. We are the church shopper. I wrote up …

Read moreWhat you can learn from our church shopping experience
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 …

Read moreAsk EvangelismCoach: That leader keeps the sanctuary empty!
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20 Church Hospitality Goofs and How You Can Avoid Them

June 6, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

You know that churches make all sorts of hospitality mistakes.   You’ve probably experienced a few church hospitality errors first hand. Over the last few months, I’ve compiled this list of 20 complaints shared on Twitter. Read them and cringe.

Read more20 Church Hospitality Goofs and How You Can Avoid Them
10 Free Church Greeter Training Videos

10 Free Church Greeter Training Videos

May 13, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

I’ve updated the free church greeter training videos for 2014. Some of the videos I first recorded in 2009 now look awful by today’s standards.

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Top 21 Posts on Church Greeter Ministry

December 24, 2016 by EvangelismCoach

Here are some of the top articles on church greeters and church greeter training. Some of these articles poke fun at the silly things greeters say and do. Others provide training tips, church greeting tips and more. Dig around and learn.

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If you struggle in recruiting church greeters, you might face these barriers

3 Barriers to Recruiting Church Greeters

July 2, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

I would love for you to have success in church greeter recruiting and for you to have more volunteers for church greeters ministry than spaces you could fill. However, I’m not sure there are churches where people fight to be volunteer church greeters. If you find yourself struggling to recruit volunteers for your greeting ministry, …

Read more3 Barriers to Recruiting Church Greeters
4 Tips to Restart Your Disorganized Hospitality Ministry

Is your hospitality ministry disorganized?

December 1, 2016 by EvangelismCoach

What are some steps you can take to restart a failing welcome ministry for your church visitors? Read these tips to help your disorganized hospitality ministry get going again.

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Small Talk Questions for Church Greeters

June 7, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

Consider these small talk questions as icebreakers your church greeters, ushers or volunteers could use to open the doors to a potentially deeper conversation and connection with your first-time church visitor.

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Duties of Church Hospitality Committee or Team

November 7, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

Your task is to help your guests feel and experience the love of God by truly welcoming them into God’s house through friendly and authentically gracious service.

Your team might want to consider these as focus areas as you work on your church hospitality program.

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How do we measure the impact of church hospitality

March 15, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

The other day, I saw a question in my Twitter feed: How do we measure our hospitality? There are a couple of different ways to measure the success of your hospitality ministry. You could measure effective church hospitality program by Volunteers who are excited to serve because of they see impact or influence they have. …

Read moreHow do we measure the impact of church hospitality
I was the first time visitor at a church that really blundered their Christmas Eve Outreach

Christmas Eve Church Hospitality Failure: A True Story

December 17, 2016 by EvangelismCoach

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 …

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Regularly Evaluate Your Hospitality Ministry

April 16, 2015 by EvangelismCoach

Wise church leaders will regularly evaluate their church hospitality program. Later this month, I will help two churches evaluate their church hospitality ministry as they prepare to welcome new guests this fall. Summer is perfect time The summer months in the United States are traditionally a slower season of church programming and activities. But, it’s …

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Survey Evangelism Customers

5 Barriers to Effective Church Hospitality

May 1, 2019 by EvangelismCoach

In the registration form on a recent webinar on Improving your Church Hospitality, people were asked “What is your biggest challenge in your church hospitality ministry?” Most respondents were people leading or serving in Hospitality ministries, pastors and officers in church leadership, plus a few church planters and church consultants. The answers fell into 5 …

Read more5 Barriers to Effective Church Hospitality
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How First Presbyterian Branson Welcomes a Church Visitor

June 9, 2016 by EvangelismCoach

Imagine a church meet and greet where it’s a game: Who’s come the furthest to get here? First Presbyterian Church in Branson MO greeted their church visitors this way when I was there on a visit in 2007. Because its a tourist town, they have plenty of visitors to church who come for the one …

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