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Visiting a Church Is Scary: Resources to Welcome Guests
With the ghouls, zombies, and sugar of Halloween coming, consider the scariest thing in the church world: Visiting a church for the first time.
Church Visitor Horror Stories: Lost Generation
If you're not willing to extend God's peace, then take down your cross and be the social club you apparently are. Now you're creating a lost generation.
Church Visitor Horror Stories: Children’s Ministry Fail
Lurking in the back of every parent's mind is the history of child abuse cases in the church. Lack of parental reassurance? Children's ministry fail.
Church Visitor Horror Stories: Wrong Time
Listing the wrong time on your website is a rookie mistake. Ignoring those early arriving visitors is, sadly, a veteran move.
Church Visitor Horror Stories: Welcome Room
Shunting visitors off to a "welcome room" is a horrible idea. There's nothing welcoming about segregation.
Church Visitor Horror Stories: Guest Preacher
Under no circumstances is it appropriate to ask a visitor to preach. Come up with an emergency plan. Visitor as last-minute guest preacher is not a plan.
Church Visitor Horror Stories: Time Change
Not updating your website with a special service time is a big problem, but don't compound that problem by running out of seats.
Church Visitor Horror Stories: Congregation Fail
Sometimes the greatest obstacle to welcoming new people into your church is the people in your church. Congregation fail.
Church Visitor Horror Stories: Greeter Fail
Having greeters? Win. Over-eager greeters who creep out your guests? That's a fail. Avoid the greeter fail.
Church Visitor Horror Stories: Scarlet Letter
Calling out visitors in the name of helping the congregation identify them? No thanks. You might as well slap a scarlet letter on their chests.
Church Visitor Horror Stories: Invisible Visitor
Going to church for the first time is scary. It gets worse when the congregation acts like you're invisible and the pastor won't even talk to you.
Church Visitor Horror Stories: Stalker
Our Church Visitor Horror Story Contest comes to a close with our grand prize winner: The pastor who wouldn't let you leave and then a member tracks you down at ...
Church Visitor Horror Stories: Reserved Seating
Going to church for the first time is scary. But reserved seating? With the evil eye? Creepy! That makes for a real Church Visitor Horror Story.
Church Visitor Horror Stories: Firing the Pastor
Walking into church for the first time can be scary. But firing the pastor? Yikes! That makes for a real Church Visitor Horror Story. And it's our first winner.
Church Visitor Horror Stories: What’s Your Worst?
Walking into some churches for the first time can be downright frightening. Tell us your church visitor horror stories.
