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Unwelcome Now Available: 50 Ways Churches Drive Away First-Time Visitors
Walking into a church can be scary. In Unwelcome, Jonathan Malm tackles 50 ways churches can creep out visitors and how to fix those problems.
Church Visitor Cards: How to Connect & Follow Up
Every church needs a way to welcome visitors and invite them to become involved. The church visitor card is standard, but you need to make it effective.
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.
8 Ways Your Church Website Can Welcome First-Time Visitors Before They Arrive
Church shopping isn't easy. Welcome church visitors online by making your website more helpful and answer questions before they arrive.
Church Decline: Would Anyone Notice if Your Church Disappeared?
Communities are growing, but churches are in decline. Does your community know what your church offers? If you church was forced to close its doors, would anyone notice?
The Sunday Sneeze: Making the Most for First-Time Guests
What does a church look like when it sneezes? It's not a flattering picture and doesn't leave a good impression with first-time visitors.
Tim Peters on First-Time Guests
"If you have first time guests, you don't tell them where to go, you show them where to go."
Heath Mullikin on New People
"Lots of people pray for God to send new people to their church. Few accept the folks God actually sends."
What I Learned as a Sunday Sinner
Visitors to church have it hard, but that's something we too quickly forget when we've been going to the same church forever. Take a visit to a different church and ...
First Impressions Are Virtual
First impressions are no longer physical, but virtual. Your church website should answer questions and make it easier for someone to try out your church.
Power to the Pews: The Invitation
If we're going to get lay people promoting their church we should probably talk about the most obvious way they can do it.
Making Visitors Feel Welcome (But Not Too Welcome)
The dread-locked author, hippy and Jesus lover Anne Lamott gives churches advice about how to welcome visitors.
How to Use E-mail to Bring Back New Visitors
Visitors may spend a single Sunday at your church. The impression they get is how they'll decide to come back or not... unless you find a way to give them ...
Helping People Find a Church: 25 Fair Warnings for Visitors
Scott McClellan over at Collide magazine talks about the coolest thing he’s seen on a church web site. What is it? A feature that helps visitors find a church by ...
The Mystery Worshipper Phenomenon
Mystery shoppers for churches seem to be the latest rage. There was the recent Wall Street Journal article, we mentioned it last week, the Tennessean covered it Sunday and Anne ...
