5 ways to improve your church visitor’s card
When someone visits your church, you need a church visitor’s card available to be filled out. But be aware though, many church guests will not want to complete it on their first visit. Here’s why: we live in a skeptical culture where a visitor doesn’t want to be identified until they feel ready. That can take several visits!
When they do feel ready to be considered a guest (seeking more information), a church visitor’s card is the perfect way to do it. Gone are the days when a Pastor asks for visitors to raise their hands or stand up. That’s cringe-worthy now! People want anonymity until they need something or want to take a “next step”.
Then have it readily...
5 Places the Church Talks Too Much (Stop It)
Interestingly, in order to effectively communicate, the church needs to stop talking before the congregation (or community) stops listening. Or we’re just wasting our time! It’s crazy how short the average attention span has gotten all while we drone on and on.
Here are 5 (somewhat unexpected) locations that deserve a good hearty edit. Is it because we don’t have something crucial to say? No. It’s BECAUSE we have an incredibly important message to deliver. That’s why we need to give the information in a way that most want. Briefly and to the point.
Sermons. As attention spans have gotten ridiculously short; the average length of a standard sermon has remained about the same. In a worship room it’s easier to...