How to do a church welcome well (5 Tips)
It's important to know how to do a church welcome during a Sunday service. Welcoming visitors properly is the first step to creating longtime new church members. Church growth starts by making people welcome!
Based on the many churches I’ve visited as a "mystery visitor", here are 5 tips for ensuring first-time guests feel welcome, and church members are informed and included. Welcoming people can be challenging! You don't want it to be too long, but you want it to be genuine, friendly, and authentic.
Church visitors need these (and church members too):
Greet potential visitors and introduce yourself. A warm welcome to greet visitors starts with saying "good morning", who you are, and what you do. Church members need to be...
Your Church Communication Strategy Checklist
A church communication strategy checklist could be very long for most churches! In fact, trying to get communication correct (for any organization) is a customized, difficult task. Why? Because every church’s audience is quite different, with different needs. Combine that with the multiple ministries you can offer.
It’s difficult to get all the pieces effectively done.
So, for a communication strategy, let’s concentrate on foundational areas that will help you create an effective church communication strategy. What does that actually mean? That you’re communicating enough to your congregation while also reaching outside so your community's aware of your ministries, events, and the Gospel message. It’s not a simple thing.
Here are the basic areas you need to understand:
☐ Define Personas. For...