Idea Starter: Greet Your Neighbors

Feb. 7 is sometimes observed as “Greet Your Neighbors Day.” Help your church attendees get to know their neighbors and serve them in the process. Encourage them to welcome new residents, take cookies to neighbors or perform other random acts of kindness. Provide attendees with invitation cards they can use to invite neighbors to church.

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First Baptist Leesburg: More Than Sunday Morning

“We minister to the broken people in our community through many ministries, and we attract a lot of people who want to join our church because of our ministries,” says Art Ayris, executive pastor of administration at First Baptist.

Fastest-Growing Churches: Lessons From the Front Lines

“People see “big C” church as judgy, legalistic rules. If we can work together and show the opposite of that, I feel like that’s our role: to rewrite the narrative of church based on serving.” —Meghan Smith, Trace Church

When You Don’t Want to Read the Bible

You were ultimately made to respond to God’s heart. You were made to know the voice of the Good Shepherd, to lean on his care, to depend on his provisions, to trust in his protection. You were made to come running when your Father calls you home to sit at his table!