Match Guests With Five New Friends and a Starter Ministry Within Three Months
Substance Church uses Empowerment Track assimilation process to get new attendees involved.
Ideas
Idea Starter: Use the Right Form of Advertising to Reach Your Community
Consider what methods of advertising will work most effectively to reach and speak to your target demographic
Idea Starter: Equip Your Church to Talk Christ With Nonbelievers
Several different curricula make apologetics training free and easy
Idea Starter: Run for Charity
Plan a 5K for a cause or support runners with water and snacks at someone else's
Try This: Invite the Community to Be Healthy
Focus on health from a biblical perspective at a healthy living expo.
Idea Starter: Have Church Business Cards Printed
Ask church members to distribute business cards for the church around the neighborhood and with unchurched friends and acquaintances
Idea Starter: Make Newcomers Feel Genuinely Welcome
Try a handwritten note, a phone call or a personally delivered pie to thank them for their visit
Idea Starter: Don't Embarrass Your Visitors Who Arrive Late
Keep congregants from filling up back pews first by directing them to the front of the church first
Try This: Buy a Stranger’s Morning Newspaper
Purchase a rack's worth of papers at a convenience store.