Based on a survey that I’ve done on church greeters and church hospitality issues, one of the biggest issues asked of me is

All church visitor assimilation or first time church visitor follow-up processes begin with this information.

Yet so many of you are having difficulty getting the information from your first time visitors to your church.

Scott Douglas raises three questions to ask yourself if no one fills out your visitor card

Source: Three Questions to Ask When No One Fills Out Your Card

Listen in as I interview Yvon Prehn of www.effectivechurchcom.com about how to get church visitor information cards filled out.

Based on some survey results I’ve done, it seems that getting church visitor contact information is an important question.

Yvon spends time answering questions on

Yvon’s book “Connection cards” is available for instant download after purchase at http://www.effectivechurchcom.com

Yvon’s book is now available in paperpack:  Connection Cards (amazon Link)

You should get it. (I recommend products that I have used).

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Philip got a word from the Lord to “Go and stand next to that chariot.”

Can we get such words for today that lead us into an evangelism encounter?

In the attached podcast, my friend Mike Neelley talks about his experiences as a regular part of his evangelistic life as he waits on God’s guidance about people he should speak a blessing to.

He lives out my teaching on noticing people and then takes the risk to step out in obedience.

Mike realizes he is only seed planting in the process of evangelism.

Listen in as Mike introduce how he practices a form of evangelism popularized in a book Treasure Hunting Evangelism.

Podcast note:  I notice there is some funny background noises in the interview, but I’m not sure what sounds were being picked up, nor do I know how to edit those sounds out.

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Listen in as one Evangelism team leader describes how my 4 month evangelism team coaching process led to the evangelistic growth of their church.

It’s about 25 minutes long.

Key takeaways:

The coaching process she describes is with her evangelism team.  Read more here:

4 month evangelism team coaching process

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Listen in as one church tells the story of getting their Christmas events out to a few thousand people during a town Christmas event.

I interview Kevin Cunningham, outreach pastor of a church in Nashua New Hampshire, a town of about 80,000.

Each year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, the city turns Main Street into a walking district.

Close to 30,000 people from across New England visit downtown Nashua to officially kick-off the Christmas season.

The evening starts with a procession from City Hall to Railroad Square where the City’s official Christmas tree is lit.

Much of the downtown is closed to traffic for the evening, allowing strollers to enjoy the live entertainment, sample offerings from street vendors, dine in downtown’s fine restaurants and do holiday shopping at specialty shops and boutiques.

This church used this event to promote two Christmas activities.

Kevin also shares what was on their table as giveaways.

Besides marketing the Christmas activities, the volunteer team was also intentional about faith sharing conversations.  Make sure you listen in to see how they held normal conversations during this Christmas outreach.

Read 7 Habits for Highly Effective Personal Evangelism to get a feel for what this might look like.

They included

About midway through the interview with Kevin, we talk about hospitality issues:

Finally, Kevin shares some practical principles he learned doing this kind of outreach and the one thing he would do differently.

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In this audio sample from the Create a Culture of Hospitality MP3 download, I share other evidences that your church hospitality is not working.

Church hospitality systems break down where there is lack of vision for welcoming the visitors that God brings you.  Proper vision casting will help your whole church increase it’s impact.

“Your emphasis on prayer will make a big impact for us!” C. Parsons

“So many fantastic ideas on how to be more welcoming” – R. Wade.

“Practical suggestions to address vital issues”

In this 79 minute audio MP3, pastors, hospitality ministry leaders, and volunteers will learn:

There was SO much in this recording. The biggest thing for me was hearing the importance of what our church can do when the service is over to initiate conversation with newcomers. You also gave us practical ideas that we could easily implement.

We have got quite good systems in place for before the service, but its after the service that we really need to work on. Thanks for pointing out some ideas for what we might do – Renda W, New Zealand.

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You will have a 5 day window to download this recording in case you are unable to do so right away.

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I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard small churches say “we are just too small” to do much of anything.

In today’s podcast, I talk with a pastor whose little country church is

I interview Pastor Laura Long, from a small country church in an economically depressed area of Marion NC, Clinchfield Presbyterian Church.

It’s clear that Pastor Laura loves the community, loves the people, and the church has had a great ministry of presence in the community.

Recently, they’ve been engaging the community as a church, and transforming lives one at a time.

If you think your church is too small to make a difference, listen in today’s show.

In this podcast you’ll hear

Recently, I’ve been doing a lot of teaching on engaging your community and sharing your faith while serving your community.

There are some great books on the subject such as

and it’s a theme that I’ve touched on every now and then on my website and in the podcast feed.

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Yesterday, we had a great webinar with Paul Steinbrueck of OurChurch.com on social media for church planters and pastors.

Given that many of our sign-ups were just at the beginning stages of using social media, Paul outlines how social media fits in church communication and some basic checklists about how to use social media.

Paul’s company will host your website and help you update it: OurChurch.com

• despuesdeldomingo.com
• http://www.newgenerationfellowship.net

Listener suggestions for a tool for getting twitter/Facebook Integration

• https://www.facebook.com/RSS.Graffiti

If you wish, Use this wish list from Amazon to put something on my Kindle. . .. .

This is for those who want to share in the ministry this way.

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