It wasn’t often that I got High Distinctions at uni. But in my last year of uni I did get a HD for a group assignment – and more surprisingly, our group all worked together to make it happen! My part of the project was the presentation at the end, showing our research and presenting our design concepts – and…
So you’ve just started looking after Membership at your church (either in a paid or unpaid position) but you’re not really sure what you’re meant to be doing (or maybe still not even 100% sure on what Membership even is?!). Here are some books that I’ve found helpful and I think would be a great place to start Theological side…
At our church, we send an SMS to every 1st and 2nd timer welcoming them and encouraging them to come back next week. You can see our follow-up process here. This is a process that we’ve been doing for the past year or so and it’s been working pretty well. However, with any process you set up it’s important that…
Your church can’t be targeted towards everyone in your community – so it’s important to be intentional about who you are trying to reach so that you can be better at reaching them.
It can be quite complex to come up with a strategy or pathway for how best to follow up those who visit your church. As I’ve read through a bunch of the literature on this topic, as well as experimented with a number of approaches at a few different churches, I’ve come up with 3 simple rules to consider as…