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…
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…
This week I had the joy of traveling to Sydney to appear on The Pastors Heart – a weekly show and podcast with church pastors about church thinking and live issues. Even my mum asked a question! 😀 Watch the video below:
If we’re serious about the Gospel and wanting everyone we know to come to know Jesus, then it’s important that we do whatever we can to help more people come to our church to hear the Gospel and become a Christian. So what do you do when someone visits your church for the first time? Every church has a follow…