Churches spend a lot of time, money, and energy encouraging guests to visit their church. And rightfully so. Our churches should be places where the community is welcomed and where guests are expected. But getting people in the front door might just be the easier part of a two-step process. One of the biggest challenges churches face is how to invite first-time guests back and help them connect with the life of the church.
The Guest-Ready bundle will help you develop a sustainable system to be a welcoming church for people in your community.
Follow-Up Course
The Follow-Up Course will help you create, improve, and launch effective follow-up processes to get guests, givers, and new believers connected in your church.
Use this template to plan out the follow-up you’ll do with your first-time guests. You’ll find text message templates, and six different email templates you can use to engage the guests in your church.
For most people, the Sunday morning service is the front door to church engagement. In The Senior Pastor’s Guide to Reaching More People, you’ll find practical and actionable tools that you can use to reach more people in your church.
Use this resource to plan gifts for your first-time guests. You’ll find 10 great ideas in this document that you can use in your church to create a welcoming environment for first-time guests.
A church that has a culture of inviting is likely going to be a growing church. It’s important to prepare your church for guests. You might want to take a look at these things before you go to your congregation and ask them to invite.
A big part of guest follow-up should be an automated email sequence. If that’s a foreign idea to you, don’t worry. We’re going to talk about how it works and show you what to do in this short, actionable and practical video.
This video will help you use a simple, targeted, and personal email sequence to follow up with those who visit your church for the first time.