Are Your Church's Guests in One Door and Out the Other?
The church of 150 in attendance averaged two first-time guests a week, or 100 a year. How many joined the church? Only three.
The church had no follow-up in place for guests.
The church of 225 in attendance had a high attendance day of 360, with 75 guests attending that single day. How many of the 75 eventually joined the church? Only two.
The church had no follow-up in place for guests.
The church of 550 in attendance has had a Christmas event the past ten years that draws 1,500 people each year. That's 15,000 in ten years. How many new members can the church trace to the Christmas event? Zero. None. Nada.
The church had no follow-up in place for guests.
So what's going on? Why are so many of our churches lousy at follow-up?
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