Saturday 24 March 2007

5 Ways To Keep Me Away From Your Church

Christian churches should be filled with people when the doors open, but often times they are not. I have listed below practical reasons why people do not attend church.

1. The church has no website. In todays world, people live online, shop online, communicate online. Why is the church always the last to catch up? Create a website that is up to date, easy to navigate through and well designed. Yes it will take from your pocket, but it will assist people in finding your church.

2. The church is completely inactive in the community. If your church is doing nothing in your city, you are not reaching new people. When you get active in poor estates, with the homeless or in the local prisons, people start to talk about you and what you are all about. Simple acts of kindness in your community will attract people to your church.

3. Annoying Customer Service. Many churches may not have the staff to answer phone enquiries during business hours, but the least you can do is have an answering machine! It is very frustrating for a person to call to make an enquiry about service times or events and not be able to speak to anyone or leave a message. It sounds like a very simple thing to do, but you would be amazed at how many churches do not have an answering machine.

4. There is not adequate seating or parking. There is nothing more frustrating than driving around for 20 minutes looking for a parking space which makes you late into the service and then you are not be able to find an empty seat. If you need to create another service on a Sunday morning to accommodate your members, do so. If you need to get more parking attendants, do so. Make church enjoyable for people to attend.

5. Visitors are ignored. Train volunteers in the church to make sure that new comers are looked after and feel welcome. Have 1st time visitor packs with information about what goes on in your church life and where they can get involved. Contact new members either by phone, email or letter to welcome them and let them know they have been added to your mailing list.

These are all practical things that you can start to put in place to attract people to your church.

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