Did you have any first-time guests at your church this past Easter weekend? How many guests have you had in the last month? Over the last year? Each of those guests was a gift to you from God. Did your response show your appreciation? Did you have a plan in place to integrate them into the life of your church? … Read More
Is your church family prepared for new guests this Easter?
As the old saying goes: If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. With Easter approaching — one of our biggest days of the year — I’d like to spin that a little and say: If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail. Preparation is key to success in any endeavor. To leave your house in the morning, … Read More
FREE Fusion Book Summary Today – Get Your Easter Guests to Come Back!
As the excitement of Easter Sunday wanes, don’t miss out on the lasting spiritual fruit – upgrade your Assimilation System to be sure you’re doing all you can to follow up with your Easter guests and help them get connected to your church. Today and Tomorrow, I’m giving away a FREE copy of the executive summary of my bestselling book,“Fusion: Turning First Time … Read More
Grow Your Church by Keeping More Guests – New Assimilation Coaching Network
If you read this blog on a regular basis, you already know that I love the Assimilation System. It’s the system that helps get new people connected and it just so happens to be the quickest system to help grow your church. My Community Pastor at The Journey and VP of Training at Church Leader Insights, Tommy Duke, is leading … Read More
The Power of a First Impression – Part 3 of 4 (Assimilation and Easter)
Today I’m continuing a series of posts about the importance of the first few minutes of a newcomer’s experience at your church (click here for Part 1 and Part 2). In fact, a First-Time Guest knows whether or not they’ll return to your church in the first seven minutes of their initial experience at your church. That’s before they hear … Read More
The Power of a First Impression – Part 2 of 4 (Assimilation and Easter)
Last week I started a new series of posts about the importance of the first few minutes of a newcomer’s experience at your church (click here for Part 1). In fact, a First-Time Guest knows whether or not they’ll return to your church in the first seven minutes of their initial experience at your church. That’s why the Pre-Service time … Read More
The Power of a First Impression – Part 1 of 4 (Assimilation and Easter)
With Easter fast approaching (Sunday, April 24), I want to devote some time on the blog in the coming days to help you upgrade your assimilation system. In other words, I want to help you keep more of your first-time Easter guests this year. In the first seven minutes of contact with your church, your first-time guests will know whether … Read More
Will you join me for the FREE Top 3 Assimilation Mistakes Webinar on Tuesday?
Tuesday, January 25th 2:00pm – 3:00pm Eastern 1:00pm – 3:00pm Central 12:00pm – 1:00pm Mountain 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific Space is Limited Register Now! Can you join me next Tuesday for a Free Webinar about keeping more of the new people that God sends to your church? As you may know, Assimilation is one of my most passionate topics to … Read More
Who’s Writing Your Notes to First Time Guests?
We had a great crowd for The Fusion Webinar last Thursday and I wanted to follow up with a couple of the more frequently asked questions from participants. Probably the most asked question any time I lead an Assimilation training has to do with the handwritten notes that you should be sending to all of your First Time Guests. And … Read More
The Fusion Webinar is Tomorrow – Are You In?
Just a quick reminder that The Fusion Webinar is TOMORROW at 1:00 PM Eastern Time. Space is limited by our webinar provider for this webinar, but we do have a few spots still available – however, you need to Register Now. If you can make the time to join me for this webinar, you’ll learn the principles you need to … Read More