I just read this book about church planting, slightly outdated, but I thought it would be a good place to start. The author made several suggestions. Some of his ideas regarding the new comers:
1. They should be greeted and invited to a home group at least 4-5 times before they ever find their seat in the sanctuary,
2. Everyone needs to be given name tags, and
3. They should receive a phone call from the pastor on Sunday afternoon, a “porch” visit later that day from a member of the church, a personal thank you from the pastor by midweek, and a church newsletter by Friday.
Welcome to First Christian Church of Stalker. Seriously, God MUST exist if the church has survived this long.
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It sounds like a wonderful book of Etiquette. Was it written by Emily Post per chance?
I think a good way to contextualize that for today is internet stalkers...
What if you went to a church were you watched your pastor on TV and then someone brought a connect to your house so you could have a video conference with him later that evening... oh I love technology.
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