I admit that I'm a church geek who's visited literally hundreds of churches over the past few years ... and I visit more all the time. You might say I'm a professional church visitor. So I've created this blog to help churches ratchet up their hospitality. In the following posts I'll let you in on some of what I've experienced so you can not only avoid the same hospitality mistakes, but can make your church truly guest friendly. 

Now, every church is a "friendly" church ... if you don't believe me, just ask their members. But friendly to whom? If a church doesn't specialize in guest hospitality, then they're doing more than missing the boat.

Do the math. If a church gets just one first-time visiting family each week ... and if every single family stayed, the church would grow by approximately 115 new participants each year. Virtually no church keeps 100 percent of it's guests, but the sad reality is that most churches in North America retain less 15 percent ... and many keep less than 10 percent. If a church majors on guest hospitality that percentage leaps up to over 50 percent and some to nearly 70 percent. 

It doesn't matter what church growth program you choose, if your church's hospitality isn't up to par it's virtually impossible to grow. This short video pretty much says it all.