The Church Lobby Ep 103: Helping Small Churches Win Guests, with Desmond Barrett
Karl Vaters interviews Desmond Barrett about how small churches can do a better job at reaching, welcoming, and keeping guests.
Desmond is the author of Helping Small Churches Win Guests: Preparing to Increase Attendance, which is a short, but very practical book that pastors will find great benefit in.
Karl and Desmond talk about:
- How to reimagine the church facility from the parking lot to the pew
- Why sharing updates about facility improvements is attractive to guests
- Why so many pastors and church leaders resist doing what needs to be done
- Why “we just need to attract young families” is never the answer
- The good news that new Christians are not looking for programs, they’re wanting to live on mission
Links:
- Helping Small Churches Win Guests: Preparing to Increase Attendance
- Revitalizing the Declining Church with Dr. Desmond Barrett (podcast)
- Desmond's Amazon Author Page
- Libby App
Bonus video
5 Options When a Church Property is Too Big for the Congregation, with Desmond Barrett
Karl Vaters talks with Desmond Barrett, the author of Helping Small Churches Win Guests: Preparing to Increase Attendance, about a subject that is a challenge for a growing number of congregations. What can you do when a church facility that was built to hold hundreds of people has just a handful or worshipers left?
The five options they discuss are:
- Do Nothing
- Share the Property
- Rent the Property
- Sell the Property
- Recreate the Property
Links: Helping Small Churches Win Guests: Preparing to Increase Attendance
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