There are a lot of ways to follow up with new visitors, and you really just need to try a few methods and see what works for your church. Just make sure you’re measuring your results so you can clearly see what’s working and what’s not. Here’s a good starting point to adopt or at least get you thinking about an approach that will work for you. Continue reading
Category Archives: CMS
Creating a Church Handbook
Every church has a group of people who know everything about everything. They’re the people who built the sound system, designed the children’s curriculum, manage the church. They’re the kind of people you got to love. They wake up earlier on the weekend than during the week, just to make your church work. They are the glue that holds your church together, and often you can’t have a normal service without them. (As an aside, just take a moment to send them a thank you card right now and show your appreciation.) Continue reading
How to Write a Church Mission Statement
When people think of church mission statements, there are usually two related but separate things they imagine. One is a mission statement, and one is a vision statement. The difference between these is that a mission statement is very practical in its scope. It focuses on what you will accomplish and how you will do it. A vision statement is designed to be more abstract. It focuses on the personality of the church and how God sees your local church fitting into the larger context of the global church.
The distinction is subtle, and many churches end up combining the two, but for the purposes of discussion we’ll just address the mission statement here. Continue reading
How to get Your Youth More Involved
For a lot of people it can be difficult to find a place where they feel comfortable serving. This type of dilemma is the reason so many churches struggle to get their youth involved. It’s hard to find opportunities that are age appropriate. In some cases, you may have to find some tailored jobs made specifically with the youth in mind. Continue reading
How to get Your Church Members More Involved
We all want our church members to get plugged-in, planted and flourish. This isn’t going to happen for everyone automatically. You need to have clear pathways for people to get involved. Continue reading
Tips for Successful Church Small Groups
Excellerate was originally designed in collaboration with one of the largest small group churches in the U.S. and, though we have since broaden our scope to become just as functional for churches that don’t use as many small groups, we have never lost our passion for helping churches run effective small groups. In fact, you can see our heart for small groups in the funny spelling of Excellerate. Continue reading
Visitor Follow-up with Excellerate
If you follow up with your first time guests within 24 hours, you’ll greatly increase your retention rate. That’s a small window, are you hitting it? Most churches don’t have a clue if they are.
What about the percentage of visitors not contacted? Everyone gets a busy signal occasionally. How often do your connectors manage to do the follow-up? How often do they forget? Again, many churches have no idea. But, people could easily be slipping right through the cracks, unnoticed, a hole unseen. Continue reading