Is your church young and growing but wanting to maintain momentum? Established, successful, but stuck on a plateau? Struggling, dwindling, uncertain?
Whether your congregation is moving confidently toward a bright future or flinching from bleak prospects, this book can be a key resource. Appropriate methods will vary. But Welcome! explains how any congregation can tap that great asset: newcomers.
Drawing on lively anecdotes, his own experience, sociological analysis, and church-growth research, Stutzman shows how churches close their doors to newcomers. Then he explains how they can throw their doors open, welcoming the new energy and vision newcomers bring.
"I am a former outsider, found and called by God in a welcoming church. I know that how we receive new members is crucial. This heartening, practical book will help any church become more inviting." —Arthur Paul Boers, pastor of Windsor (Ontario) Mennonite Fellowship.
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