Your post is exactly why our local church has volunteer greeters to meet and greet anyone new at the front door—offers them coffee and snacks and tries to make them feel welcome.
It has over two hundred members and is growing at a solid pace.
That is one of the reasons why.
“offers them coffee and snacks”
Are you KIDDING me?! Coffee and snacks? At CHURCH?
“It has over two hundred members and is growing at a solid pace.”
You think that’s because it’s a good church? It’s because ... coffee and snacks. It’s called “seeker friendly” which = compromise.
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