Effective Ways for Your Church to Get Guest Information

Early last year a small group of people in our congregation came together to work through Nelson Searcy's book Fusion . I think everyone at Liberty had the right heart. We want to see new people explore what God is doing in our congregation and we want them to stay and become a part of what God is doing here. Passion has never been our problem, but execution was a real issue. We had guests each and every week, but we noticed very few of them were returning. We needed a plan. Enter Fusion . One of the first principles Searcy points to is the ratio of first time guests to regular attenders. The first week we met, someone on our team turned to me, the leader, pastor, shepherd of the church who sets the tone for everything else and said, "How many guests do we average each week?" Every other person on the team turned to me expecting an answer. Embarrassed I had to admit, "I don't know." Before I share with you what I have learned, allow me to sh