Welcome Is A Verb!
Creating an Intentional
Welcoming Strategy
to Grow Your Mission
A much debated question in today's Church is whose fault is the failure to thrive.
- Is it there more the pastor should do?
- Why doesn't the congregation do more?
- What role does the regional body play?
The result is a quagmire of finger-pointing. Everyone waits for someone else to solve the problems. Years pass with little progress or decline.
Welcoming is taken for granted. Every congregation posts an “All Welcome” sign by the door and goes about its business.
Why are we surprised at poor results?
An Intentional Welcoming Plan is foundational to all evangelism—and all ministry. Can your congregation afford to take welcoming for granted?
What This Training Can Do
for Your Congregation
- Welcome Is A Verb! explores the changing culture of Church and why welcoming can be a challenge.
- Welcome Is A Verb! builds your entire congregation's confidence and welcoming skills.
- Welcome Is A Verb! provides a detailed checklist to review every aspect of ministry from a visitor's point of view.
- Most important, Welcome Is A Verb! offers concrete strategies to reach new populations.
- 2x2 online trainings are designed to benefit the entire congregation, not just selected representatives.
- 2x2 trainings will be priced per congregation and at a fraction of the cost most consultants charge per person.
- 2x2 trainings will be designed for use in flexible ways.
- Recent research reveals that trainings without followup support are ineffective. 2x2 will create an online community for all congregations to share challenges and successes.
This training resulted from 80 visits to congregations.
A group from our church visited more than 80 congregations in 2011-2013. We weren't researching this project at the time. We simply went as visitors. But we couldn't help comparing experiences.
Some churches are more welcoming than others.
MODULE ONE
Any Welcoming Initiative must start by understanding that visitors we welcome today come with different expectations, cultural backgrounds, and life and spiritual priorities.
Module One looks at how things have changed both within the Church and outside to create new challenges for every welcoming congregation.
MODULE TWO
This module provides a detailed checklist to help your congregation see themselves as others see them.
You’ll be able to review every aspect of your congregational life—from your website, to your property, to your worship, fellowship, and mission—through the eyes of outsiders.
MODULE THREE
Module Three is filled with tips and strategies to put what your congregation learns to work.
Members will see themselves as important to your congregation’s welcoming image—all implemented at a comfortable pace.
You’ll have an evangelism plan that all can follow!
Your Ebook will be available for instant download after payment.
2x2 keeps costs as low as possible. Buy one copy for just $4.75
(that’s less than dessert at a family restaurant)
and make copies for your cast (our treat).