Welcome! a Biblical and Practical Guide to Receiving New Members

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. Ervin R. Stutzman 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 congregations close their doors to newcomers. Then he explains how they can throw their doors open, welcoming the new energy and vision newcomers bring.Stutzman, Ervin R. is the author of 'Welcome! a Biblical and Practical Guide to Receiving New Members', published 1990 under ISBN 9780836135305 and ISBN 083613530X.