Sharpening Guest Friendliness, Follow-up and Assimilation

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Sharpening Guest Friendliness, Follow-up and
Assimilation

• Dr. Steve R. Parr
• With Larry Wynn Thomas Hammond
• Sponsored and Produced by Mike Turner
• of C.A.A. Outreach Ministries

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WELCOME!

• Host Steve Parr
• V.P. for Evangelism Sunday School
• Georgia Baptist Convention

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Where You Should Be

1. You should have listened to sessions 1-4.
2. You should be finishing one of two books by Jan.
   20th.
3. You should have planned two personal evangelism
   training opportunities for your congregation for
   2011.
4. You should have discussed with your partner one
   immediate and one long-term application to
   helping your congregation become more externally
   focused.

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Where You Should Be

• 5. You should be planning an evangelistic event
  for 2011 for which you will apply all steps of
  preparation.
• 6. You should be planning to attend the
  Evangelism Conference coming up on
• Feb. 28-Mar. 1 in Conyers.
• 7. You should be meeting regularly with your
  prayer/accountability partner.

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Tonight

• Guest Friendly
• Follow-up
• Assimilation
• What does this have to do with evangelism?
• Though we cannot save someone, we can
  inadvertently develop barriers to reception of
  the Gospel message.
• Evangelism does not end at the point of
  conversion but launches into responsibility for
  Discipleship.

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Guest Friendly

• Distinguish between being seeker driven and
  being seeker sensitive.
• James 21-13.
• Evaluate facilities by asking how clean, how
  cluttered, and how contemporary?
• Friendliness is both taught and caught but is
  never automatic.
• Combine welcome by design with developing a
  welcoming culture.
• Consider inviting an anonymous guest.

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Follow-Up

• Begin when guests are on-site by registration and
  invitation.
• Automate follow-up giving attention to
• timing
• and multiple touches.

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Assimilation

• Top Three Tools
• Sunday School (Small Group) Connection
• New Member Class
• Relationships (Moving from friendliness to
  friendships)

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• Conversation with Larry Wynn, Pastor of Hebron
  Baptist Church.

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• Conversation with Thomas Hammond, Evangelism Team
  of NAMB.

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TIME FOR YOUR QUESTIONS
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Assignments

1. Complete book 1.
2. Meet with Prayer/Accountability Partner
3. Write down three to five actions that need to
   take place in coming year to step up in the areas
   discussed. Determine when and how you will make
   it happen in the coming months.

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Sharpening Guest Friendliness, Follow-up and
Assimilation

• Dr. Steve R. Parr
• With Larry Wynn Thomas Hammond
• Sponsored and Produced by Mike Turner
• of C.A.A. Outreach Ministries