To integrate a visitor into the church, a congregation should touch visitors often via visits, phone calls, and letters, advises church growth expert Elmer Towns. It's good, too, to have someone other than the pastor make some of those calls. Such visits have made members of many visitors at Vienna Assembly of God. We have a couple who loves making visits. Little gifts are nice, too.
Some churches give visitors candy-filled mugs.
One church presents a card to visitors with their names done in calligraphy by an artist in the church. Other gifts for visitors include coupons for service, such as babysitting, lawn mowing, or snow shoveling, or certificates to a local restaurant or store. We've found that if visitors are truly interested, they'll return. Then we'll make an in-home visit. People at Jerusalem Baptist Church, near Washington, D.C., think it's best to phone before making a home visit.