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Your church had visitors.
Now what?
In this episode of The Great Commission Toolkit, I'm joined by my brother, Pastor Josh Williams, to talk about one of the most overlooked parts of church growth and outreach:
FOLLOW-UP.
Josh pastors in Foley, Alabama, where he stepped into a struggling church situation with just a handful of people in 2020. Six years later, the church recently averaged 188 on Sunday mornings.
Josh is quick to give God the glory for what He's done—but when I asked what practical tool God has used most in the church's growth, one of his first answers was:
A first-time guest follow-up system.
In this episode, we talk about:
👋 Why getting visitors isn't enough
📋 Why every church needs an intentional follow-up system
🤝 Why ministry happens through relationships
🎉 The difference between Sunday visitors and event visitors
📊 Why churches should track what happens after an outreach
🚪 Why events can reach people who may never initially attend a Sunday service
📱 How follow-up can move people from an event to church
👨👩👧👦 Real families reached through community events
🙌 People who eventually trusted Christ because relationships began at an outreach
⏳ Why follow-up sometimes takes MONTHS—not days
🎯 Why the event isn't the finish line
One of the most powerful stories in this episode is about a family that attended a community event. They didn't immediately become faithful church members.
But the church kept building the relationship.
Eventually they came on Sunday.
Their daughter trusted Christ.
Her friend trusted Christ and was baptized.
Years later, that friend is now serving in the church's nursery—and the original family has helped bring several more families to church.
That's why follow-up matters.
Ministry isn't an event.
Ministry is people.
And if God gives us an opportunity to connect with someone, we want to intentionally build that relationship and point them toward Christ.
This episode explains WHY your church needs a follow-up system.
In the next episode, we're getting extremely practical and breaking down WHAT that system can actually look like so you can begin implementing it in your church.
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