(For a free resource on how to overcome the barriers to baptism, visit www.ignitebook.com.) Temperature: • How many of your people are bringing their friends to church? At The Journey, we have found that 87 percent of our first-time guests come because a friend invited them. Using a Connection Card in our service (see Fusion: Turning First-Time Guests into Fully-Engaged Members of Your Church) helps us gauge this. As people are filling out their cards, we simply say, “If you are here for the first
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