https://youtu.be/1CZfrAowK1I
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\nMost churches have more guests than they realize. About 2% to 5% of those who worship on Sunday will identify as guests. How has this group changed in the last ten years? Thom and Sam discuss what is different now than in the past.
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\n \tThe front door is different: First impressions are now made digitally
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\n \tThe back door is different: Less consumerism but also less frequency
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\n \tFollow-up via text is now accepted, but you can stand out with hand-written notes
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\n \tDrive times are down and neighborhood churches are more desirable
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\n \tQR codes are acceptable rather than paper handouts
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\n \tWhat has not changed: Most guests attend because someone invited them
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\nResources:
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\n \tLogos
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\n \tClaim your Google business address
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\n \tConfessions of a French Atheist by Guillaume Bignon
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\n \tTyndale House Publishers
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\n \tBrown Church Development Group
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\n \tEST.Church Podcast - \u201cThe Connection Between Stewardship, Generosity & Discipleship\u201d
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\n \tCollaborate with ministry leaders around the world! Join us at Church Answers Gold!
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\nGuillaume Bignon was a French atheist who grew up in a country that had little use for God, and he had no earthly reason to follow Jesus.
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\nBut God himself was at work when Guillaume decided to prove that Christianity was wrong to his new girlfriend, a woman he\u2019d met seemingly by chance on a vacation in the Caribbean.
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\nThe result? Today, Dr. Guillaume Bignon is a dedicated Christian theologian, a well-respected apologist, and a frequent guest on radio and in-person debates with atheists.
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\nAfter his improbable conversion from atheism to Christianity, he earned a master\u2019s in biblical literature and a PhD in philosophical theology.
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\nHis conversion story has attracted more than 300,000 views on YouTube.
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\nHis new book, Confessions of a French Atheist, released this summer.
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