“We are a very welcoming church.”No church in their right mind would ever say anything otherwise. But quite often, our actions betray our words. Too many times, churches who say they’re welcoming are welcoming — but only to one another — the people they know.
I remember sitting with a group of ushers, who were lamenting that they had to go through “training” because they’ve been ushers for such a long time. I showed them a picture from a previous Sunday where the ushers were standing in a circle and not noticing a family (that nobody recognized) walking by them. I asked them what they saw in the picture and, unsurprisingly, no one wanted to talk anymore. Read More Here
