TEN WAYS TO CHASE AWAY VISITORS
1. CAMOUFLAGE. If they can’t find you, they won’t bother you. Don’t place any newspaper or Yellow Page ads, put up any signs, or conduct visible programs. Don’t visit newcomers to your community. 2. LONG-DISTANCE PARKING. Have your members take all the closest parking spots. That will make visitors park a long way from the entrance and ensure that they won’t visit again. 3. HIDDEN DOORWAYS. Since visitors usually use the main door, use side doors, back doors, and basement doors. Then you’ll be less likely to meet visitors. 4. THE COLD SHOULDER. If you do by chance see visitors, ignore them. 5. HIDE THE NURSERY. In order to keep young families from joining your church, hide your nursery. Don’t put up signs, explaining how to find it. If you have one, don’t staff it well. And find a location quite distant from the sanctuary. 6. THE OLD MISDIRECTION PLAY. Move Sunday school classrooms without announcing it. Use…
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