EP 149 - How to Get Your Church’s December Guests Back in January, with Ryan Wakefield

About this episode

Ryan Wakefield discusses strategies for retaining December church guests in January with Dick Hardy.

Church Fuel CEO, Ryan Wakefield, and Leaders.Church Co-Founder, Dick Hardy, dialogue on what pastors and church leaders should focus on as they head into the holidays. Their major focus is not only on Christmas invites but even MORE on getting those December guests to return for whatever you have planned for January. Ryan is also giving away three high-value Church Fuel resources to any podcast viewer or listener who wants them. This is one of the best podcasts we’ve ever done with a t...

People in this episode

Host: Dick Hardy

Guest: Ryan Wakefield

Topics covered

• church growth
• guest retention
• holiday outreach
• January planning
• pastoral strategies

Keywords

• church guests
• December
• January
• pastors
• holiday invites
• Church Fuel resources

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Church Fuel, Leaders.Church

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