Ryan Wakefield Church Marketing University
Ryan is the founder of Church Marketing University, where he helps churches all over the world get more visitors each week. He and his wife, Amy, and daughter, Katelyn, are a part of Summit Park Church in Kansas City, Missouri. Ryan has many years of experie... read more
Simple Easter Invite Strategy for Churches
How amazing would it be if everyone in your congregation would invite one person to worship with them this Easter?
What if I told you this could easily happen at your church this Sunday?
Here is the simple idea…
Step 1- During service talk about the mission behind your Easter services.
Step 2 – Have everyone pray and ask for boldness to invite one person.
Step 3 – Then have everyone pull out their phone and text an invite to one person right then and there.
Step 4 – Put an example text message on the screen for people to use for inspiration.
Here are eight sample text messages that we’ve come up with for you.
One of our Grow churches did this last Sunday and here is just one example of what happened in the first five minutes:
Let’s Make Heaven More Crowded!
CMU has been invaluable to me and I’ve only been a member since the fall. We are a small church and our financial assets are limited, but this has provided a better return than anything I can think of. We are seeing visitors and returning visitors at a rate we never have before. We can’t afford paid staff and volunteers have to try to find a way to learn on their own. CMU has made that possible. If you think you can’t afford it, think out of the box. I pay our CMU membership as part of my financial gift to my church. Would someone, or several, want to do that for your church? A love offering directed for CMU? I promise you won’t regret it for a minute! 
CMU is part of our team. Our latest Church plant is thriving and I believe God used CMU to make that happen. 