I’ve written before about how I believe church membership is Biblical AND practical.  Unfortunately lots of churches do a poor job of raising its value to the people who attend each week.

In fact, I often get emails from pastors who are struggling to get people to go through their membership class and take that next step of commitment to a spiritual family.

Here’s one simple secret that will help you get more of your regular attenders to attend your membership class and cross the line to become members – but don’t tell anyone…

Promote multiple classes at the same time 

That’s it!  All it takes is a little pre-planning – instead of listing one membership class on the calendar… list two.  And then adjust the way you promote the class.Here are the magic words:

Can I sign you up for the December or February class?