Top 10 reasons first-time church guests don't come back
A host (addressed on-air as Mike when the segment opens) walks through an unscreened article's survey of first-time church visitors and their top 10 reasons for not returning: stand-up-and-greet time (#1), unfriendly or phony members, unsafe/unclean children's areas, no place to get information, bad websites, poor signage, insider church language, boring services, members telling guests they're in their seat ('no wonder Jesus weeps'), and dirty facilities. The hosts agree most ring true, roast mandatory greet time as a 'commercial break' and 'prison yard time,' and close on the deeper point: hospitality is about changing people's 'want-tos,' not holding them hostage to create community.
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