Welcoming Culture

Welcoming Culture

Lightning Talk

In the first of the Lightning Talks on day 2 of the Reach Conference 2026, Linda Allcock from The Globe Church spoke on how to grow a church culture of deep and warm welcome.

Linda identifies 6 key ideas and practices which help cultivate a welcoming culture:

  1. Indiscriminate love
  2. Friendship = ƒ(time)
  3. Ask careful questions
  4. Stable small groups
  5. Need one another
  6. A little black book

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