Secret Guest Church Consultation

What can you learn about your church from having a secret guest visit for a worship service?

  • Church Website
    How guest-friendly is your church's website?

  • Parking/Directions
    Is your church easy to find? Once guests arrive, do they know where to park?

  • Signage
    Does your church have clear outdoor and indoor signage that helps guests know where to go?

  • Safety/Security
    Does your church help guests feel safe and secure when attending worship?

  • Family Ministry
    Do guests with young children know what to expect when dropping off their children?

  • Facility
    Is your church easy to navigate and clean? Are restrooms easy to access and well-equipped? Is family ministry space secure?

  • Guest-Friendly Atmosphere
    Are greeters friendly and helpful? What impressions about the church are given during the worship service? How friendly are the church members?

  • Follow-Up
    What is the follow-up for a guest who fills out a contact form on the church website or a connection card during the service?

If you are interested in learning more about a secret guest consultation, please contact Marisa Taylor, Church Resource Specialist at the Birmingham Metro Baptist Association.

Marisa Taylor has served the Lord through the local church for over twenty years and is a graduate of Samford University (Psychology major, Congregational Studies minor) and Beeson Divinity School (Master’s of Divinity).

Marisa has served the church in the areas of preschool, children’s, youth, and college ministry. She also has experience with church planting, building projects, curriculum development, weekday preschool ministry, and administration. Marisa lives in Margaret, Alabama, with her husband and daughter.

As our Church Resource Specialist, Marisa is uniquely qualified to assist our local churches in the areas of family ministries, women’s ministry, weekday preschool ministry, event planning and community engagement. She is enthusiastically committed to serving our BMBA churches and partners in ministry.

You can contact Marisa at marisat@bmbaonline.org or (205)599-3245.