Bible Verses About Welcoming Visitors In the Church

Dear friends, welcoming visitors into our churches is a sacred duty. Christ clearly taught us to love our neighbors, welcome strangers, and care for those in need. When newcomers come through our doors, we must make them feel at home.

Smile warmly as you greet them. Introduce yourself and spend a few minutes getting to know them. Kindly answer any questions they have and offer to sit with them during the service. Small gestures of friendship put people at ease. Consider the story of Lydia welcoming Paul and Silas into her home. Though strangers, she showed them generosity. We ought to follow her example.

After the service, check back in on visitors. See if they have any other questions or concerns. Let them know about any upcoming events they might enjoy. And don’t forget to invite them back next Sunday! It often takes multiple visits before someone feels totally comfortable. Persist in hospitality just as Aquila and Priscilla persistently mentored Apollos in the faith.

In the following days and weeks, continue reaching out. Call or send a quick note to tell visitors how nice it was meeting them. Recommend small groups or service opportunities suiting their talents and interests. Help newcomers connect deeper into church community. Just as Peter insisted that Cornelius and his company be welcomed as brothers in Christ, so too should we embrace visitors as family.

Dear friends, now let’s see the Bible scriptures below that talk about “welcoming visitors in the church”.

Why We Should Welcome Visitors

Romans 15:7
“Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God”

Hebrews 13:2
“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares”

Matthew 25:35
“For I was an hungred, ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, ye took me in”

How to Greet Visitors at Church

Romans 16:16
“Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you”

Colossians 4:5-6
“Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man”

Making Visitors Feel Comfortable

Philippians 2:3-4
“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others”

Romans 12:15-16
“Rejoice with them that do rejoice, weep with them that weep. Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits”

Bible Verses on Hospitality

1 Peter 4:9
“Use hospitality one to another without grudging”

Romans 12:13
“Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality”

Titus 1:8
“But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate”

Extending an Invitation to Return

Matthew 28:19-20
“Go ye therefore, teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, of the Son, of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: , lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen”

Acts 2:42
“They continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine fellowship, in breaking of bread, in prayers”

Following Up After Their Visit

1 Corinthians 1:4-5
“I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, in all knowledge”

Romans 15:5-7
“Now the God of patience consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: That ye may with one mind one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God”

Welcoming Visitors into God’s Family

Ephesians 2:19
“Now therefore ye are no more strangers foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, of the household of God”

Romans 12:5
“So we, being many, are one body in Christ, every one members one of another”

John 13:34-35
“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another”