In today’s culture, fewer people are looking for church programs. If people aren’t coming to us, believers must be ready to go to them. Biblical hospitality is a vital tool that creates space for meaningful relationships and gospel-centered conversations. It is about embodying the love of Christ in a post-Christian world where loneliness runs deep and authenticity speaks loudly. Hospitality is a proven evangelism methodology—the one that helped fuel the explosion of the early Christian church . . . one that anyone can utilize, regardless of his or her life stage.

This bootcamp session will: Highlight strategies for practicing biblical hospitality in your life, emphasizing home, neighborhood, work, and community settings, outline common barriers and how to overcome them, and provide time for reflection and hospitality goal-setting for your unique setting.

When church programs lose their appeal to outsiders, presence and personal connection become the path forward. True hospitality is not soft ministry—it’s frontline mission.

Dr. Lori Ryan and her family (husband Brent and three children) are members at Holy Trinity, New Hope, Minn. Lori is a member of the WELS Women’s Ministry Executive Team and WELS Women’s Ministry CONGO Team, and she helps develop topical webinars for WELS members. Lori is passionate about hospitality and how it can be used daily in the home, neighborhood, and larger community to help deepen relationships and foster opportunities to share the gospel. She is employed as a physician in Minneapolis, Minn.