What I had noticed is that the ministry will treat a visitor like GOLD...I mean, they will take them out to eat...OFTEN...invite them over to there house (which they do not do once you are "in"), they smooze them from the pulpit by talking them up, "welcome so & so...they are wonderful...they do this or that, etc etc blah blah".

but like I said...once they meet with the pastor and say they want to be "members"...the smoozing is out the door. Then, the only time they hear from pastor is when he needs them to work, give me monetarily, asking why they've been visiting another church, etc.