Be our guest, be our guest, put our service to the test.

Is that song in your head now? It's because language matters.

What you call people matters.

It sets expectations. It can lend confidence or create anxiety. It can isolate people or engage them further.

I see that at least half the churches I’ver ever seen address their guests wrong from the start by what they call them. Yes, wrong, not just different than I prefer.

So what do you call them? And why?