FBC Roanoke attendance spikes after visitation push

  A recent six-week visitation program resulted in about a 40 percent attendance increase for First Baptist Church, Roanoke, in Randolph Baptist Association Oct. 29, according to Pastor Phil Russell. The visitation program package, a resource available from the Church Growth Institute, sent church members scouring their neighborhoods and students poring over their school yearbooks for unchurched friends who might…