The new Diocese needed to be strengthened and enlarged. Kerfoot worked at this by spending several days when he made his parish visitations. During that time, he visited and made friends with the laity. He also held services in towns where no Episcopal Church clergyman had ever been seen as a way of starting new parishes. By such actions, Kerfoot won the "affection and confidence" of church people. Because of this, they were "liberal and ready" to contribute to diocesan projects such as the Church Home and the Church Guild. People, not only Episcopalians, learned to respect Kerfoot.