Official Activate Book Site
Receive over $397.00 in FREE resources!
Official Activate Book Site
Receive over $397.00 in FREE resources!
Welcome to the Official Site of Activate: A Totally New Approach to Small Groups by Nelson Searcy & Kerrick Thomas.
Through this page you can download free support downloads, tools, articles and newsletters that deepen the principles discussed in the Activate book and will help you maximize your church’s small groups.
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Top 10 Benefits for Joining the Renegade Pastors Network Today! (this is not an exhaustive list but here's your Top 10):
1. The Renegade Pastors Monthly LIVE Leadership Briefing Call with LIVE Q&A. At the heart of the network is a monthly update and briefing from Nelson via LIVE Conference Call. This monthly "pastor to pastor" call (which will be recorded on MP3 for your library) will be personal, practical, packed with content and slightly irreverent (but in a good way) training where Nelson will challenge you, enlighten you, equip you and guide you to maximize your next season of ministry. He will often bring in guest speakers as well.
With the Renegade Pastors Monthly Briefing Call, you'll always be one step ahead in your planning and fully inspired and equipped to stay the course of the Renegade lifestyle.
Don’t worry if you can’t make the live call – you’ll receive an MP3 recording in your Online Private Membership Hub to access anytime.
2. Equipping Interview Call. The week following our Leadership Call, Nelson will do a second call where he interviews other leading authors and church growth experts. On these calls, he goes in-depth on the topic of their latest book, their background, and insights and tips for pastors and churches. Past interviews include Thom Rainer, Gary McIntosh, Chuck Lawless, Warren Bird, Steve Stroope, Patrick Lencioni, Bill Easum, and Larry Osborne, among many others.
Plus don’t worry if you can’t make the live call – you’ll receive an MP3 recording in your Online Private Membership Hub to access anytime.
3. Membership Welcome Kit Upon Joining. When you join the network today, you will be welcomed to the Renegade lifestyle with resources and bonuses so you can immediately start abandoning average! You’ll have access to the following:
- Immediate Coaching Hub access with 3 months archive of recent training calls, newsletter, book summaries, special welcome bonuses and more.
- Welcome phone call conversation with Renegade Pastors staff
- 7 Day Renegade Reflections e-mails to quick-start your membership
- Priority Mail Package including the following:
- 7 Commitments of a Renegade Pastor CD case plus first two CDs (5 more mailed monthly to complete the kit)
- Two classic Church Growth Champions reports
- Selected book by Nelson Searcy
- Renegade Pastor wristband
- 7 Commitments of a Renegade Pastor pocket card
- Plus surprises!
4. Bonus Renegade Pastors T-shirt. Wear it proudly; remember, you are now part of a community of like-minded pastors committed to abandoning average!
Includes a FREE Renegade Pastors T-shirt ($19.95 value)
5. Online Private Membership Hub Access. In your password-protected membership site, you'll have instant access to Renegade Pastor benefits including recordings of the monthly calls (3-month archive), exclusive Renegade Pastor online events, purchased resources, Renegade Pastors in-depth book summaries (3-month archive), monthly members update (3-month archive), and Church Growth Champions Audio training from Elmer Towns, Chip Arn, Peter Wagner and Gary McIntosh.
6. Mailed Monthly Members Update. You’ll receive a large packet each month that’s packed with content that you receive only as a Renegade Pastor. These monthly mailings contain a 24+ page printed Renegade Pastors Insider, 6x per year Church Growth Champions biographical report (more on that below), 6x per year Renegade Pastors in-depth book summaries (more details below), Growth Points feature with Dr. Gary McIntosh and more!
7. FREE Church Growth Champions
biographical report.
Each report (6 per year) features a different pioneer of church growth and evangelism to inspire you and your ministry. Past champions include Donald
McGavran, Billy Graham, Charles Spurgeon and John Wesley, all available in your Hub as well.
8. Leadership Book Summaries. You will have exclusive access to these book summaries (6 per year) for the duration of your membership. Includes the “Renegade” perspective with how you can apply the learnings in your church.
9. Q&A with Nelson on each Leadership Briefing Call. At the end of the call, Nelson opens it up for “pastor to pastor” question-and-answer time. You’ll have a chance to discuss with Nelson what’s going on in your church and get direction on next steps. Even if you’re not the one asking a question, you get to hear from other pastors and learn from their situations.
10. Members Only Online Webinars and LIVE Events – like the Annual 3-Day Renegade Pastors Conference. This private event is completely focused on equipping members to abandon average. Members enjoy three days with their fellow Renegades just full of encouragement, fellowship and eye-opening training!
Plus, you'll receive additional immediate bonus resources when you join the Renegade Pastors Network, including the Seven Commitments of a Renegade Pastor audio resource, leadership book summaries, Church Growth Champions interviews and much more:
OVER $895.45 in FREE BONUSES AS SOON AS YOU JOIN!
Meet Dr. Nelson Searcy
Nelson Searcy is the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. By God's grace, he identified and developed the Eight Systems of a Healthy Church® that he has used to coach over 3,500 churches in the US and around the world to adapt those eight systems to their unique ministry fields, resulting in great health and growth.
Nelson regularly coaches pastors online and in-person through the Church Leader Insights and Renegade Pastors Network ministries that he founded. He also leads several annual pastor in-person conferences and online training events. In ministry for more than 25 years, Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.”
He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 20+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life and Ministry, The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and Fusion: Turning First-Time Guests Into Fully-Engaged Members of Your Church. Nelson is the recipient of the prestigious Donald A. McGavran Award for Outstanding Leadership in Great Commission Research.
He is a longtime student of church history, especially mastering the areas of evangelism and church growth. He divides his time between NYC and South Florida. He battled Stage 4 cancer and has been cancer-free since 2018, praise God! He has an amazing wife, Kelley, and a teenage son, Alexander, who continues to grow in so many ways.
