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Nelson Searcy
Lead Pastor
The Journey Church

Dear Pastor,

Early on in his ministry, my mentor and friend Thom Rainer was pastoring a church in Birmingham, Alabama right in the middle of The Bible Belt. This church was not particularly friendly to change.

But the church had outgrown their location and Rainer logically though they needed to expand. He thought it seemed obvious at the time that they needed a second campus.

He also thought he had confirmation of this when things started falling into place. Another local pastor just happened to be leaving their current facility — just 12 miles away — and offered it to Rainer’s church at a big discount.

But then he presented the idea in a leadership meeting. And to his shock and disappointment, the idea died in that room. Rainer confesses that this was about the 20^th or 30^th time he had quit the church (at least in his mind).

Sound familiar?

Whether you are starting a church, transitioning a church or just want to see your church go to the next level, change is inevitable. You know it to be true — in ministry, there is not such thing as stability.

But leading change can be challenging for any pastor. You’re managing not just the logistics of change but the emotions of others; beloved traditions, hurt feelings, or sacred cows are often encountered regardless of how large or small the change is.

For the pastor who seeks to move a church forward to where God has directed, change can be both difficult and painful.

You may feel, like Rainer did, and as I have during my 25 years of ministry, that:

- You want to quit

- You feel stalled without hope to move forward

- You are facing a mountain of opposition (or maybe just one pesky board member)

- Your obstacles are never-ending

- You have no hope of success in leading this change

Church revitalization expert Thom Rainer recognized this highly frustrating issue facing pastors today and set out to identify a clear process to navigate these challenges and create lasting change.

His road map is based on conversations with thousands of pastors, combined with on-the-ground research from more than 50,000 churches.

And now in this exclusive new resource, you’ll hear directly from Rainer on how to lead your church to change, plus how to avoid the common pitfalls that derail the change process.

Leading Change in Your Church is a brand new, practical resource for all church leaders charged with leading change in order to fulfill their calling and grow the Kingdom.

Warning: Skipping any of these steps and making the wrong mistakes when trying to lead change can cost you years of lost momentum!

In this high-level training, recorded live at my private coaching event, Rainer outlines a proven process that you can follow for successful change in YOUR church. Imagine if you could create allies instead of adversaries, inspire others to join you instead of alienate them, and get your people excited about new possibilities and sharing your vision for change that will make a real difference for the Kingdom!

This new resource is filled with insights and action ideas that can be used immediately in your church and with much success.

Rainer is an expert in church health and revitalization and I count him as one of my early mentors. I studied under him as my doctoral advisor when he was the dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism. He has been a featured speaker at our events and now with this resource I assure you by the end you will be as big a fan as I am. He will give you a shot of hope and direction that you need to move to the next level!

Remember that disappointing leadership meeting where Rainer’s plan for expansion died on arrival? Among his many real-life examples in this resource, Rainer goes on to share what critical mistakes he made — and how this negative situation could have been avoided. He describes exactly how things turned around, so much so that they opened a second campus that today is twice the size of the first!

Complete pastors kit including Audio Training, Leader’s Guide, Listener’s Guide, Transcript and more!

In this new practical toolkit for leading change as a pastor, you will discover:

• The ONE thing that is most often neglected in leading change — but is the most crucial step
• What you must avoid at all costs in order to stay focused on change implementation
• Why your members won’t follow change (until they see this: _________________)
• Where to look for your next change focus — one that will have the greatest chance for success
• Strategies for handling difficulties with your staff and church members, especially those who don’t buy in to your vision of change
• 2 powerful ways to build a vision for change — that your people will actually want to be a part of
• How to face one of the most common people issues that no one wants to deal with — ever!
• What your members are really looking to you for in any change campaign (hint — it’s a four-letter word)
• How to expand your influence (especially when it feels like you have no one in your corner)
• 3 prayer tools that will help you build a foundation for change
• Why you may not be moving forward (even when it seems like you have the right people on your change team)
• How to sustain positive momentum in the face of mounting change adversaries
• One of the most damaging imbalances you can have in your church that is ALWAYS an indicator that change will fail
• Biblical examples of change-makers and what you can learn from their achievements
• The link between a serving culture and a change culture — and why your members’ focus matters most
• The one thing you absolutely cannot do if you want to lead sustained change
• How to inspire others to buy into your change vision and join you, not fight you
• One of the most powerful change-boosting strategies you can implement with your church and start planning NOW
• Ways to motivate yourself to lead change so you can communicate that excitement to others
• What you may have to decrease but never turn off when it comes to leading effective change
• How to stay focused on the end results as you move through the process
• And much more!

This exclusive resource will equip you to celebrate and lead change — not hide from it. You will be inspired with the tools you need to inspire others!

Over the lifetime of our ministry, we don’t get an unlimited number of opportunities to affect lasting change in our church. Let’s make these count and do everything we can to make a difference for the Kingdom.

Some things have got to change.

Nelson Searcy