Does your congregation remember what you preached last Sunday?

How about the Sunday before that? I don’t want to burst your bubble, but numerous studies over the years have shown that people forget the majority of the information they hear from a communicator within 24 hours.

Chances are, every message you work so hard to prepare and then deliver with such eloquence is all but forgotten by the time your listeners have their Monday morning cup of coffee.

But you don’t really have time to worry about the teaching that has faded into oblivion; you are too busy preparing for next week, right?

I’m sure you’ve experienced the frustration of feeling like your people aren’t hearing what you are trying so desperately to get across to them. Even if it seems like you’ve connected with them during the message itself, so often their actions in the days and weeks after prove they didn’t integrate the truths you tried to teach them into their lives.

Seeing your efforts result in a lack of life change time and time again can get discouraging, to say the least. If you are like me, you’ve probably asked yourself at one time or another, “Why do I even preach at all? What’s the point?”

God’s plan from the beginning of time has been to call people to himself and then grow them to be more like his son. He accomplishes this in lots of different ways: through life circumstances, through his word, through prayer, through small groups…the list goes on and on.

But one of the primary tools God wants to use to develop his people is the teaching from those of us who have been called to the pulpit. God’s plan for redemption includes using you and me to help people meet Jesus and then become more like him everyday. We do what we do week in and week out to cooperate with God in creating transformed lives.

So how can we rise to this challenge more effectively? There are specific steps you and I can take to literally double (and even triple or quadruple) the effectiveness of our preaching, if we are willing to put in a little hard work. And why wouldn’t we be?

After all, this is the task to which we’ve been called.

Your partner in ministry,

Nelson

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About Nelson Searcy

Nelson Searcy is an experienced church growth strategist, pastor, church planter and coach, consulting with churches around the world. As founder of Church Leader Insights and the Renegade Pastors Network, he has personally trained more than 3,500 church leaders in over 45 denominations through live events, seminars and monthly coaching. Nelson is also the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. 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 18+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life, Ministry and The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and At the Cross with the People Who Were There. He and his wife, Kelley, have one son, Alexander.