Will you join me next Tuesday, January 11, from 2:00pm – 4:00pm Eastern time for The Fusion Webinar? This two-hour webinar is on Assimilation – one of the eight systems where you can see results after even the smallest improvement, so it will add to the bottom line growth of your church. I’ll teach you the Assimilation principles that have … Read More
How to Deal with Negative Feedback
Now that I’ve coached over 1,000 pastors through my Senior Pastor Coaching Networks, you can probably imagine that I get a lot of emails from week to week. In fact, most of the time, it serves as a huge encouragement to me – hearing the stories of growing churches, radically changed lives and greater Kingdom impact in communities all over … Read More
How to Challenge Your People to Take Next Steps Every Week
Having helped thousands of churches over the last few years with their assimilation system (through the Fusion book and training events, The Assimilation Seminar and The Assimilation Intensive), you might imagine that I get a lot of questions about the different aspects of Assimilation. One of the most high impact Assimilation techniques that I recommend is the Connection Card (you … Read More
NEW RESOURCE: Why People Leave Church (and What You Can Do About It)
It hurts when people leave our churches . . . people who have been around for a long time; people who are relatively new; people who have experienced life change at our churches. People leave church! It’s a reality of ministry. I live with it and so do you. But can we do more than just live with the fact … Read More
The Power of “Because” in Leading Change at Your Church
“Given a big enough why people can bear almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Obviously, Nietzsche and I don’t agree on everything, but on this statement we do. And as a church leader, you need to learn this lesson well and repeatedly… The most powerful word for leading change in your church is BECAUSE. I brought this up in my … Read More
Is Assimilation too Expensive for You?
Last Thursday, I led The Fusion Webinar and have received a great deal of positive feedback and questions – I wanted to address one more of these questions today. Any time I start outlining the Assimilation process that I teach and use at The Journey (including weekly Connection Cards, pens on every bulletin, handwritten notes for newcomers, etc.), inevitably I’m … Read More
Who’s Writing Your Notes to First Time Guests?
We had a great crowd for The Fusion Webinar last Thursday and I wanted to follow up with a couple of the more frequently asked questions from participants. Probably the most asked question any time I lead an Assimilation training has to do with the handwritten notes that you should be sending to all of your First Time Guests. And … Read More
One Month Later Follow-Up Letter to Newcomers (Free Download)
If you’re a regular reader, you know I believe that First Time Guests who attend your church are gifts from God. As such, I’m a stickler for following up with these “gifts” as thoroughly as possible to invite them to come back, get plugged in and ultimately become fully committed members of your church. One of the pieces of the … Read More
What are the “Secret Duties” of a Member at Your Church?
Have you ever sat down and thought through what you expect of your church members? For the sake of today’s post, I don’t necessarily mean the “biggies” (like attending, serving, giving, etc.), although those are vital. Hopefully you are presenting those expectations clearly during Membership Class and reminding members of their responsibilities regularly. Today, I mean the “little things” that … Read More
What are New People Experiencing at Your Church?
For all of you who have read my book Fusion or listened to The Assimilation Seminar, you know that part of the Assimilation System that I teach is emailing out a brief online survey to every First Time Guest that attends The Journey. There are a couple of reasons behind this survey: 1) To get an idea of their first … Read More