“We have been called to plant and water so that God can grow the harvest – and not to plant and water haphazardly, but to the best of our abilities as we are laboring for His kingdom. We must do the work to ensure a connection with our guests. God promises us that if we step toward Him, He will … Read More
The Magic Seven: Before the Service begins do this… – Part 2 of 4
Last week in Part 1 of this series, I introduced you to The Magic Seven – the seven minutes before your Sunday service begins and the seven minutes after the Sunday service ends. We continue our post today on ways you can connect with your guests. Here are a few more ways you can focus your time on the first seven minutes … Read More
Monday is for Follow-up: The Communication Card is Key
“Effectively using Communication Cards is key to a healthy Assimilation System. If this area fails, your Assimilation System itself fails. Of course, God will bring some of your guests back on their own, but He has called us to ministry for a reason. A large part of ministry is knowing how to do our part to keep the people He … Read More
The Magic Seven: Before the Service begins do this… – Part 1 of 4
Just what is The Magic Seven? It’s the seven minutes before your Sunday service begins and the seven minutes after the Sunday service ends. These 14 minutes are the best opportunities to connect with first-time guests or returning guests to your church. For that reason, you need to have an intentional focus during those times to connect with your guests in … Read More
Monday is for Follow-up: Encouraging Membership with Service Opportunities
“Serving is more important to the spiritual growth of your people than to the success of your service. As your volunteers serve you and the church, you are serving them by providing them with an outlet to take on responsibility and become more deeply connected. Given this truth, one of the best ways to encourage membership is to multiply your … Read More
Monday is for Follow-up: Creating Relationships
“It doesn’t matter how well you preach or how passionate your worship team is – if your newcomers do not find relationships and take on responsibility within the church, they will not stay long.” – Nelson Searcy (the above quote is from p. 134 of Fusion by Nelson Searcy) What will you be doing today to maximize relationships and responsibilities for your … Read More
Let’s focus on your growth – 2 Day Assimilation Workshop
It would be wrong to keep this to myself – Nothing will bring health and growth faster in your church than working on your Assimilation system! Just a few tweaks to this system can make a big difference. This is the one system that will keep your first-time guests coming back and moving forward to become second-time guests, regular attenders … Read More
Warehouse Overstock CLEARANCE SALE – Save up to 80%
I’ve got some great news for you but here’s the context: I just finished a big event in Orlando. As we were winding things down, I found out that our warehouse sent us too many resources. But you know what — their mistake is YOUR gain! I figure these resources can’t help anybody just sitting around so I’d like to give … Read More
Let’s Grow Your Church Through Assimilation – Join Me LIVE in Orlando!
There’s just something about being in the room LIVE and focusing on one topic in-depth for a couple of days. And if there were ever a topic to focus on in-depth – that will make the biggest impact on your church growth – this is THE ONE. That’s why you’re invited to join me at a brand new, one-time-only event where we can … Read More
Monday is for Follow-up: The Three Rs of Retention
“In its simplest form, the tenets of the entire Assimilation System can be boiled down to the three Rs of retention: Return, Relationships and Responsibility. When those first-time guests walked through your door, your initial goal was to earn return visits from them. When they did return, your goal evolved. You wanted to introduce them to environments and situations that … Read More