Hey, I still have space available for my all-new 90-minute Maximizing Easter in 2025 online training — and the first one is TODAY! You’ll discover exactly why 2025 can be the the best Easter EVER for your church. Pastor Jason Hatley and I are sharing brand new content to meet today’s opportunities to reach more people than ever for Christ. … Read More
5 tips to plan an effective Easter service
As we discussed in Part 1 of our Easter series, we must make the most of the opportunity Easter affords us, and in that vein, here are 5 tips to plan an effective Easter service. #1: Don’t turn your Easter service into the extravaganza of the year. This is one of the most common mistakes I see. At first glance, … Read More
You’re invited – FREE Maximizing Easter training next week
You are invited to join me over Zoom next week for a 90-min Maximizing Easter in 2025 online training. Don’t let this be an average Easter — at this training you’ll receive brand new tools and strategies to meet today’s opportunities. You will discover the easy-to-implement (and proven!) ideas you can use to overcome your current challenges and still GROW … Read More
What to preach on Easter Sunday – a strategy to keep guests coming back
When Jesus rolled away His tomb’s stone on the first Easter morning, he opened an unequaled door of opportunity for all people by opening the door to eternal life and a relationship with God. Likewise, Easter provides us as church leaders a unique opportunity to influence people for God. Will you seize the opportunity or let it pass you by? … Read More
FREE online training: Maximizing Easter in 2025 – secure your spot for next week
Hey, you are among the first to be able to sign up for my brand new online training event to help you make 2025 your BEST EASTER EVER! At my 90-minute Maximizing Easter in 2025 online training, you’ll receive brand new tools and strategies to meet today’s opportunities. You’ll be able to harness the power of Easter to reach more … Read More
Biblical hospitality – Is your church family prepared for new guests?
As the old saying goes: If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. But I’d like to spin that a little and say: If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail. Preparation is key to success in any endeavor. To leave your house in the morning, you have to prepare yourself. You shower, comb your hair and brush … Read More
How does Assimilation lead to Life Transformation?
How connected are you to the first-time guests coming to your church? How many guests have you had in the last month? Over the last year? Each of those guests was a gift to you from God. Did your response show your appreciation? Did you have a plan in place to integrate them into the life of your church? Do … Read More
FREE Ebook: Discover the secrets to making a great first-time guest impression
You never get a second chance . . . . . . to make a great first impression. You probably could have finished that sentence on your own, because we all know it to be true! Your first-time guests are no exception — you won’t get a second chance to impress them either. In fact, in the first seven minutes … Read More
How a Tampa Bay church trained their people that evangelism is essential
Pastor Joel Eason, of Bridgeway Church, was sitting in one of my Renegade Pastors Network coaching sessions when he felt convicted by something I’d said about evangelism: “We tell our people to be evangelistic, but we don’t offer them any training on how to do it.” For Joel, that was a metaphorical raising-of-the-hand moment — he knew he wanted to … Read More
FREE Workshop Today @ 2pm ET – How to Train Your People to Share Their Faith
Hey, I still have some space available for today’s training, How to Train Your People to Share Their Faith this Easter. Sign up now to catch it TODAY at 2pm ET. This is your only chance to learn, step-by-step, my system for training people to share their faith in simple, non-threatening but powerful ways. It’s a fact that personal evangelism … Read More