Almost every church in America will experience record attendance on Easter Sunday but most of the pastors in my coaching network will actually double their normal attendance on Easter Sunday. I want to invite you to join me and several of my coaching pastors next Thursday, February 16 for this “first of its kind” conference call, where you’ll learn 21 … Read More
Here’s How One Church is Maximizing Baptism in the Philippines (free video)
I have been absolutely blown away by the feedback I’ve been getting since I released my new “Maximizing Baptism Seminar” resource – truly amazing! I just got an email update (and a great video) from a brand new church in the Philippines – Community for Christ Davao – and wanted to share it today: As promised, here is the video … Read More
What Are Your Signs Saying to Your Community?
I got this picture recently from a member of my Senior Pastor Tele-Coaching Network of a sign he saw outside a restaurant: It kinda makes you wonder if they want you around at all! In fact, my favorite is where someone has remove a number so it says “Max stay 0 mins” 🙂 We got a great chuckle out of … Read More
10 Things Every New Believer Should Know – CLI Newsletter Rewind
Do you get each month’s Church Leader Insights Newsletter? Every month I send out the latest and best thinking on Church Growth, Evangelism, Leadership, Church Planting, and more – the best church leadership content I can find – designed to help you lead your church to greater health and growth. And the best part…. It’s absolutely FREE! (click here to sign-up … Read More
Free Sample Baptism Emails (Plus Last Chance for Bonuses)
Two quick announcements for you as we wind down our big “Baptism Week” emphasis: #1) I’ve added TWO FREE SAMPLE EMAILS to the link below (in addition to the sample Baptism videos I sent you yesterday). http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/index.php/free-stuff/baptism-video Here’s a radical question for you as you PROMOTE Baptism: What if people aren’t signing up to be baptized in your church because … Read More
Excite your Church about Baptism [Free Videos]
I want to tell you about a POWERFUL (and underused) technique to challenge and motivate more people to be baptized… THE BAPTISM VIDEO! There’s nothing like seeing others experiencing the joy of being baptized to encourage others to sign up and energize your church. At the link below I’ve had my team post a couple of examples of recent Baptism videos at The Journey. … Read More
Baptize More and Change Lives
I’ve been telling you about some exciting baptism celebrations so far this week and today I want to share a special opportunity for you to help us make a difference in lives around the world. For every download of my new “Maximizing Baptism” Seminar this week, we’re donating $10.00 to CharityWater.org, to provide safe, clean drinking water to people in developing … Read More
80 Baptisms in the Big Easy
This week I’m celebrating baptisms at The Journey (the church I pastor) and throughout the Church Leader Insights family. Here’s an email I recently received from John Frady at Celebration Church in New Orleans, about the huge response of people desiring to be baptized after using the Maximizing Baptism Seminar: Dear Nelson, Thanks so much for your teaching on how to conduct a baptism … Read More
Baptism Report – Thanks for Praying!
I shared a prayer request on Saturday about The Journey’s NYC Beach Baptism and I wanted to update you this morning… Between our NYC and South Florida locations, we have baptized 82 people in beach baptism celebrations over the last two weekends. In fact, our baptisms are up almost 30% so far this year! That means THE JOURNEY HAS BAPTIZED OVER 1,000 PEOPLE since we launched … Read More
Prayer Request – Beach Baptism Today!
Just a quick prayer request post this morning: I’m getting ready to head out later today to The Journey’s NYC Beach Baptism – we’ve got over 70 people signed up to be baptized today! That’s a far cry from our first beach baptism in 2002, when the number was… ONE. Please pray for good weather, a good turnout of people … Read More