With Easter fast approaching (about three weeks away now), hopefully you’ve got some well-designed, clear promotion pieces in the works. This could be direct mail, door hangers, invite cards, newspaper ads… any number of different media are available to help you invite your community to your Easter service(s). And with that attention – if you’ve thought through your promotion – comes … Read More
THIS WEEK ONLY – FREE Easter E-Book plus Up To $214.00 in Bonuses
Easter Sunday, April 24, provides a once-a-year opportunity to reach the people of your community on a scale that is unequaled the rest of the year. How do you plan to you take advantage of this God-provided open door at your church? I’m committed to helping you and your church make the greatest possible Kingdom impact this Easter. So today … Read More
How to Encourage New Believers in Evangelism – CLI Newsletter Rewind
Did you read your February Church Leader Insights Newsletter? Each 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 … Read More
How to Effectively Follow-Up with New Believers – NEW RESOURCE
I love seeing New Believers in our church . . . and I bet you do too, right? There’s nothing more heart-touching and encouraging than seeing people make first time decisions for Christ. Even if I’m not the one leading the service – even if it’s not my church, I’m thrilled to hear stories about new believers. But more and … Read More
Celebrating Servant Evangelism at The Journey (Plus a FREE Resource)
Wow! I just received a great report from our team about our Servant Evangelism efforts last week at The Journey. Each semester, all of our Small Groups participate in one week of Servant Evangelism (SE). Here’s how it works… All of the groups that meet in a certain part of the city on Tuesday night come together at a central … Read More
Don’t Let The Economy Limit Your Evangelism – CLI Newsletter Rewind
Did you get this month’s Church Leader Insights Newsletter? Each 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 … Read More
Don’t Be the (Evangelism) Bottleneck
by Nelson Searcy and Tommy Duke Evangelism is one of the purposes of the church that we recognize as a high priority – I rarely hear from a Pastor who isn’t trying to reach more people for Christ. But sometimes, Pastors and their churches appear to be doing and saying all the right things, but they’re seeing little (if any) … Read More
How to Reap the Fruit of Your Vacation Bible School
Most of you long-time readers know that I am a contrarian when it comes to summer. I happen to believe that summer is a great time to grow your church. And one of the best things about summer-time is that it offers you opportunities that aren’t available during the rest of the year. One great example of a “summer-only” outreach … Read More
New Sermon Series – Ignite Your People for Evangelism
“I wish my people would invite their friends to church” “We just need something to jump-start our evangelism” “I want to mobilize the people in my church to reach their friends” If you’ve ever let any of these sentences (or something similar) slip out of your lips, then welcome to church leadership. In fact, all of us have – at … Read More
Talking Servant Evangelism with Steve Sjogren
I recently got to speak with my friend Steve Sjogren about something that we’re both passionate about – the positive effect that Servant Evangelism can have on a church and a community. One of the most enjoyable parts of what God has called me to do is being able to pour into other pastors and church leaders – through coaching, … Read More