Wow! October has been a busy month already (and we’re not even halfway through it yet). With that, you may not have had a chance to listen to this month’s Church Leader Insights podcast yet. In this month’s stretching podcast, I challenge you to dream about what God can do in your church through the proven evangelism process called “the … Read More
How to Spark Immediate Growth in Your Church – Countdown to Ignite
The time is almost here! I’ve been told that my new book, Ignite: How to Spark Immediate Growth in Your Church, is set to ship by September 26 (just four days from now) so pre-order now. This book is a how-to manual for your church to reach more people. I lay out a step-by-step, Biblically grounded, proven plan for creating … Read More
Ignite – Available on Kindle
Just a quick post today — Thanks to so many of you who have been asking about my next book lately, Ignite: How to Spark Immediate Growth in Your Church. Many of you have already pre-ordered at Amazon.com and I wanted to let you know about one more development on that front: Ignite is now available for the Kindle reader! … Read More
4 Questions – How to Handle New Believer Follow-up
If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed that I am a stickler for follow-up. Many of us in church leadership are heavy on good intentions and light on follow-up. One follow-up question that just about every pastor I know has wrestled with is “how can we most effectively follow up with those who … Read More
Bad Situation, Great Opportunity (Video)
When we talk about advertising/promoting your church in my coaching networks I often mention that, while advertising can get very expensive quickly, news releases can be an effective and inexpensive way to get the word out (especially when the topic is compelling). And when God is involved, the impact of such a release can be multiplied exponentially. Case in point: … Read More
Will I see you in San Diego?
It seems like there are more conferences for church leaders popping up every day and I think that’s great. The more training and equipping, the better, as far as I’m concerned. But in the midst of ALL the choices, there are only a few conferences that stay on my “can’t miss” list. The National Outreach Convention is one of them. … Read More
Multi-Site Q & A – Equipment?
Here’s a recent equipment Q & A that our Worship Pastor, Jason Hatley answered for a member of the CLI family: Q: Our church is looking to do a satellite campus next year very similar to what you’ve done at The Journey. We’re really pumped about going multi-site and expanding our ministry in that manner. In prepping for this transition, … Read More
Q & A – Servant Evangelism +
Be sure to read all the way to the bottom of today’s post (there’s a reward). Here’s a recent servant evangelism question that I answered for a pastor: Q: Hey Nelson, we’re doing a bunch of servant evangelism this summer and I know you guys do a lot too. I have a question for you: When you give away bottled … Read More
Impromptu Baptisms?
Here’s a note a got this week from Lon Dean (one my coaching alums from the Albany, NY area): Nelson, After attending a coaching network meeting where you talked about spontaneous baptisms, I began doing calls for people to be baptized on the spot. It’s gotten larger each time. The last baptism we had 8 people signed up but baptized … Read More
Ignite – A sneak peek at my next book
I’m excited to announce that my next book – Ignite: How to Spark Immediate Growth in Your Church – is now available for pre-order at Amazon. I wanted to take a moment this morning to share a little sneak peek into what it’s all about. Here’s the write-up: Ignite is the ultimate how-to book for church leaders who want to … Read More