Do You Recognize These Church Diseases?

“Healthy churches build an immune system to resist disease. It is much more advisable to prevent an illness than to contract one and then have to cure it.” – Peter Wagner The following are a few of the most common diseases that infect churches.  By recognizing some of the symptoms my hope is that we will turn to the Great … Read More


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10 Things Church Guests Never Want to Hear

As we gear up for summer first-time guests, here is a great reminder on what NOT to do in welcoming them, from Ben Reed, the small groups pastor at Long Hollow, a multi-site church in the Nashville, TN area. Our pastor isn’t normally this ________. We’re full. Sorry.  What are you doing here? You can’t serve now … you’ve got … Read More


Nelson SearcyAssimilation, Church Systems - General, Leadership

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Upgrade Your Church’s Systems this Summer at Disney World!

I would like to invite you to join me at the don’t-miss LIVE event of the year – The Church Systems Check-Up and Bootcamp. The Church Systems Check-Up and Bootcamp is where we cover the latest learnings on each of the eight systems (Evangelism, Assimilation, Leadership, etc.) and focus on NEW areas of the systems that have never been addressed. This event is the … Read More


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Last Chance – New FREE E-book : Secret to Maximum Church Growth! (It’s in your numbers)

Many pastors think there’s a secret to Church growth.  Many wonder “why isn’t my church growing?” However, many churches are growing, but you just don’t realize it because you’re not tracking all the right numbers. Keeping track of attendance is just one way to determine church growth, but it’s not the only way. You have to track the right numbers … Read More


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“Are you a strategic leader?” by Bob Whitesel

I want to share a classic post from our good friend Dr. Bob Whitesel. Bob describes a Strategic Leader as one who sees the big picture, and envisions outcomes before the battle commences.  They intuitively know what the results should be, even though they are not experts in getting there.  In the military, strategic leaders are generals, admirals, etc. Here he identifies the characteristics … Read More


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Analyze Growth – A Saturday Quote

  “Let us analyze causes for growth and non-growth. Let us remember that the task is indeed great and complex and ours is only one part of the whole. Let us ask God to forgive our sins – and push resolutely forward as if we had not sinned. There is much ground to be gained and there are many adversaries to be … Read More


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Don’t overthink it. Simplify it.

It’s no wonder overthinking leaves you drained. It’s mental exhaustion on the level of running a marathon every day. Most of all there is a danger in making slow decisions! Here are 3 dangers of SLOW: 1) One is paralysis by analysis. 2) MORE stress. 3) Missed opportunity. Sometimes you don’t need more information to make a decision. Colin Powell … Read More


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