Hundreds of you joined me a couple of weeks ago for my “How to Plan and Conduct a Christmas Offering” Webinars and hundreds more have downloaded the new Christmas Offering report that I released in October. In spite of my best efforts however, there are still a few questions that I didn’t clearly address. Today’s 2nd post is my effort … Read More
How to Structure Your Church for Growth (Part 3)
Today’s post is the third in a 4 part series about structuring your church for growth. If you missed the other two, you can find them here: Part 1 (by-laws) & Part 2 (church governance). While the first two topics (by-laws and church governance) are areas where some churches are tied by denominational mandate or tradition, today’s topic addresses an … Read More
Your Christmas Offering Questions (Part 1 from Webinars)
Hundreds of you joined me last week for my series of “How to Plan and Conduct a Christmas Offering” Webinars and even more have downloaded the new Christmas Offering report that I released a couple of weeks ago. In spite of my best efforts however, there are still a few questions that I didn’t clearly address. I’m writing this post … Read More
Did You Miss It? – Christmas Offering Training – Free Replay
I wanted to send out a big Thank You this morning to all of you who joined me for one of the 4 Christmas Offering Webinars that I did last week (over 825 of you participated). I’ve also heard from a bunch of you who either found out about them late or couldn’t attend for one reason or another, so … Read More
Sample Documents for Christmas Offering – The Journey Church (Free PDF Downloads)
I’m just about to start the first of 4 Free “How to Plan & Conduct a Christmas Offering” Webinars that I’m doing this week, and I wanted to share some samples of what we’re using to let our folks at The Journey know about this year’s offering. Here are the links to samples of: The letter & documents that explain … Read More
Let Me Help You Plan Your Christmas Offering (Free Webinar Today)
In case you haven’t heard – I’m doing 4 webinars this week (today through Thursday) to help you plan and conduct your church’s Christmas Offering. I want to help you maximize your ministry potential and grow your people – don’t delay, register now! Here’s all the info: FREE – Register Now! Join Nelson Searcy in this 90-minute webinar without ever … Read More
Free Report – How to Plan & Conduct a Christmas Offering (PDF)
What if you could greatly expand your church’s ministry potential and encourage spiritual growth within your church by adding one thing to your annual schedule? Now is the time to start planning your church’s Christmas Offering. I just revised and updated my How to Plan & Conduct a Christmas Offering E-Book and I’m giving it away FREE. It’s designed to … Read More
Q & A – Buying Our First Building
Q: I recently was a part of one of your Top 3 Growth Barriers events. It was very timely and helpful. I greatly appreciate your investment in us. We planted our church about six and a half years ago. We run just under 200, but we have been stuck on a seesaw there for a couple of years. We have … Read More
Stewardship Seminar Summary
With the current economic landscape, there has been a great deal of interest around the topic of church finances and stewardship in general. I think it’s a prime time for church leaders to clarify and communicate a biblical theology of money and to implement solid biblical principles within our churches. I got the opportunity to teach The Stewardship Seminar live … Read More
Free Download – My Mid-Year Giving Letter
Just a couple of days ago I put the finishing touches on my mid-year Giving Letter that will go out with the 2nd Quarter Giving Statements to all of The Journey’s givers. I thought I would take a moment today to share it with you (the link to download it is below). In addition to the letter I’m enclosing: Year … Read More