Think about the system you have for getting dressed in the morning. You don’t put on your deodorant until you get out of the shower. You drink your coffee before you brush your teeth. Right? There’s a system to the way you prepare yourself for the day that makes getting out of the house faster and easier. You also have … Read More
My top 10 best strategic tools to solve problems and reduce stress (just $49)
As pastors, we’re now being challenged in new ways, with new decisions to make on an almost-daily basis. As we’re hearing often (to put it mildly) these are “unprecedented” times. Tough times like these call for better strategic thinking — so you can make those wise decisions that will lead you and your church down the right path. We need to have … Read More
Last Chance: Planning Your 2018 Preaching Calendar Webinar
Save yourself HOURS and set up your preaching plan for the New Year: starting tomorrow you can attend one of the final six sessions of my all-new Planning Your 2018 Preaching Calendar webinar. This has been our most popular webinar — I didn’t want you to miss the training that has helped so many other senior pastors! This webinar is … Read More
Effective Community Outreach – Part 2 of 2
In last week’s introduction to this two-part series, I defined Servant Evangelism as doing intentional acts of kindness with the express purpose of sharing the good news of Jesus Christ. The fact is, when God’s people get involved in doing acts of kindness, there is a great power for the gospel to be shared. For two decades now I’ve been … Read More
Effective Community Outreach, Part 1 of 2
Kindness can be a powerful tool, especially when it comes to reaching the unchurched. One of the most effective ways you can mobilize your people for community outreach is through Servant Evangelism. Let’s start with the formal definition: Servant evangelism is doing intentional acts of kindness with the express purpose of sharing the good news of Jesus Christ. The fact … Read More
Multiply Your Impact Strategically (Part 4 of 4)
For the conclusion of this four-part series on Advanced Strategic Concepts, I want to wrap things up with the below key related law. The Law of Spiritual Readiness: God will never give us more than we are prepared to receive. I’ve seen this happen many times over — Your level of preparation is directly linked to the number of people God … Read More
Multiply Your Impact Strategically (Part 3 of 4)
Last week, in the second of this four-part series, I shared the first Advanced Strategic Concept, “Kaizen”. (A strategic concept can be thought of as a “force multiplier” for church growth and health.) Advanced Strategic Concept #2: “Scenario Planning” Definition: Develop a written scenario action plan for the key potentialities that could impact your church or life. For example, you could … Read More
Multiply Your Impact Strategically (Part 2 of 4)
In last week’s blog post, I introduced the idea of implementing strategic concepts, which is a short-hand way of thinking of bigger ideas. It’s a shortcut that doesn’t short-cut the results. There are at least 10 of these strategic concepts that I regularly refer to, but we’ll unpack just a couple of these in this series. Advanced Strategic Concept #1: “Kaizen” … Read More
Multiply Your Impact Strategically (Part 1 of 4)
You may be surprised at how many strategic principles you can extract from business, philosophy, history, and even straight out of the Bible. These are strategic concepts to help you get from where you are to where God wants you to be. There are at least 10 of these strategic concepts that I regularly refer to, but we’ll unpack just … Read More
The Principle of Spiritual Readiness
With Easter just around the corner, I want to encourage you to think strategically to prepare for God to send you people who need to know Him. After years of doing crusades, the Billy Graham Association was able to predict, with astonishing accuracy, how many people will come forward for prayer on any given night. How? Because the number always … Read More