Two Types of Sermons Series To Help Your People

Yesterday, I mentioned on my blog the “Attract” Sermons Series (click here to read that post).  Today, I want to share with you two more types of sermon series that will help bring about a more well-rounded preaching plan. A Growth Sermon Series: The Growth Sermon Series in your message lineup are those series that can make the biggest impact … Read More


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Preach Better Sermons By Having One Goal: Radically Transformed Lives

The most important offensive stat in baseball is not home-runs or stolen bases or even batting average, it’s RBI’s (Runs Batted In). The more runs a team is able to score, the better the chance that team has to succeed.  So, one of the most significant questions for any baseball manager is this: How can I set my batting lineup so that … Read More


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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT – LABOR DAY HALF-OFF SERMON SALE!

Labor Day weekend is upon us and to help take the labor out of your sermon preparation Church Leader Insights is making all of my sermon series HALF-OFF! Over 42 sermons including the MP3s, transcripts, sermon notes and all of the supporting graphics and documents are included with every sermon series. Me and my teaching team invest over 60 hours … Read More


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How the Tithe Challenge Helps Your Congregation Grow Spiritually

The number one reason to do a Tithe Challenge is to grow the people in your church.  The Tithe Challenge is really about discipleship. Perhaps the most profound equation I’ve ever heard regarding stewardship in a local church is that stewardship equals discipleship. I first heard Randy Alcorn say it. but since then I’ve heard others mention this concept — it … Read More


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Why Should Your Church do a Tithe Challenge?

I think this is a worthy question, “Why do a tithe challenge?” I could give you a list of probably 20 reasons, but here are my top five reasons:  1) It grows the people in your church. It disciples the people in your church.  It grows them closer to God.  It grows them more like Christ.  The tithe challenge, even though … Read More


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How to Resolve Conflict on Your Team… Fast

Jason Hatley here – Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey and Founder of Worship Leader Insights. Conflict happens! (I know… tell me something I don’t know). And worship teams are not immune. The truth is you can’t prevent conflict on your team (sorry – we’re all human and we all make mistakes). But just because it can’t be avoided, doesn’t … Read More


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Three Questions You Should Ask Yourself to Follow Up with New Believers

Like I mentioned yesterday, we’re making plans and preparing for our Big Day this fall at The Journey.  We  are excited to rally together as a church and reach more people for Christ! But after the Big Day, we need to have a system on how to follow up with those people who make a first-time decision to follow Christ. … Read More


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Why use a Big Day to Bring People Back to Church

The Big Day is one of the best ways to pull people from the community.  It gets the community to come to you AND gets your church to go into the community.  Now, that’s Evangelism! And using Big Days is just a part of cooperating with God’s plan, and the way that God has worked all throughout history and will … Read More


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