Easter Sunday, April 24, provides a once-a-year opportunity to reach the people of your community on a scale that is unequaled the rest of the year. How do you plan to you take advantage of this God-provided open door at your church? I’m committed to helping you and your church make the greatest possible Kingdom impact this Easter. So today … Read More
How to Encourage New Believers in Evangelism – CLI Newsletter Rewind
Did you read your February Church Leader Insights Newsletter? Each month I send out the latest and best thinking on Church Growth, Evangelism, Leadership, Church Planting, and more – the best church leadership content I can find – designed to help you lead your church to greater health and growth. And the best part…. It’s absolutely FREE! (click here to … Read More
Make Me Feel Important – A Saturday Quote
“Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ‘Make me feel important.’ Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.” — Mary Kay Ash, Entrepreneur
Free Webinar – Worship Team Check-Up with Jason Hatley
FREE – For Worship Leaders and Senior Pastors ONLY! Thursday, March 3 2:00pm – 3:15pm Eastern How Healthy is Your Worship Team? Without a way to measure, it’s impossible to know how you are doing in the key areas of: Personal growth Planning worship services in Growing your team And much more! Join Jason Hatley in this new 75-minute webinar … Read More
My Crazy Travel Day Yesterday
I was flying back from Atlanta yesterday after speaking at The Velocity Conference and I had to take the underground train to my gate. You know which one I’m talking about, right? I admit it, I was late (gotta love Atlanta security lines – at least I avoided a pat down!). . Not much time to make my flight. As I made it … Read More
Don’t Try To Lead Alone
“It is not good for man to be alone.” What a powerful truth from Genesis 2 that most of us have taught to our people. But today, Pastor, my question to you is… Are you trying to lead alone? Do you look at what’s happening in your church and wonder what (if anything) can be done to make it more … Read More
Experience is NOT the Best Teacher
How many times have you heard someone (maybe even yourself) repeat the old saying “experience is the best teacher?” And it seems like it should be true – the more we do something, the better we should get at it…. But the truth is, experience alone is a pretty bad teacher. In fact, experience alone doesn’t make you better. I … Read More
The Missing Piece of Pastor (and Church) Growth: Accountability
In all my years of ministry experience (over 20 years now), I have met more pastors than I can begin to count. And I’ve never once had a pastor come up to me and say: “Nelson, my church isn’t growing and I don’t care.” No, they’re all serious about God’s calling on their life, serious about reaching more people for … Read More
Yeah, But I Can’t Make Those Changes In My Church
In coaching over 1,000 Senior Pastors over the last few years (and interacting with tens of thousands more), I’ve observed a number of major misconceptions that hold back pastors and the churches they lead from reaching their full redemptive potential. And perhaps the most limiting of these misconceptions is the illusion of a lack of control. The average pastor in … Read More
Who Are You Listening To? (Church Planting)
I’ve been focusing on Church Planting here on the blog in recent days, so I thought I’d share another concept today that’s important when you’re starting new church from scratch. Here’s the concept: Be mindful of who you’re listening to. As a church planter (especially in the pre-Launch process) it’s easy to get caught up in chasing to the latest fads, … Read More