Today’s your opportunity to save big AND get ahead on your preaching calendar for this year! This week we are celebrating preaching following the final showing of our largest-ever Planning Your 2015 Preaching Calendar webinar. Since so many of you are now in preaching planning mode, I wanted to give you another New Year’s boost: Half Off Sermons Flash Sale … Read More
The (Huge) Responsibility of First-Time Guests
Creating an environment that makes your first-time guests feel both welcomed and respected is key to winning a return visit and beginning the process of assimilating them well. When God entrusts you with first-time guests, you face an incredible responsibility. A first-time guest wants to feel respected and welcomed. He wants to know that you are happy he’s there, and that … Read More
Overcome Skepticism Through Consistency
Most of the people who walk through your door have been burned by church, negative press about the church or by a friend or family member in the name of religion. More than likely, they are skeptical and waiting for you to mess it up. But when you give your first-time guests a consistent pre-service experience that makes them … Read More
The Power of ONE Idea
History recounts over and over again a number of times where a single, light switch-flipping insight made all the difference in the world. All it could take to radically transform your church from a plateaued or declining church to a thriving, local outpost for Christ-centered life change is a single, great idea. Over the years, I’ve heard story after story … Read More
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
What Gets Rewarded, Gets Repeated (Part 1) – First and Second Time Guest Gifts
What you celebrate in your church matters… it matters when it comes to evangelism, discipleship and life charge. Today, I want to challenge you to celebrate the right things and see a greater blessing in those areas of your church. There is an old leadership principle that says, “That which gets rewarded gets repeated,” and I think that’s true. In … Read More
How to Be Sure Your People Listen to Your Preaching
Those of us who are teaching pastors tend to be quite protective of our preaching – sometimes to the point that it hinders us from having the impact we should. One area I’m rarely asked about, but I see as an issue over and over again in churches is that the people on Sunday mornings just aren’t tuned in – … Read More
How to Hone Your Church’s Systems for Maximum Impact – Part 4
We have just finished our overview of the impact that the 8 systems had on Fall Creek Baptist Church. If you missed it, Here is the link to all 3 parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 We have been taking a multiple part blog series to evaluate a recent story sent to me from John Newland, a 3 time coaching participant … Read More
How to Hone Your Church’s Systems for Maximum Impact – Part 3
If you are just joining this Blog, we have spent the last few days looking at how all 8 of the Systems play such a vital role in all that we do in ministry. We’re taking a multiple part blog series to evaluate a recent story sent to me from John Newland, a 3 time coaching participant and the impact … Read More
How to Hone Your Church’s Systems for Maximum Impact – Part 2
On Friday we started looking at the deep impact that each of the 8 systems plays as a crucial part in seeing God move in our churches. We’re taking a multiple part blog series to evaluate a recent story sent to me from John Newland, a 3 time coaching participant and the impact he saw on his Big Event because … Read More