One of the questions I was unable to deal with in my church planting handbook LAUNCH: STARTING A NEW CHURCH FROM SCRATCH is the question of starting a board of directors in your new church. Here’s some great wisdom from Master Mentor Bobb Biehl – check out this 3 minute video: At The Journey, as an almost decade-old church, we still have fewer … Read More
Act As If The Whole World Is Watching – A Weekend Quote
“Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.” — Thomas Jefferson, Third U.S. President
Free Podcast – A 7 Point Check-up for Your Worship Team
Jason Hatley – Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey and Founder of Worship Leader Insights – just released a brand new podcast for worship leaders and I think you (and your worship leader) should check it out! New Podcast from Jason Hatley: A Worship Team Check-Up for Team Health and Growth in 2011 In this brand new free worship leader … Read More
Free Church Planting Webinar Next Tuesday – Will You Join Me?
Tuesday, February 8th 2:00pm – 3:00pm Eastern 1:00pm – 3:00pm Central 12:00pm – 1:00pm Mountain 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific Space is Limited Register Now! Since the release of my book Launch a few years ago, I hear from a lot of church planters from all around the country and around the world. By far the most common question I hear … Read More
Why We Send A Lot of Emails (and Your Church Should, Too)
If you’re a part of the Church Leader Insights (CLI) family, you probably have noticed that we don’t mind sending out an email or two. And the vast majority of people who receive emails from me and CLI are encouraging and appreciative – even replying to share stories of how God is working in their churches. But every once in … Read More
Be Better Than Yourself – A Saturday Quote
“Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” — William Faulkner, Author
Two Books to Improve Your Preaching
Reading is a great passion of mine, and one of the best parts about reading as much as I do is that I get to share the best of the best with people like you. Just recently I got an email from Kurtis Burton, Senior Pastor of The Turning Point in the Nashville area and a two-time participant in my … Read More
How to Get Information From Your First Time Guests (Assimilation)
After my bestselling book Fusion came out and thousands of churches have been helped with The Assimilation Seminar and Intensive over the last few years, in some circles I’ve become known as a bit of an “assimilation guru.” Now, I don’t know about the “guru” thing, but I do love the Assimilation process! I love knowing that the church I … Read More
Study These Three Churches (and You May Join Them!)
In the most recent issue of the Outreach Top 100 Fastest Growing Churches, I noticed that three of my Senior Pastor Coaching Alumni made the list: EastLake Community Church Bothell, Washington Ryan Meeks, Senior Pastor Northstar Church Panama City, Florida Marty Martin, Senior Pastor Harvest Church Byron, Georgia Jim Cowart, Senior Pastor First, let me say – Congratulations to each … Read More
Take Change By The Hand – A Saturday Quote
“We must take change by the hand or rest assuredly, change will take us by the throat.” — Winston Churchill, Former British prime minister