Attracting a Crowd To Monthly Services- Part 2 (Click here for Part 1, Part 3 and Part 4) “Mobilizing Your Launch Team To Invite Their Friends” by Andy Wood, Guest Blogger As you are planning your Monthly Services and your Launch Team is growing your next goal is to spread the word about your services through word of mouth marketing … Read More
Coaching Alumni Highlight – Kenneth Sesley
In preparing for my next Senior Pastor Tele-Coaching Network to get started (in almost exactly one month – August 19), I’ve been taking the opportunity to tell you a little about just a few of my recent alumni. Today, however, I wanted to share a recent email I received from Kenneth Sesley, Pastor of Kingdom Advancers Church in the Los … Read More
Setting Your Aim – A Saturday Quote
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.” — Michelangelo, Artist P.S. For help in “setting your aim,” check out Setting and Achieving Godly Goals (available for Immediate Download or as a Boxed CD Set).
Can You Meet Me in Virginia or DC Next Week?
Hey Pastor – Can you meet me in Virginia or DC next week for a couple of FREE Live Events I’m doing exclusively for Senior Pastors? Chesapeake/Norfolk, VA Area on Wednesday, July 21 DC/Northern Virginia Area on Thursday, July 22 I’m pumped – we already have a great group signed up, but we still have room for you (and your … Read More
NEW PODCAST – Nelson Searcy in the Hot Seat
Don’t miss this month’s Church Leader Insights Podcast, where Scott Whitaker finally got me in the “hot seat.” In this informative podcast, Scott warms things up by having me answer some of the most commonly asked questions about my upcoming Senior Pastor Tele-Coaching Network (which begins on August 19). You’ll get an insider’s look at the network and you’ll discover … Read More
How to Activate Your Small Groups in the Suburbs
Ever since Kerrick Thomas and I wrote the book Activate: An Entirely New Approach to Small Groups, we get a lot of questions from readers wondering if the Activate (semester-based) small groups system will work in their setting, whatever that setting may look like. Perhaps the most common of these questions is “The Journey is in New York City, but … Read More
How to Achieve Great Things for God (Starting Today)
It never ceases to amaze me how many church leaders just don’t know where to start… I used to be surprised by it, but not anymore. It’s not that they don’t desire to accomplish great things for God. It’s not even that they’re lazy. They just aren’t clear about what they should be doing on any given day. And as … Read More
Attracting a Crowd to Monthly Services – Part 1
I’m always on the lookout for pastors and church planters who are doing great things for God. One of my Coaching Alumni that fits that description is a church planter that I’ve had my eye on for a while and I’d like to introduce him to you today. Andy Wood is the Founding and Lead Pastor of South Bay Church … Read More
Coaching Alumni Highlight – Darren Stewart
I’ve said it before, but I keep doing coaching networks because I’m addicted to the results and it’s the stories I hear from my Coaching Alumni that keeps me chomping at the bit. One of the coaching alums I want to tell you about is Darren Stewart, Pastor of Grace Community Church in San Antonio, TX. In this brief testimony, … Read More
Communication Works – A Saturday Quote
“Communication works for those who work at it.” — John Powell: Professor