I often share with my coaching participants that when it comes to staffing, I try to “always be recruiting.” That’s because I believe in finding the best possible people to be a part of any team I’m leading. So I thought I’d take a moment today to ask you a couple of questions: Are you a self-starting and Kingdom-minded person … Read More
How Healthy Church Systems Help You Persevere through Tough Situations
Unless this is your very first time reading this blog, you probably know that I’m a firm believer in the power of systems for the health and growth of your church. In fact , over the years I’ve gained something of a reputation as “the Church Systems guy.” You can download a Free Copy of my “Healthy Systems, Healthy Church” … Read More
Communicating Your Big Day Evangelism Strategy to Your Church (Free Download)
A number of you have already let me know how my new book Ignite has helped you and your church. That’s always encouraging to me, so keep ’em coming! Feel free to use the “Ask Nelson” button on the right side of this blog to send me your story. One such email that I recently received from Clark Frailey, member … Read More
Maximize Easter – Sample Invite Tools from The Journey
Thanks so much to all of you who joined me last week for the Maximizing Easter 2010 Webinars! I mentioned that I’d share some sample invitation tools that we have used at The Journey, so here they are (right-click and choose “Save As…” to download now): 2009 Samples: Easter Mailer #1 – Front (PDF) Easter Mailer #1 – Back (PDF) … Read More
Register Today – The Fusion Webinar (March 16)
Easter is less than 4 weeks away – are you prepared to integrate your Easter guests into the life of your church? You’re invited to join me on Tuesday, March 16, from 1:00pm – 3:00pm Eastern time for The Fusion Webinar. This two hour webinar is all about helping you become the best possible steward of the guests that God … Read More
Field-Tested Advice for Church Planters
I’m always on the lookout for solid church planting wisdom to include in the Church Leader Insights Newsletter (click here for your free subscription). I recently read just such an article from Jimmy Britt, a friend and coaching alumni. Jimmy is the Founding and Lead Pastor of Rocky River Community Church in North Carolina and he gave me permission to … Read More
The Best Way to Get Even – A Saturday Quote
“The best way to get even is to forget.” – Harvey Mackay, author
The Best Church Tracking Software
OK, OK, the title of today’s post is a little misleading. I apologize in advance for disappointing you. It gives you hope that I’m going to endorse or recommend or review one specific church tracking software and tell you “this is unequivocally the best package – go and get it,” but alas…. The truth is, there’s no such thing as … Read More
Overcoming Worship Leader Challenges (Free E-Book)
My Worship Pastor here at The Journey, Jason Hatley, just recently released a brand-new Free E-Book for worship leaders called “Overcoming the Seven Challenges of a Worship Leader.” Every Worship Leader faces challenges – seven major challenges to be specific. Once you identify these challenges and build a systematic approach to overcoming them, you and your worship ministry can thrive! … Read More
Church Systems and the Concentric Circles
The Purpose Driven Church is one of those “must have” books that every pastor should have on his bookshelf (like all of mine – ha!). One of the paradigm-shifting concepts that Rick Warren shared with the church leadership world in this book is the “Concentric Circles” that help us visualize how people move step by step from the community into … Read More