Wow! I’ve been blown away by all of the response to my newest book Ignite: How to Spark Immediate Growth in Your Church, but this one is pretty amazing. I recently received the following email from Jonathan Bilima, Lead Pastor of Kairos Church in Riverside, California. Jonathan is in my brand new Tele-Coaching Network and here’s the Ignite testimony he … Read More
How to Invest Your Advertising & Promotion Budget (Part 2)
Last week I shared one of the most common mistakes that churches make when it comes to allocating the annual advertising/promotion budget (click here to read that post). Today I want to share Advertising Mistake #2… Advertising Mistake #2: Spending your advertising funds on “branding” messages without a clear call to action. “Branding” is a great word for two groups: … Read More
How to Find a Meeting Location for Your New Church
Last week I shared some thoughts on raising funds for a new church plant (click here for that post), and today I’d like to tackle another issue that’s vital in starting a new church… LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. Once you’ve confirmed the call of God to plant a church, securing a meeting location is one of the most important – and … Read More
How to Invest Your Advertising & Promotion Budget (Part 1)
I shared some thoughts on how to set up your church’s budget a while back (click here for that post), and today I’d like to give you the first of two “hard-learned” tips about how to spend that budget. I want to address specifically how you spend the line item in your church’s budget marked “advertising” or “promotion” or whatever … Read More
Assimilation/Ministry Pastor Wanted @ The Journey Church in NYC
Are you the one? You may be just the pastor I’m looking for… I’m looking for an “A” player to fill a key pastoral position here at The Journey Church! Fair warning: This position is not for the faint of heart. However, if you have the skills and experience below and a raging passion to “give the people of New … Read More
New Maximizing Easter E-Book & Webinars!
If you’re a frequent reader of this blog, you already know that I’m convinced that NOW is one of the greatest times in our lifetime to reach more people and grow our churches! Combine that with the fact that Easter is the most likely day of the year for unchurched people to attend your church, and Easter 2010 has tremendous … Read More
How to Fund Your Church Plant
I get the distinct pleasure of investing in a lot of church planters through our ministry here at Church Leader Insights. In fact, we give away thousands of dollars worth of resources to church planters every week (click here for more info). That means I get to hear all sorts of stories – some good and some bad – and … Read More
Last Call – Coaching Starts Tomorrow!
Well, you’ve probably heard me talking about it for a while now, but my new Senior Pastor Tele-Coaching Network begins TOMORROW and I have just a few spots available! I shared in this post a couple of weeks ago my frustration with the negativity and pessimism that is running rampant right now in many church leadership circles. I really believe … Read More
Teach Your Church to Value Newcomers (Free Sermons)
One of the many benefits of having coached so many great pastors is the sharing relationship that we build. For example, Pastor Steve Wilson of China Grove (NC) First Baptist Church is a Senior Pastor Tele-Coaching Participant. He recently sent over some sermons that he preached to help the people of his church tune into the needs of the guests … Read More