Igniting a Culture of Evangelism

I am still blown away by all the great feedback you have been sending about my latest book, Ignite: How to Spark Immediate Growth in Your Church. It’s so rewarding to see how God is already using it to encourage church leaders to stoke the fire of evangelism in their churches. I got permission to share one of the emails … Read More


Nelson SearcyEvangelism

tagged with: ,,,

Cultivating the Spiritual Gift of Generosity

As church leaders, we’re all called to make disciples.  A big part of the disciple-making process is helping people recognize and grow in using their spiritual gifts for God’s Kingdom. This is not a foreign concept to any pastor I know – in fact, you are probably doing it already with respect to some spiritual gifts. For example, if someone … Read More


Nelson SearcyStewardship

tagged with: ,,,,

LAST CHANCE – Free Webinar for Executive Pastors

This is Kerrick Thomas – Executive Pastor at The Journey. I just wanted to give you one last chance to participate in my FREE webinar “The Top 3 Skills Every Executive Pastor Must Master” TOMORROW, Wednesday (December 9) from 1:00-2:15pm (EST). I’m really looking forward to this webinar – and really believe it will be a big help to Executive Pastors (and even … Read More


Nelson SearcyUncategorized

tagged with: ,,

How to Structure Your Church for Growth (Part 4)

Today’s 4th and final installment on structuring your church for growth is going to be a bit of a turn from the previous 3 posts. After looking at the issues of by-laws, church governance, and budgeting, today I’d like to share a few quick thoughts about the importance of having your salary package set up properly. For whatever reason, many … Read More


Nelson SearcyGrowth Barriers, Stewardship

tagged with: ,,,,,

Perry Noble on “What Makes the Church Come Alive”

Here’s one of the articles from the most recent CLI Newsletter. We pack each newsletter with the best content the web has to offer. Here’s an example from Perry Noble: WHAT MAKES A CHURCH COME ALIVE? “CHANGED LIVES…when dead people are being brought to life a church cannot remain on life support.  Changed lives change a community! . . . … Read More


Nelson SearcyGrowth Barriers

tagged with: ,,,,

Your Preaching Calendar Questions – Summer Sermon Series?

Q: You mentioned doing a series during the summer that isn’t sequential.  Can you elaborate on what that looks like? A: The basic concept is to do a number of messages that can be combined under the same title, but that don’t build on one another from week to week. Essentially, you should do a series that is made up … Read More


Nelson SearcyWorship Planning

tagged with: ,,,

Your Preaching Calendar Questions – What to Promote

Q: How do you balance promoting a new sermon series with the current sermon series? A: I use the word “promotion” to refer primarily to external promotion, or promoting a message series to the people in your community. Most of this type of promotion is reserved for your Attraction series (or at least those with attractional titles). Think from the … Read More


Nelson SearcyWorship Planning

tagged with: ,,,

Setting & Achieving Godly Goals – New Resource

I am so excited about the brand new Setting and Achieving Godly Goals resource that we’re releasing today at Church Leader Insights. It’s a jam-packed, 3 hour resource where I teach you how to set and achieve goals in all of the most important areas of your life. I have never met a church leader who doesn’t want to accomplish … Read More


Nelson SearcyLeadership

tagged with: ,,

Your Preaching Calendar Questions – “Splitting” a Series?

Q: Is there ever a need to split a series (maybe for a guest speaker)? A: In most cases I would say no. Rather than “split” a message series, see if the guest speaker’s message will fit into the series that is scheduled during that time (this may be as simple as changing the title of their message so that … Read More


Nelson SearcyWorship Planning

tagged with: ,,,