This is Kerrick Thomas – I’m the Executive Pastor at The Journey Church and the co-author of “Activate” with Nelson. Just a while back, Nelson asked me to answer the following question and then to share my answer with you: Q: Our leadership team has asked me to have a “pastor’s small group” with new people. We are seeing new … Read More
Q & A – Re-Launch
Hi, it’s Kerrick Thomas again – Executive and Teaching Pastor at The Journey and co-author of Launch. Nelson asked me to share my answer to this recent question about re-launching a church: Q: I recently came across your book “Launch: Starting a New Church from Scratch,” and was hoping for some assistance. I have recently become the pastor of an … Read More
Profane Preachers
On my recent panel discussion at Fox News I was asked if I thought it was appropriate to use foul language in the church (curse words, profanity, etc.). My answer was ‘No’ and I did my best to explain it, but honestly, Ed Young says it so much better than me in this 3 minute video: Thanks Ed! P.S. Looking … Read More
Free Webinars this Week!
We have over 400 Senior Pastors signed up for my Top 3 Growth Barriers Webinars this week, are you one of them? I’m pumped about the response we have gotten so far. After originally planning to offer this webinar free to the first 50 Senior Pastors, we were overwhelmed (in a good way). The team and I went back to … Read More
Sunday Coaching Alumni Highlight
It’s Sunday, so I get to share another one of my recent coaching alumni with you. David Kim pastors another church right here in Metro New York. It’s exciting to be able to partner with guys like David to maximize the Kingdom impact throughout our city and beyond. Keep up the good work David! David Kim Lead Pastor Promise International … Read More
Manage Time (A Saturday Quote)
“Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.” — Peter F. Drucker, Author and Management Expert P.S. For 34 proven principles to help you manage time, check out Time Management for Busy Pastors.
Free Sermons
Quick post this morning – I just wanted to share some free stuff with all of you. Here’s a link for you to download 3 of my sermon transcripts for FREE. These three sermon transcripts are designed to help you lead your church to be obedient to God, to live a life that makes a difference, and to focus on … Read More
Stop By and See Me at Willow
Are you attending the Willow Arts Conference this week? If so, stop by and see me – I’ll be leading the teaching track. Also, please pray for me as this is a great opportunity to share as a part of a powerful conference. Hope to see you there! Thanks, Nelson
Top 10 Hiring Lessons
Here’s a great compilation of hiring lessons that my friend Dan Reiland (The Pastor’s Coach) sent out last week: “Never Hire Your Mama” by Dan Reiland King Asa fired his grandmother. That’s a rough day in the palace I don’t care you are! Read the story in I Kings 15:9-15. 9 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, … Read More
Praying for Gary Lamb and his family
This morning my text inbox and email have been full with questions about Gary Lamb’s resignation from Revolution Church. Gary is a two time alumni of my coaching networks and he helped lead one of my coaching networks in Atlanta. I consider Gary a friend. Many pastors have emailed to asked me, “How should we respond?” Here’s my response: We … Read More