Bob Franquiz, who is co-teaching with me the Launch Conference in Atlanta, just posted this on his blog and I couldn’t have said it better myself, so I’ll just quote him: “Just an FYI to those thinking of coming to the Launch Conference in Atlanta on September 30th from 9AM-4PM. The price for the conference goes up on Sunday, so … Read More
Salsa Service on Sunday
On Sunday we are doing a Salsa service at The Journey. No, I’m not talking about the style of dance or the refreshment selections, I’m talking about the style of worship order. If you’ve listed to my Worship Planning Seminar, then you know that we have three different types of worship orders that we use regularly to give variety to … Read More
What’s the Best Launch Date for a New Church?
This is a question we recently received through the Ask Nelson button on the right: What’s the Best (and Worst) Launch Date for a New Church? Kerrick Thomas, Executive Pastor at The Journey and co-author of Launch: Starting a New Church From Scratch answers it: Here are the top 3 best times to launch a new church: (1) February (usually … Read More
Two Time Management Principles
One of my tele-coaching participants/pastors shared these two time management principles with me in a recent email: 1. Always start the day with God. Just like tithing stretches money, time with God has an amazing way of stretching time! 2. The next day principle. Whenever possible, get through your “to do” list, then do something you’d planned on doing the … Read More
Monday Proflections – September 22, 2008
Here’s what’s happening with Church Leader Insights and me this week that may be of interest to you: Monday – I’m back in the office after being in Southern California for a few days last week. One of the things I’ll be doing today is the follow-up from yesterday’s baptism. Click here to learn how we follow-up on baptisms. I’ll … Read More
It’s Baptism Day!
In addition to the 6 services we conduct on a Sunday (four in Manhattan, one in Jersey City and one in Brooklyn), we are holding a special baptism service this afternoon. Pastor Taylor Field of Graffiti Community Ministries and East 7th Street Baptist Church graciously allows us to use his church (check out his books about Lower East Side Life … Read More
Friday Catch-All (Coaching Networks, Stewardship Seminars and Friends)
Here are some quick hits on things I wanted to cover this week in the blog but didn’t get to: Bob Franquiz is working with me to start a new Church Planters Coaching Network. Click here to learn more and be added to the wait list. Terry Mahan, Founding Pastor of The Fathers House Church in Lakeland, FL is teaching … Read More
Successful Church Planters Must Be Able to Raise Funds
On Monday, I said that there are two abilities that predetermine the success of a church planter. They are: 1 – The ability to recruit a worship leader. (See my post from yesterday.) 2- The ability to raise funds. Let’s talk about the second ability today. If a church planter is unable to raise funds before starting weekly services, I … Read More
Successful Church Planters Must Be Able to Recruit a Worship Leader
Yesterday, I said that there are two abilities that predetermine the success of a church planter. The first one is: The ability to recruit a worship leader. I honestly don’t know why this is true, but I’ve seen it play out hundreds of times. (I’ve personally trained over 3000 church planters and we have coached over 100 church planters in … Read More