My new webinar on Breaking the Top 3 Growth Barriers Every Church Faces is less than 24 hours away…but there’s still room for you! All you need to participate in this webinar is internet access, a phone and a desire to grow your church! Click here to register now. The webinar is tomorrow, July 17, from 1:00pm – 3:00pm Eastern … Read More
Where There’s Slack There’s Lack – 1 of 8
SYSTEM #1: THE WEEKEND SERVICE SYSTEM Let’s start this Wednesday series “Where There’s Slack There’s Lack” by looking from the outside in – meaning we’ll work from the systems that are most obvious/ directly influence your people to the ones that are meant more to keep you and your team on track. We’ll jump in with the Weekend Service System… … Read More
Where There’s Slack There’s Lack – New Eight Week Series
INTRODUCTION: I’ve been playing with this phrase in my mind for quite a while now. It’s a true statement, don’t you agree? Where there’s slack (in energy or effort), there will be lack… a lack of fruit, a lack of results, a lack of passion… Those of you who are familiar with me and with Church Leader Insights are pretty … Read More
Monday Proflections – July 14, 2008
Here’s what’s happening with me and Church Leader Insights that may be of interest to you this week: Monday – In addition to the usual Sunday follow-up, we are following up on our three newcomer receptions from yesterday. I was privileged to host in two of the three locations – 30 newcomers in Jersey City and then over 60 in … Read More
I love to meet new people
Today I’m teaching live at our Jersey City location, by video in Brooklyn and Kerrick is teaching live in Manhattan. But here’s what’s cool: We are holding newcomer receptions in all three locations! By the time the day is out, I will have met 100 newcomers to our church. Very cool. I love to meet new people….they are the lifeblood … Read More
Spend the Extra Two Seconds – Saturday with Seth
A great reminder from Seth Godin: Two Seconds “Sometimes, busy people need to remind themselves (and us) how busy they are by shaving off the last two seconds of what would otherwise be a pleasant interaction. At a restaurant yesterday, the maitre’d, who is paid to be busy, looked up our name in the reservations book and then said, “over … Read More
How to Wow!
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that we had a meeting where we asked this question: How do we WOW people when they first walk into our church? My first answer is always that the Gospel is WOW enough! At the same time, I believe we should do all we can to welcome people in such a way that … Read More
Whose Kingdom Are You Building? (Learn and Return)
I try to live by the axiom “Learn and Return,” which says: If you LEARN a lesson or principle that helps your church, you must RETURN that to others so they can benefit too. Sometimes this means that the ideas or lessons you are using are not your own and that you can’t take credit for them! It might also … Read More
Applications Now Available – New Coaching Network for Senior Pastors
It’s taken me a while to get it all together but the application for my new Tele-Coaching Network for Senior Pastors is now available. I’m very excited about this network and the quality leaders that have already applied. I could go on and on trying to motivate you to consider applying (we start in August) but let me just direct … Read More
Craig Groeschel’s Secret
I just heard a secret about Craig Groeschel….want to know what it is? A LifeChurch.tv insider (who will remain unnamed so he doesn’t get in trouble) told me this secret. I think you can trust the source. I even checked with another person to confirm it. (I hope you don’t think I’m passing along gossip.) Ready? At a recent meeting … Read More