Co-Teaching A Message

Today I am co-teaching Message # 3 of our Tongue Pierced series with Kerrick. This is the first time we have co-taught together in quite a while, although before we went multi-site we used to do it quite a bit.

The #1 question we get about co-teaching is ‘how does it work?‘. This Sunday it works this way:  I’m doing the first 15min of the message, Kerrick will do the next 10min and I’ll come back and wrap it up.  Sometimes we do half and half but in general its good to have the person who ‘starts’ the message to ‘conclude’ the message, as it gives greater symmetry to the entire message.

Co-teaching a message with someone has its advantages:
– Multiple voices keep people more interested
– Multiple voices connect with a broader audience
Less physically taxing that doing a message alone (especially when you are doing four in a row!)
– greater creativity
more fun doing a message together

I’ve found that you can’t just co-teach with one. In general their style has to be 65% similar to yours (I talk pretty fast so they have to be comfortable talking fast too).

Finally, co-teaching is a great way to raise up a new teacher or to introduce a new teacher to your congregation.

I’m sure I’ll address this issue again in the future, but if you have any questions just comment below.

Off to the 10am service.

Nelson

P.S. Another key to effective co-teaching is to have your preaching calendar done way in advance so you have plenty of time to prepare to teach together.

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Nelson Searcy is an experienced church growth strategist, pastor, church planter and coach, consulting with churches around the world. As founder of Church Leader Insights and the Renegade Pastors Network, he has personally trained more than 3,500 church leaders in over 45 denominations through live events, seminars and monthly coaching. Nelson is also the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.” He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 18+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life, Ministry and The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and At the Cross with the People Who Were There. He and his wife, Kelley, have one son, Alexander.

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