Keys to Worship Planning: The Value of Pre-Preaching

“One of my mantras has become, “Never preach a message once.” And preaching it at multiple services doesn’t count.

Your first service is not your trial run.

If you want to increase the value of your preaching, you must develop the habit of pre-preaching – that is, preaching your message ahead of time, gathering feedback, and integrating changes into your notes for Sunday.“

– Nelson Searcy and Jason Hatley

The above quote is from p. 126 of Engage: A Guide to Creating Life-Transforming Worship Services.

Engage is your step-by-step, stress-free guide to planning creative worship services that allow for true life change. Comprehensive in scope, Engage provides teaching pastors, worship leaders, and volunteers with the tools they need to work together to develop and implement a worship planning system that improves communication, enhances creativity, and honors Jesus every week.

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About Nelson Searcy

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.