Raising the evangelistic temperature through your church structure (Part 3 of a 3-Part Series)

Today we’re wrapping up a series on the practical ways that YOU as a pastor can lead and keep the evangelistic temperature in your church red-hot. We’ve focused on three avenues: the stage, the staff and now the structure. To catch up on Part 1 on the stage, click here; and for Part 2 on the staff, click here. Continuing … Read More


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A Pastor’s Primary Role – Carrying the Evangelism Torch (Part 2 of 3-Part Series)

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This week we’ve been looking at practical ways that YOU as a pastor can lead and keep the evangelistic temperature in your church red-hot. If you missed Part 1, you can catch up right here. To recap: as a pastor you have three avenues you can use to keep the temperature hot: the stage, the staff, and the structure. Continuing this 3-part article series, … Read More


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How to keep the evangelistic temperature red-hot inside your church (Part 1 of a 3-Part Series)

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Think of your current level of evangelism as a reading on a thermometer. What is the evangelistic temperature in your church right now, in 2025? Hot, cold, or somewhere in the middle? When it comes to evangelism, the pastor’s primary role is to keep the evangelistic temperature red-hot inside the church. If you are the pastor, it doesn’t matter whether … Read More


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7 Ways to Increase Your Baptisms — FREE Webinar this Thursday

Nothing builds more excitement in your church like celebrating baptisms. So I’d like to help you baptize more people than ever! THIS Thursday, Sept. 26, discover the 7 “nuts-and-bolts” practices you can implement IMMEDIATELY to increase the number of new believers you baptize at your church. Save your spot now for my brand-new 90-minute webinar, 7 Ways to Increase Your … Read More


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Memorial Day Closeout Sale – Seminars, Sermons and More

Hope you’re ramping up for a great holiday weekend of powerful worship services and of course great times with friends and family. But before you fire up the grill, load up on our buffet of savings during our biggest sale of the year… BIG MEMORIAL DAY SALE – AS LOW AS 25! Choose from 45 Resources – on Sale Thru the Holiday Weekend … Read More


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Free E-book for Pastors: What Should You Measure Each Week at Your Church?

“What gets measured gets done,” but what do you measure each week at your church?  Just as you stay (or should stay) on top of the numbers that gauge your health, eg. blood pressure levels, weight and height — the same is true when gauging the health of your church. The numbers are blinking indicators that let you know if all systems are … Read More


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Donald McGavran on the Ground to Be Gained

“Let us analyze causes for growth and non-growth. Let us remember that the task is indeed great and complex and ours is only one part of the whole. Let us ask God to forgive our sins – and push resolutely forward as if we had not sinned. There is much ground to be gained and there are many adversaries to … Read More


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Donald McGavran on Christian Mission

“Christian mission is bringing people to repent of their sins, accept Jesus Christ as Savior, belong to His Body the Church, do as He commands, go out and spread the Good News, and multiply churches.” – Donald McGavran, father of the Church Growth Movement, missionary to India and China, one of the premier missiologists of the twentieth century December 15, 1897 … Read More


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Maximizing Easter Online Training This Week – Your Special Code

You are invited to join me over Zoom this week for a 90-min Maximizing Easter Online Training. Don’t let this be an average Easter — at this online training, I will show you easy, practical ways to Maximize Easter. You will discover the easy-to-implement (and proven!) ideas you can use to overcome your current challenges and still GROW your Easter attendance. Collected, developed and honed at The Journey Church … Read More


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Proven Easter book to help your people draw closer to God (10 cases left)

With Lent just a week away, we’re officially counting down to the Easter season! Limited quantities are available from the new printing of my powerful Easter book, At the Cross: With the People Who Were There. I don’t want you to miss out on the life change this book can bring to your people this Easter. We have started shipping books and have … Read More


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