I got this picture recently from a member of my Senior Pastor Tele-Coaching Network of a sign he saw outside a restaurant: It kinda makes you wonder if they want you around at all! In fact, my favorite is where someone has remove a number so it says “Max stay 0 mins” 🙂 We got a great chuckle out of … Read More
How to Encourage New Believers in Evangelism – CLI Newsletter Rewind
Did you read your February Church Leader Insights Newsletter? Each month I send out the latest and best thinking on Church Growth, Evangelism, Leadership, Church Planting, and more – the best church leadership content I can find – designed to help you lead your church to greater health and growth. And the best part…. It’s absolutely FREE! (click here to … Read More
What are the Top 3 Barriers to Church Growth? #3 – Sharing
Today I want to wrap up a series of posts about the Top 3 Growth Barriers that all churches face, regardless of size. As a quick reminder, I’ll be teaching this (and a lot more) LIVE in Seattle today, then San Francisco and Los Angeles this week – click here for more info. But for those of you who can’t … Read More
Don’t Be the (Evangelism) Bottleneck
by Nelson Searcy and Tommy Duke Evangelism is one of the purposes of the church that we recognize as a high priority – I rarely hear from a Pastor who isn’t trying to reach more people for Christ. But sometimes, Pastors and their churches appear to be doing and saying all the right things, but they’re seeing little (if any) … Read More
How to Reap the Fruit of Your Vacation Bible School
Most of you long-time readers know that I am a contrarian when it comes to summer. I happen to believe that summer is a great time to grow your church. And one of the best things about summer-time is that it offers you opportunities that aren’t available during the rest of the year. One great example of a “summer-only” outreach … Read More
“I’m Not Being Fed…” – CLI Newsletter Rewind
One of the best parts of being a member of the “Church Leader Insights Family” is that each month you receive the CLI Newsletter, packed with the best church leadership content I can find. Here’s an article from Steve Mathewson that was included in this month’s newsletter (in case you missed it): WHAT “I’M NOT BEING FED” REALLY MEANS “When … Read More
Ignite Webinar Tomorrow – Can You Join Me?
Can you join me tomorrow at 1:00pm EDT for a 110 minute training based on my new book – Ignite: Sparking immediate Growth In Your Church? This “no-fluff all nuts-and-bolts” webinar is about how you can ‘DOUBLE YOUR CHURCH IN A DAY’ using a proven strategy called The Big Day. It’s also about how you can move a church from … Read More
Igniting Growth In Your Church – Week 6 of 6
Welcome to the final post of my six-part blog series, “Igniting Growth In Your Church.” I trust that this weekly series has taken you to a new level in your understanding of how to keep your church’s evangelism temperature at the boiling point. If you haven’t already, make sure you pick up my new book, Ignite: How To Spark Immediate Growth … Read More
Igniting Growth In Your Church – Week 5 of 6
Welcome to week 5 of my 6-week blog series, “Igniting Growth In Your Church.” Happy Thursday to you, once again. My hope is that this series is consistently pushing you further in your study of evangelism by giving you special insight into my new book, Ignite: How To Spark Immediate Growth In Your Church. Last week, we discovered how you can … Read More
Ten Secrets of Church Marketing – CLI Newsletter Rewind
Today I’m sharing another one of the articles from this month’s CLI Newsletter. We pack each newsletter with the best content we can find. Like this article from the good folks at Truth Advertising: TEN SECRETS OF CHURCH MARKETING “The problem is that most church ads I see are very boring and self-serving. The church drones on about this program … Read More