Like I mentioned yesterday, we’re making plans and preparing for our Big Day this fall at The Journey. We are excited to rally together as a church and reach more people for Christ! But after the Big Day, we need to have a system on how to follow up with those people who make a first-time decision to follow Christ. … Read More
Why use a Big Day to Bring People Back to Church
The Big Day is one of the best ways to pull people from the community. It gets the community to come to you AND gets your church to go into the community. Now, that’s Evangelism! And using Big Days is just a part of cooperating with God’s plan, and the way that God has worked all throughout history and will … Read More
Getting People Back to Church – The Power of the Big Day
As summer comes to an end, people are making their way “Back to Church”. This is also an opportunity to reach new people with the power of a BIG DAY. You’ve had BIG DAYS in your life. Think about the day you graduated from high school or college, the day you got married. These are the days that change everything. … Read More
3 Easy Ways to Attract the Right People to Your Church (and repel the wrong ones!)
Gabe Kolstad here – multi-time Advanced Coaching Alumni with Nelson and Senior Pastor of Westside Community Church in Beaverton, Oregon. Everyone’s welcome, but not everyone is equally interested. You love everyone, but you can’t help everyone equally. Depending on the “draw” of your church certain people will be more likely to show up and stick. Three ways to attract the people … Read More
Don’t Let The Economy Limit Your Evangelism – CLI Newsletter Rewind
Did you get this month’s 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
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
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