Each month, in The Church Leader Insights Newsletter, I recommend two books that have been helpful to me personally or to our team at The Journey. One of this month’s recommendations is Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely. Here’s what I wrote in the newsletter: “Our Executive Staff just completed reading this book. Last month, I took one idea from this … Read More
Where There’s Slack There’s Lack – Part 5 of 8
SYSTEM #5: THE MINISTRY SYSTEM Welcome to Part 5 of the weekly, Wednesday series, “Where There’s Slack There’s Lack!” If you’ve been tracking with me each week, I hope the effort you’ve been putting in is creating a new level of excellence in your church. If you have you ever had a hard time mobilizing volunteers, then you are going … Read More
Are Your Big Givers Members?
Just before our last membership class at The Journey, a question came to me: How many of our Top 100 givers are members? I felt like God had prompted this question, so I asked our financial team to give me a list of everyone who is a Top 100 giver but not yet a member. When I got the list, … Read More
Monday Proflections August 11, 2008
Here’s what’s happening with Church Leader Insights and me this week that may be of interest to you: Monday – I’m in Phoenix this week. Good news, the high temps are only going to be 105. I was here the same week last year and the high temps were 110+! Tuesday – Watch your email for the August issue of … Read More
Tele-Coaching: Making Tough Decisions
Tomorrow, I have to make some tough decisions about who will be a part of my new Tele-Coaching Network for Senior Pastors. The response has been overwhelming and I’ve already accepted a number of great pastors, but I’m still waiting on an application from you 🙂 Let me encourage you to send over your application ASAP so I can review … Read More
Where There’s Slack There’s Lack – Part 4 of 8
SYSTEM #4: THE SMALL GROUPS SYSTEM Welcome back to our weekly Wednesday blog series, “Where There’s Slack There’s Lack.” If you’ve been keeping up with these posts each week, I trust that your church systems are beginning to undergo positive transformation. Hopefully, you’ve pinpointed some areas that have suffered because of slack and started turning that lack around! Today, we … Read More
Accelerate – New Series on Spiritual Habits
I’m excited about a new series we begin today called Accelerate: 5 Basic Spiritual Habits (Bible Study/Journaling, Prayer, Solitude, Friendship, etc.). Here’s the graphics: Off to the first service. Have a great Sunday! Nelson
You Need Anchors In Your Life
At last Friday’s NYC Coaching Network we began by talking about “Anchors” we need in our life to keep us grounded. Anchors are set activities that keep our priorities in order. There are many different kinds of anchors: family anchors, spiritual anchors, personal growth anchors, etc. Spiritual anchors are daily, weekly, yearly or occasional activities that we do to celebrate … Read More
Where There’s Slack There’s Lack – Part 3 of 8
SYSTEM #3: THE ASSIMILATION SYSTEM It’s Wednesday again! Time to take another step in our weekly Wednesday blog series, “Where There’s Slack There’s Lack.” Hopefully, you’ve been keeping up with us in this series and have been giving some real attention to whether there is slack (and therefore lack) in your church systems. If you missed the series’ first post … Read More
Monday Proflections – July 28, 2008
Here’s what’s happening with me and CLI that may be of interest to you this week: Monday – In addition to the usual follow-up from Sunday, I’ll be following-up with the 57 people who were baptized on Saturday at our Beach Baptism (see tomorrow’s post for our follow-up process). That’s a record for one of our beach events – God … Read More