I had a blast yesterday on the Improve the Financial Fitness of Your Church Webinar with my friend and coach Steve Stroope. Steve is the Lead Pastor of the 10,000+ member Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall, Texas, co-author of Money Matters in Church with Aubrey Malphurs, and one of the nation’s experts on church finances, capital campaigns and stewardship in … Read More
Meet My Mentor – Church Finance Webinar on Tuesday
By now, if you’re a regular reader of this blog, there’s no doubt in your mind that I’m a firm believer in coaching. In fact, I happen to believe that everyone needs a coach. One of my coaches for the past few years is Steve Stroope, Lead Pastor of Lakepointe Church in Rockwall, Texas (in the Dallas area). Among other … Read More
In God We Trust – Stewardship Messages Worth Your Time
I’m always on the lookout for solid teaching about Stewardship and I recently came across a great series of messages from Willow Creek called “In God We Trust.” It’s a three message series, and it’s great to hear such solid content from the likes of Andy Stanley and Bill Hybels. I recommend you carve out a little time, follow the … Read More
What Changes Are Holding You Back?
I often hear from church leaders who are just one or two small changes away from seeing big results in one area or another of their church. It may be sending handwritten notes to first time guests (assimilation), planning their preaching calendar (worship planning) or printing custom offering envelopes and putting them in each week’s program (stewardship) but whatever the … Read More
Should You Keep Mailing Offering Envelopes?
Any of you who have listened to The Stewardship Seminar or The Stewardship Intensive know that I am a firm believer in creating custom offering envelopes for your church and including them in each week’s program/bulletin. In fact, I shared our latest envelope design from The Journey (including our Christmas Offering info) in a post a few weeks ago (click … Read More
Let Me Help You Plan Your Christmas Offering (Free Webinar Today)
In case you haven’t heard – I’m doing 4 webinars this week (today through Thursday) to help you plan and conduct your church’s Christmas Offering. I want to help you maximize your ministry potential and grow your people – don’t delay, register now! Here’s all the info: FREE – Register Now! Join Nelson Searcy in this 90-minute webinar without ever … Read More
Stewardship Seminar Summary
With the current economic landscape, there has been a great deal of interest around the topic of church finances and stewardship in general. I think it’s a prime time for church leaders to clarify and communicate a biblical theology of money and to implement solid biblical principles within our churches. I got the opportunity to teach The Stewardship Seminar live … Read More
Free Download – My Mid-Year Giving Letter
Just a couple of days ago I put the finishing touches on my mid-year Giving Letter that will go out with the 2nd Quarter Giving Statements to all of The Journey’s givers. I thought I would take a moment today to share it with you (the link to download it is below). In addition to the letter I’m enclosing: Year … Read More
Strengthening Your Church Workshop
Many of you have heard me talk about Steve Stroope, Lead Pastor of Lake Pointe Church in Texas. It’s hard to place a value on how important he has been to my personal growth and development and to that of The Journey. He is a great personal friend and a mentor of mine, and I wanted to let you all … Read More
Town Hall for Hope
I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to spend 3 days in Nashville with Dave Ramsey. It was a great experience and I learned a lot in those three days (I’ll share more of that soon), but I wanted to make sure you know about a special, first of its kind, event that Dave has coming up. It’s coming … Read More