Tell me honestly – how does it make you feel when you hear those three little words:

“Can we meet?” 

If your first reaction is to make an excuse and run – you are NOT alone. There are three reasons why pastors avoid leading meetings at all costs.

Do any of these sound familiar?

1. “I’m too busy and my team is too busy.” 
2. “I’ve had bad experiences in the past.”  
3. “I don’t want to micro-manage my team.” 

The reality is, you’re not too busy for meetings – you’re just not planning and leading the RIGHT kind of meetings.

For many years I had this same negative reaction to meetings. It was only through the process of serving several healthy churches, and then growing a healthy church at The Journey Church, that I realized the opposite is true:

Meetings can be very powerful tools in maximizing our ministry! 

In my bi-vocational days of growing The Journey, when time was an extremely limited resource, I learned quickly how to get to the point, take action and hold people accountable. That was the beginning for me in discovering the power of meetings.

John Maxwell famously said — “Meetings are the playground of champions.“ If you find this hard to believe (and feel more like meetings are where dreams go to die!), you’re in for an eye-opening and ministry-transforming reality.

There is no more powerful tool at your disposal that will help you lead, motivate and grow your staff and volunteers than the effective meeting.

As The Journey began to grow and we added staff and then started new campuses, communication, teamwork and being on the same page became vitally important.

So – we developed a meeting schedule and guidelines for planning and leading effective meetings that made our meetings shorter, motivational and yes . . . sometimes even fun!

These include all staff meetings, one-on-one meetings, specific team meetings and even 5-minute stand-up meetings.

There is so much potential being left on the table because we aren’t meeting with our staff — our meetings are under-planned, poorly-led and a waste of time. Help turn your staff culture around and transform your dreaded meeting into a playground for champions!

– Nelson

P.S.  I have the privilege of sharing a new resource from a master of meetings who has been working with me to grow The Journey since 2002. Kerrick Thomas serves as Executive Pastor at The Journey and is one of the primary leaders of our staff team. He is also one of the most disciplined people that you will ever meet.

And in this new resource, Planning and Leading Effective Meetings, recorded live at one of my coaching networks, you will learn from Kerrick the secrets to accomplishing more in less time through the power of meetings! As a pastor you can transform your meetings from dull and dreaded to engaging and effective!

And through tomorrow, July 17th, when you pick up Planning and Leading Effective Meetings you will save 89%!

Click here to save over 89% – Get your brand new Planning and Leading Effective Meetings resource and over $209.75 in Bonuses – for just $99 (regularly $299.95)! Ends TOMORROW, Friday, July 17th!

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About Nelson Searcy

Nelson Searcy is an experienced church growth strategist, pastor, church planter and coach, consulting with churches around the world. As founder of Church Leader Insights and the Renegade Pastors Network, he has personally trained more than 3,500 church leaders in over 45 denominations through live events, seminars and monthly coaching. Nelson is also the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.” He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 18+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life, Ministry and The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and At the Cross with the People Who Were There. He and his wife, Kelley, have one son, Alexander.