How many times have you heard someone (maybe even yourself) repeat the old saying “experience is the best teacher?”

And it seems like it should be true – the more we do something, the better we should get at it….

But the truth is, experience alone is a pretty bad teacher.

In fact, experience alone doesn’t make you better.  I just makes you, well… older (ha!).

No, the best teacher is “evaluated experience.”

In other words, just doing something over and over again doesn’t make you better unless you take the time to carefully evaluate, observe, take note, and make changes to how you’ve been doing things.

Never is this more true than in church leadership.

I meet a lot of pastors who think that they’re going to become a better leader or a better communicator simply by doing those things repeatedly for years.

Yet they never (or almost never) take the time to push away from the day to day routine and process the lessons that their experience is serving up for them.

That’s one of the biggest points of positive feedback from the pastors in my Senior Pastor Tele-Coaching Networks – that they grow tremendously by having a monthly process, built-in to their calendar, where they can “get on the balcony” and see what’s really going on in their church.

And only after that carefully evaluated experience are they able to chart a course to grow themselves AND their church!

Here’s what Tim Ennis, Coaching Alum and Senior Pastor of The Heights Church in Houston, Texas area, had to say about how the network has helped him and his church:

Thank you for being a part of the network Tim – keep up the good work!

Pastor – if you’re ready to grow your leadership and your church more in the next year than ever before, I want to help you.

My new Tele-Coaching Network for Senior Pastors begins THIS THURSDAY and I only have a handful of spots left.

The network is a twelve-month process where I’ll come beside you, teach you, and help you implement the changes you and your church need to grow.

You can read more and Apply Now at this link:

www.ChurchLeaderInsights.com/telecoaching

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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.