• Instead of continually praying for more, prove your faithfulness by doing the very best you can with what you’ve already been given.

• The only people who like full rooms are preachers and worship leaders. If your service is too crowded, your church will stop growing.

• Healthy organisms grow. That includes your church. Don’t try to force growth; identify the barriers that are stopping it and remove them.

• The first step in closing the back door and keeping more guests is to eliminate the mistakes you’re making now in assimilating new people.

• The greatest time management question you can ask yourself is: Does this need to be done at all? If your answer is no, then move on.

• There are two types of pain: the pain of front-end discipline and the pain of back-end regret. You get to choose which one you live with.

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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.