Today’s guest post comes to us from Dr. Aubrey Malphurs, Founder and Visionary Leader of the Malphurs Group and the Senior Professor of Leadership and Pastoral Ministry at Dallas Theological Seminary. Dr. Malphurs offers deep insight on the decline of the American church and the urgent need for revitalization. The State of the American Church concerns me. 80-85% of churches are plateaued or … Read More
NEW Church Marketing Workshop – Super Early Bird Ends Today
Marketing goes hand in hand with Evangelism and plays an important role in reaching more people in your community. But it doesn’t have to be stressful. To steer you in the right direction with proven ideas and strategies, I’ve created the brand new event, the two-day Church Marketing Workshop where I’ll reveal for the first time ALL the marketing tips, strategies … Read More
The (Huge) Responsibility of First-Time Guests
Creating an environment that makes your first-time guests feel both welcomed and respected is key to winning a return visit and beginning the process of assimilating them well. When God entrusts you with first-time guests, you face an incredible responsibility. A first-time guest wants to feel respected and welcomed. He wants to know that you are happy he’s there, and that … Read More
Proven Marketing Tools to Grow Your Ministry
If you believe in the power of evangelism, then you believe in the power of effective marketing! If you’ve posted a welcome sign, created a church bulletin or sent any kind of email – you have engaged in marketing. But as you’ve probably guessed, effective marketing is so much more. Once understood and applied, marketing can mean the difference between filling your … Read More
12 Findings from Church Health Surveys
Today’s guest post is from Chuck Lawless, Professor of Evangelism and Missions and Dean of Graduate Studies at Southeastern University. Dr. Lawless presents a fascinating study on church health and how churches perceive themselves in several areas (including a few of the key church systems we champion here at Church Leader Insights). More than 15 years ago, Dr. Thom Rainer and I … Read More
3 Best-Selling Resources for $1.00
As a fellow Senior Pastor, I realize that reaching more people and growing a church can be overwhelming. You face all kinds of barriers along the way both within your church and within your own personal leadership development. All those factors combined – it can be a recipe for frustration. So I put together a package that I think will help you … Read More
Lifelong Learning – A Saturday Quote
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.” -Henry Ford
Top Characteristics of the Pastors of Growing Churches (They are learners)
Today’s guest post is from Josh Evans, family pastor of the Oakleaf campus of Trinity Baptist Church in Jacksonville, FL. If you want your church to continue growing in today’s culture, this blog post is for you. There are tons of statistics of churches across the world that prove how difficult it is to grow a church in today’s … Read More
ALL My Marketing Secrets & Samples – Super Early Bird Last Chance!
I invite you to join me in Orlando next month to discover proven marketing methods to grow your ministry – and reach more people for Christ! By popular request, I’ve created a BRAND NEW 2-Day Church Marketing Workshop, Oct. 23-24, where I’ll reveal for the first time ALL the marketing tips, strategies and tactics that I’ve discovered and applied from over 25 years in ministry … Read More
In Times of Stress – A Saturday Quote
“In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.”– Fred Rogers, American educator, minister and television host