Church Pitfalls (Part 3)

Bob Franquiz, Guest Blogger: #3 – I had a hard time saying “no” – When we stated Calvary Fellowship, the last thing I wanted to do was say no when someone asked me something. What resulted was getting roped into commitments I didn’t want to be part of, agreeing to start ministries I didn’t feel called to, and allow people … Read More


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Church Pitfalls (Part 2)

Bob Franquiz, guest blogger: #2 – An Unclear Vision – Churches that aren’t sure why they exist tend to simply find out what another church’s passion is and adopt that as their vision. The problem with trying to take someone else’s vision is the same problem with as trying to date another man’s wife: she’s already taken. Taking another church’s … Read More


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Monday Proflections – November 3, 2008

I’ll be criss-crossing the country this week between NY, CA and FL.  Here’s what’s happening that may be of interest to you: Monday – I’ll be in the office very early today as I’m sending over the final draft of my next book to my new publisher (Baker Books) before 10am today.  The book is about the evangelism system and … Read More


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Managing Wealth

Today I’m co-teaching a message entitled “How Do I Manage Wealth?” at The Journey – Manhattan. This is the first time I’ve ever addressed the subject of wealth.  Should be fun.  I’m co-teaching with Adam Bishop, our Groups Pastor (for some thoughts on co-teaching, click here). In part of the sermon, I reference www.GlobalRichList.com – if you think your salary … Read More


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Christmas Offering Documents and Envelope

Yesterday we talked about my free report on “How to Conduct a Christmas Offering.” Today I wanted to share with you the packets we created to promote our Christmas Offering.  I’m not sharing these documents because we got it ‘perfect!’  By no means.  Instead, this document may help you with language and formating for your offering. On Sunday I’m going … Read More


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How to Conduct a Christmas Offering

Last week I released my latest report entitled “How to Conduct A Christmas Offering.” Its been the fastest downloaded report I’ve offered (over 1000 people in a few days!).  If you haven’t snagged your copy yet, grab it now (its not too late to plan a Christmas Offering) – its FREE: HOW TO CONDUCT A CHRISTMAS OFFERING FREE REPORT LINK … Read More


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Teaching Live in Brooklyn

Today I’m teaching live at The Journey-Brooklyn. We started this location back on Easter Sunday and this is my first time being there live (shame on me!).  My primary goal in visiting a location is to brag on the location pastor…and I’ll be doing plenty of that today! Manhattan and Jersey City will experience video teaaching.  Since our Manhattan location … Read More


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Pastor & Worship Pastor Working Together – Part 5 of 5

Jason Hatley, Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey Church in NYC with Nelson Searcy is our guest blogger this week – today he wraps up his five part series: Yesterday, we talked about the first two steps in how to create an Actively Engaged Pastor/Worship Pastor relationship, and today I will give the final two steps. Step #3 – … Read More


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Pastor & Worship Pastor Working Together – Part 4 of 5

Jason Hatley, founder of Worship Leader Insights, continues his guest blogging series today: Now that you’ve identified where you are from yesterday’s post, let’s dive into how to get to the place you want to be in the Pastor/Worship Pastor planning relationship. There are 4 Steps to Active Engagement.  We will cover the first two today. Step #1 – Commitment: … Read More


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Pastor & Worship Pastor Working Together – Part 3

Jason Hatley, Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey Church in NYC with Nelson Searcy is our guest blogger this week: So, how did your homework go from yesterday?  Hopefully you have some clarity on the important relationship between the Pastor and Worship Pastor. Since you did so well on yesterday’s homework, today I have a quiz for you.  Of … Read More


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