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One of Two Pains – A Saturday Quote
“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.”
– Jim Rohn
Free Sample Baptism Emails (Plus Last Chance for Bonuses)
Two quick announcements for you as we wind down our big “Baptism Week” emphasis:
#1) I’ve added TWO FREE SAMPLE EMAILS to the link below (in addition to the sample Baptism videos I sent you yesterday).
http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/index.php/free-stuff/baptism-video
Here’s a radical question for you as you PROMOTE Baptism: What if people aren’t signing up to be baptized in your church because you aren’t asking them clearly to participate?
These are two of the emails we have used at The Journey Church to help us baptize over 1,000 people in the last nine years.
These emails are a couple of the 45 documents I share with you in my new “Maximizing Baptism” Seminar. You will receive a five-step system that will equip you to PROMOTE, PREPARE, PREACH, PRESENT and PRESERVE every baptism in your church.
#2) Today is the LAST DAY for you to receive Over $99.00 in Bonus Resources when you download the Maximizing Baptism Seminar AND have us donate $10.00 to CharityWater.org to provide clean, safe drinking water for people in developing nations.
Secure your “Maximizing Baptism” resource download today and you’ll receive:
- Overcoming the Barriers to Baptism ($19.95 Value)
- The Big Day ($29.95 Value)
- The Decision Dilemma ($19.95 Value)
- Fasting For Spiritual Breakthrough ($29.95 Value)
Secure Your Copy Now at the Link Below:
https://nelsonsearcy.infusionsoft.com/cart/store.jsp?view=4&i=p1604
And if you order TODAY (before 11:59pm), for every download of my new “Maximizing Baptism” Seminar, we’re donating $10.00 to CharityWater.org to provide safe, clean drinking water to people in developing nations.
PLUS – Secure your download before 11:59pm today, and you’ll receive over $99.00 in additional Bonus Resources
Here’s the link to read more and download yours now:
https://nelsonsearcy.infusionsoft.com/cart/store.jsp?view=4&i=p1604
These Additional Bonus Resources are available until 11:59pm Eastern Time TODAY!
P.S. This resource includes over two hours of audio training and more than 45 documents – including the complete Journey Church Baptism Strategy document (nine years in the making) and the editable Baptism Checklist that we use to ensure that each Baptism at The Journey is impactful and celebratory!
The Maximizing Baptism Seminar will teach you:
- How you can increase the number of people who sign up to be baptized (you probably have more people interested than you realize…they’re just not telling you)
- The reasons why people are saying “No” to being baptized (hint: it’s not because they’re not spiritually ready)
- The power of your preaching to mobilize people to sign up for baptism How to help people overcome their fear of being baptized (and what those fears are)
- The specific steps you can take to ensure that every candidate is prepared to be baptized All the details and logistics that will make your baptism celebrations run smoothly
- The secrets to transforming baptism into a church-wide celebration
- How to follow up with every person after their baptism so that they’ll continue to grow in their relationship with Christ
- Specific steps to move people from baptism to membership in your church
- Plus much more!
This resource is already helping hundreds of churches raise the biblical emphasis of baptism and ultimately baptizing more people.
And this week, you can upgrade your Baptism process and know that you’re helping provide clean, safe water for people in developing nations.
Here’s the link to read more and download yours now:
https://nelsonsearcy.infusionsoft.com/cart/store.jsp?view=4&i=p1604
Remember – the $10.00 Charity Water Donation and Additional Bonus Resources are available TODAY ONLY!
Excite your Church about Baptism [Free Videos]
I want to tell you about a POWERFUL (and underused) technique to challenge and motivate more people to be baptized…
There’s nothing like seeing others experiencing the joy of being baptized to encourage others to sign up and energize your church.
At the link below I’ve had my team post a couple of examples of recent Baptism videos at The Journey. These are the same videos we use in our service to inspire and motivate others:
Let me give you three tips on how you can use your video:
1) Show the Baptism video during the service, the week after celebrating Baptism - to continue to celebrate.
2) Show the Baptism video during a Sunday sermon as an illustration of taking a step of obedience.
3) Share a copy of the video with each person who was baptized, as a reminder of their special day.
This is just one tool of the many I share with you in my new “Maximizing Baptism” Seminar. You will receive a five-step system that will equip you to PROMOTE, PREPARE, PREACH, PRESENT and PRESERVE every baptism in your church.
Secure Your Copy Now at the Link Below:
https://nelsonsearcy.
And this week, for every download of my new “Maximizing Baptism” Seminar, we’re donating $10.00 to CharityWater.org to provide safe, clean drinking water to people in developing nations.
PLUS – This week only, we’ve added over $99.00 in additional Bonus Resources to the Maximizing Baptism Seminar. Including:
- Overcoming the Barriers to Baptism ($19.95 Value)
- The Big Day ($29.95 Value)
- The Decision Dilemma ($19.95 Value)
- Fasting For Spiritual Breakthrough ($29.95 Value)
Here’s the link to read more and download yours now:
https://nelsonsearcy.
These Additional Bonus Resources are available THIS WEEK ONLY.
Your Partner in Ministry,
Nelson
P.S. This resource includes over two hours of audio training and more than 45 documents – including the complete Journey Church Baptism Strategy document (nine years in the making) and the editable Baptism Checklist that we use to ensure that each Baptism at The Journey is impactful and celebratory!
The Maximizing Baptism Seminar will teach you:
- How you can increase the number of people who sign up to be baptized (you probably have more people interested than you realize…they’re just not telling you)
- The reasons why people are saying “No” to being baptized (hint: it’s not because they’re not spiritually ready)
- The power of your preaching to mobilize people to sign up for baptism
- How to help people overcome their fear of being baptized(and what those fears are)
- The specific steps you can take to ensure that every candidate is prepared to be baptized
- All the details and logistics that will make your baptism celebrations run smoothly
- The secrets to transforming baptism into a church-wide celebration
- How to follow up with every person after their baptism so that they’ll continue to grow in their relationship with Christ
- Specific steps to move people from baptism to membershipin your church
- Plus much more!
This resource is already helping hundreds of churches raise the biblical emphasis of baptism and ultimately baptizing more people.
And this week, you can upgrade your Baptism process and know that you’re helping provide clean, safe water for people in developing nations.
Here’s the link to read more and download yours now:
https://nelsonsearcy.
Remember – the $10.00 Charity Water Donation and Additional Bonus Resources are available THIS WEEK ONLY!
Baptize More and Change Lives
I’ve been telling you about some exciting baptism celebrations so far this week and today I want to share a special opportunity for you to help us make a difference in lives around the world.
For every download of my new “Maximizing Baptism” Seminar this week, we’re donating $10.00 to CharityWater.org, to provide safe, clean drinking water to people in developing nations.
In other words, you invest in maximizing the celebration of baptism at your church and we’ll partner together to invest in the lives of people in desperate need around the world.
When you pick up your copy of “Maximizing Baptism,” you’ll receive three hours of audio training on the step-by-step process that we’ve used at The Journey Church to baptize over 1,000 people since we launched in 2002.
In addition to the audio, you’ll receive more than 45 documents – including the complete Journey Church Baptism Strategy document (nine years in the making) and the editable Baptism Checklist that we use to ensure that each Baptism at The Journey is impactful and celebratory!
The Maximizing Baptism Seminar will teach you:
- How you can increase the number of people who sign up to be baptized (you probably have more people interested than you realize…they’re just not telling you)
- The reasons why people are saying “No” to being baptized (hint: it’s not because they’re not spiritually ready)
- The power of your preaching to mobilize people to sign up for baptism
- How to help people overcome their fear of being baptized(and what those fears are)
- The specific steps you can take to ensure that every candidate is prepared to be baptized
- All the details and logistics that will make your baptism celebrations run smoothly
- The secrets to transforming baptism into a church-wide celebration
- How to follow up with every person after their baptism so that they’ll continue to grow in their relationship with Christ
- Specific steps to move people from baptism to membership in your church
- Plus much more!
This resource is already helping hundreds of churches raise the biblical emphasis of baptism and ultimately baptizing more people.
And this week, you can upgrade your Baptism process ASAP and know that you’re helping provide clean, safe water for people in developing nations
PLUS – This week only, we’ve added over $99.00 in additional Bonus Resources to the Maximizing Baptism Seminar. Including:
- Overcoming the Barriers to Baptism ($19.95 Value)
- The Big Day ($29.95 Value)
- The Decision Dilemma ($19.95 Value)
- Fasting For Spiritual Breakthrough ($29.95 Value)
Here’s the link to read more and download yours now:
https://nelsonsearcy.infusionsoft.com/cart/store.jsp?view=4&i=p1604
These Additional Bonus Resources are available THIS WEEK ONLY.
P.S. Don’t forget – if you send me a recent baptism picture or testimony, I’ll send you a $10.00 off gift certificate (AND I’ll still make the $10.00 donation to Charity Water.) I look forward to reading all the testimonies that have already been received and hopefully reading your testimony as well.
Just email me at nelson@churchleaderinsights.com with a picture of a recent baptism or a testimony of someone you baptized and I’ll reply back with your $10.00 off gift certificate.
80 Baptisms in the Big Easy
This week I’m celebrating baptisms at The Journey (the church I pastor) and throughout the Church Leader Insights family.
Here’s an email I recently received from John Frady at Celebration Church in New Orleans, about the huge response of people desiring to be baptized after using the Maximizing Baptism Seminar:
Dear Nelson,
Thanks so much for your teaching on how to conduct a baptism emphasis!
Our church normally baptizes people weekly, and even though we’ve had days where we’ve baptized dozens of people, we’ve never really had a message solely on baptism using many of the invitation techniques presented in your teachings.
This past weekend, we invited people to be baptized, scheduled dozens, and then offered people the opportunity to participate in spontaneous baptisms where they decide on the spot at the end of the message.
We had shorts and t-shirts for everyone to wear during their baptism eliminating the fear of them having to wear wet clothes home which might have kept them from making that decision.
By the end of our services, we had baptized 80 people!
Again, thanks so much for your teaching,
John Frady
Celebration Church
New Orleans
That’s an amazing testimony of how the Maximizing Baptism Seminar has impacted this one church, and there are others!
Because of what God’s doing at The Journey, Celebration Church and churches all over the country, I want to help as many churches as possible maximize baptism.
That’s why if you send me an email at nelson@churchleaderinsights.com before end of day Thursday with a picture or testimony from a recent Baptism Celebration, I’ll give you $10.00 off my brand new “Maximizing Baptism” Seminar.
To learn more about this resource, click the link below:
https://nelsonsearcy.
BTW, I’ve had my team add in over $99.00 in Additional Bonus Resources to the downloadable “Maximizing Baptism” Seminar for THIS WEEK ONLY.
Nelson
P.S. One more way that we can partner together is that when you pick up the Maximizing Baptism resource this week, $10.00 will be donated to CharityWater.org to help bring clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations.
It’s a win-win - your church gets to baptize more people and we get to partner together to provide water to those who need it desperately.
Here’s your link to read more and download this resource:
https://nelsonsearcy.
Baptism Report – Thanks for Praying!
I shared a prayer request on Saturday about The Journey’s NYC Beach Baptism and I wanted to update you this morning…
Between our NYC and South Florida locations, we have baptized 82 people in beach baptism celebrations over the last two weekends.
In fact, our baptisms are up almost 30% so far this year!
That means THE JOURNEY HAS BAPTIZED OVER 1,000 PEOPLE since we launched in 2002!
I can’t help but remember the first baptism we ever had at The Journey, nine years ago this month. We baptized one person.
There’s nothing like seeing the excitement on the faces of people who are “going public” with their faith in Christ through baptism.
Will you take a moment today to join us in praising God for all these transformed lives?
Thanks!
Nelson
P.S. Since I have baptism on my mind this week, I’ve come up with a way for us to partner to make a difference (in your church and around the world)…
I want to help you increase your baptisms and make them more celebratory and impactful!
A few weeks ago, I released a brand new “Maximizing Baptism” resource. This is the same step-by-step Baptism process we use at The Journey to help people move from sign-up to celebration.
FIRST, for this week, to celebrate 1,000 baptisms at The Journeywe’re donating $10.00 to CharityWater.org for every Maximizing Baptism Seminar ordered, to help bring clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations.
SECOND, I’ve had my team add in over $99.00 in Additional Bonus Resources to the downloadable “Maximizing Baptism” seminar.
It’s a win-win – your church gets to baptize more people and we get to partner together to provide water to those who need it desperately.
Here’s your link to download this resource:
https://nelsonsearcy.infusionsoft.com/cart/store.jsp?view=4&i=p1604
Prayer Request – Beach Baptism Today!
Just a quick prayer request post this morning:
I’m getting ready to head out later today to The Journey’s NYC Beach Baptism – we’ve got over 70 people signed up to be baptized today!
That’s a far cry from our first beach baptism in 2002, when the number was… ONE.
Please pray for good weather, a good turnout of people to celebrate and support those being baptized and especially for everyone who will take this important step of obedience today!
Thanks,
Nelson
P.S. I’ll try to remember to post an update on Monday of how it goes – thanks for praying!
This Church is Keeping More Guests & Giving is Up Over 35%! Plus Your Last Chance for Best Rate and Bonuses [Video]
I’ve got an important reminder below about how you can Save $600.00 and Receive Over $840.00 in Bonuses, but first….
One of the best benefits of coaching so many pastors over the last several years is that I continue to hear the good reports, even years after they’ve completed my coaching network.
That’s the case with the pastor in today’s video – Ben Hodges, Pastor of Four Corners Church in West Chester, Ohio – here’s what he shared recently about his experience in the network and what God’s been doing since then:
My brand new Senior Pastor Tele-Coaching Network begins on Thursday, August 25.
And the Early Bird Deadline is TODAY!
I need to receive your completed application TODAY to lock in your best rate ($600.00 Savings!) AND receive Over $840.00 in Bonuses (see below).
Now is the time to apply and receive these bonuses:
Apply TODAY to Lock in Your Best Rate and Receive over $840.00 in Bonuses!
The Breaking Growth Barriers Workshop OR Planning Worship Services for Life Transformation ($499 Value)
- Free Webinar Passes for all CLI Webinars between now and August 25 (up to $147 Value)
- Autographed copies of Activate and Maximize ($47.97 Value)

- Free Dinner for you and your spouse with Nelson and the CLI Team on the night before the February 2012 Live Event ($150 Value)
$843.97 Value – Just for beating the rush!
If you’re ready to maximize your potential and grow your church, click the link below and download your application right now (or better yet, Apply Online):
Can You Meet Me in Florida Next Week? Three FREE Training Events for Senior Pastors
I’d like to invite you to join me next week for one of three FREE Senior Pastor Events I’m leading in Florida:
West Palm Beach Area – Tuesday, July 26
Daytona Area - Wednesday, July 27
Tampa Bay Area – Thursday, July 28
We have a great group of Senior Pastors signed up for all three events, but we still have space available for a few more.
So, will you…
#1 – Join me for one of these events?
#2 – Help me get the word out?
I hope so as I will be teaching you:
- What is keeping your church from growing the way God desires
- How to identify and break the three most common barriers blocking your church’s growth
- Pouring the foundation for solid growth in the future
- Specific coaching on these growth barriers
- The tools you need to break through these barriers
- Plus much more!
Could Your Church Double Over the Next 12 Months? This One Did…
I’ve been preparing for the start of my new Senior Pastor Tele-Coaching Network and I’m getting more excited by the day.
The network begins August 25, but if you Apply Before THIS FRIDAY, July 22, you can save hundreds PLUS receive over $840.00 in Additional Bonuses!
The reason I enjoy leading coaching networks is because of the results, and I recently received this email from Rick Dorr, Senior Pastor of Stallion Springs Community Church near Bakersfield, California.
Rick shared how his church literally doubled in attendance of the course of the network:
Nelson,
Just a short testimonial to let you know that the church, since I started attending the tele-coaching network and implementing the systems, has doubled in size.
When I began the network we were running around 150 to 160 and now the church has over 300. Last weekend attendance was 294. Incredible!
Thanks so much. It is a lot of information to absorb and with the church doubling in a year I know that I have missed some of it but I have all of the materials to continue my studies after the network ends.
I am considering going through the process again and will let you know shortly.
God’s richest blessings upon you and your family,
Rick
That’s great Rick – keep up the good work!
How about you?
Are you ready to learn and implement the systems that will enable you to reach more people than ever before?
If so, I want to invite you to Apply Now for my new, 12 month Senior Pastor Tele-Coaching Network.
Here’s the link to read more and Apply Online:
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