Over the past few years, I’ve discovered how to expand the impact of my church systems books for church leaders like you.

I have written a couple of smaller, companion books – designed to help you equip your people to grow in areas like Stewardship and Ministry.

And I just heard some great news - THIS MONTH (January) you can pick up bulk copies of these books for 50% OFF at Direct2Church:

• Maximize (Stewardship book for Church Leaders)
• The Generosity Ladder (Stewardship book for everyone in your church)
• Connect (Ministry/Serving book for Church Leaders)
• The Greatness Principle (Ministry/Serving book for everyone in your church)

This is the perfect opportunity for you to learn, implement and motivate your church to grow in these two vital areas – stewardship and ministry!

I recently released my annual “Best Books of the Year” podcast, where I share what I believe are the Top 10 Books of 2012 for Church Leaders – see the sneak peek below and click this link to listen or download it now:

>> CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE COMPLETE PODCAST

The year 2012 produced some powerful new reads from some of my favorite authors, including Steve Stroope, Gary McIntosh and Patrick Lencioni, plus a handful of new favorites.

I like to say that “all leaders are readers” – that’s especially true of growing church leaders. So for that reason, here are the Top 10 Books of 2012 for Church Leaders:

#10: Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend by Andy Stanley With surprising candor and transparency pastor Andy Stanley explains how one of America’s largest churches began with a high-profile divorce and a church split. But that’s just the beginning… Deep and Wide provides church leaders with an in-depth look into North Point Community Church and its strategy for creating churches unchurched people absolutely love to attend. Andy writes, ‘Our goal is to create weekend experiences so compelling and helpful that even the most skeptical individuals in our community would walk away with every intention of returning the following week…with a friend!’ Later he says, ‘I want people to fall in love with the Author of Scripture. And while we can’t make anyone fall in love, we can certainly arrange a date.’ Learn More!

#9: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives, Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation. We discover how the right habits were crucial to the success of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, and civil-rights hero Martin Luther King, Jr. We go inside Procter & Gamble, Target superstores, Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church, NFL locker rooms, and the nation’s largest hospitals and see how implementing so-called keystone habits can earn billions and mean the difference between failure and success, life and death. Learn More!

Listen to the complete podcast now:  The Top 10 Books of 2012 for Church Leaders Podcast

BIG NEWS for you today…

My new book “The Greatness Principle” is AVAILABLE as a FREE E-Book – Today Only!

I wrote this little book for you to give away to the people of your church, to help them understand how they can make a difference by serving AND how God rewards those who step up to serve.

And for TODAY ONLY, “The Greatness Principle” is available as a FREE E-book!

Here are the links where you can secure your Free e-book:

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble
• Christian Book Distributors

Since I’d like to get this book into as many hands as possible today, will you share these FREE E-book instructions with everyone you can?

That can include other pastors, key volunteers in your church, friends, family… pretty much anyone who you think will benefit from it!

This is a ONE DAY ONLY opportunity, and I don’t want anyone to miss out.

Your Partner in Ministry,

Nelson

P.S. If you’re looking to pick up copies of “The Greatness Principle” (in paperback) to give away at your church, here’s a link where you can save 50% on bulk orders:

http://www.direct2church.com

P.P.S. I also just saw the E-Book version of Engage: A Guide to Creating Life-Transforming Worship Services available at several places online for $4.99 or less!

You can pick up my book on the Worship Planning System, Engage, for less than $5 TODAY at the following booksellers:

• Amazon (Just $4.39!)
• Barnes & Noble (Just $4.99)
• Christian Book Distributors (Only $3.99!)

The great folks over at Leaders Book Summaries Inc just recently did an 8 page summary of my bestselling leadership book “Fusion: Turning First Time Guests into Fully Engaged Members of Your Church.”

They did a great summary of the important areas of the assimilation system and key points of the book – its a true unbiased summary that gives you meat – not just a review of what is good/bad but a point by point leaders summary.

You definitely want this summary for your library and to use in your church or with your staff or volunteers.

So, I purchased the rights to offer the summary as a one time download to the Church Leader Insights family til Friday. FREE for you to download and use as you like.

Grab your FREE 8-page summary of “Fusion” go here:

http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/index.php/free-stuff/fusion-book-summary

Here’s five ways you can use this summary in the next month:

1- Read it personally for your own review and benefit.

2- Read it with your staff or volunteer team (yes, if you download it from the link above, you can copy it for ‘local church’ use)

3- Use it to decide if you want to purchase the book (I suggest you read the book as a team).

4- Impress your friends at Starbucks by leaving it on top of your Mac (OK, so maybe not)

5- Take the summary and teach it to your first impressions team on Sunday.

and I’m sure you can think of other uses.

The point is to grab it ASAP because I can only make this summary available for free til Friday. Let me know if you have any questions.

Your partner in ministry,

Nelson

P.S. If you find this summary helpful (or think you will), please post the link above on your Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+ or blog – as long as your friends get it thru my link, its free!

P.P.S. In conjunction with this free download, I’ve decided to add a series of free webinars on Assimilation after the 4th, called “The Top 3 Assimilation Mistakes” – you can register for those when you download the summary. Nothing impacts the growth and health of your church quicker than improvements to your assimilation system.

How would your church be impacted if you were to read just one more book a month?

Can you imagine consuming the wisdom of 5 books a week and having it readily available to you?

All leaders are readers!

So I want to show you the system I have developed over the years that has allowed me to read as many as 5 -7 books a week.

I won’t be sharing any speed reading tricks or summary techniques but instead, I will lay out the system that I have used to train my reading and retention muscles to get me to the level that I am currently reading.

So, if you’re looking to make reading a larger part of your ministry and read more each month, I’d like to invite you to join me for one of three identical webinars in just two days, that’s THIS Thursday, May 31.

When people hear about the number of books I read each year and that I can currently read a 250 page book in about 90 minutes, they often question if or how that’s even possible.

And as you might imagine, many pastors over the years have asked me to help them learn how to read more.

So, if you’re looking to make reading a larger part of your ministry and read more each month, I’d like to invite you to join me for one of three identical webinars next Thursday.

I’m a firm believer in the old adage that “all leaders are readers,” but you might be surprised to know that I never completed a book from start to finish prior to age 17?  And today I typically read five to seven non-fiction books a week.

I like to say “God just gave me a passion to read” and while that’s true, I’ve also developed a system (imagine that!) for reading that improves recall and keeps me focused on what is most beneficial and helpful to my ministry as a pastor and leader of leaders.

As a pastor, one our greatest desires is to see our people experience worship. I wrote my two most recent books, Revolve and Engage, to give Pastors and churches the tools needed to approach worship properly.

Engage is designed to help Pastors and Church Leaders implement a step-by-step worship planning system to ensure creativity, reflection, repentance, and most of all a focus on Christ in each and every worship service.

Revolve was written as a companion book for the people in your church, to help them understand the meaning of worship and how they can fully participate and experience it week in and week out.

I just found out from my publisher that you can pick up bulk copies right now from Direct2Church.com at a huge 50% off discount!

Pick them up now at a great rate! I’m not sure how long they will offer them at this discount.

I hope 2012 is the year your church experiences true worship!

I just released a brand new podcast where I outline the Top 10 Books of 2011 for Church Leaders and I thought I’d give you a sneak peek on the blog today…

>> CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE COMPLETE PODCAST

The year 2011 produced some powerful new reads from some of my favorite authors, including Jim Collins, Billy Graham and John Maxwell, plus a handful of new favorites.

You know what I say, “all leaders are readers.”  And that’s especially true of growing church leaders. With that in mind, here’s the Top 10 Books of 2011 for Church Leaders:

	#10:Replenish: Leading from a Healthy Soul by Lance Witt Every leader functions on two stages–the front stage or public world, and the back stage or private world. One cannot lead successfully front stage when one is completely depleted back stage. In a time when pastors are leaving the ministry in record numbers due to cynicism, disillusionment, weariness, and personal scandals, there is an urgent need for soul care in the private lives of leaders. Learn More!
	#9:What They Didn’t Teach You in Seminary by James Emery White In churches today, there are ever fewer older pastors speaking into the lives of younger leaders, and fewer younger leaders feeling there is much to be learned from the experience of their elders. Street-smart wisdom is gone from training as there are many men and women preparing pastors who have never themselves pastored a church. Intriguingly, even older, more seasoned pastors yearn for insight into their task, as they remain “undiscipled” in the school of leadership. In What They Didn’t Teach You in Seminary, veteran pastor James Emery White provides the kind of mentoring young pastors desperately need but cannot get from academia or leadership books. These “from the trenches” insights will help them transform their relationships with staff and parishoners, develop healthy boundaries, deliver hard truths, avoid spiritual pitfalls, use their time effectively, and much more. Learn More!
	#8:Move: What 1,000 Churches Reveal about Spiritual Growth by Greg L. Hawkins One of the church’s primary responsibilities is to foster genuine spiritual growth in people’s lives. Today’s pastors bring tremendous effort and passion to this task, but they are often disappointed by people who sit in the pews for years, knowing about Jesus but never really knowing him. In 2004, Willow Creek Community Church in suburban Chicago undertook a three-year study to measure spiritual growth called the REVEAL Spiritual Life Survey. Over the next six years, additional data was collected from over a quarter million people in well over a thousand churches of every size, denomination, and geographic area. Move presents verifiable, fact-based, and somewhat startling findings from the latest REVEAL research, drawing on compelling stories from actual people—congregation members of varying spiritual maturity, as well as pastors who are equally candid as they share their disappointments and their successes. It provides a new lens through which church leaders can see and measure the evidence of spiritual growth. The local church is uniquely equipped to foster spiritual growth and challenge people to pursue a life of full devotion to Christ. Move helps pastors and church leaders inspire and direct that challenge with confidence as they lead their congregations to move closer to Christ. Learn More!
	#7:How to Wow Your Church Guests: 101 Ways to Make a Meaningful First Impression by Mark Waltz For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn’t understand how the police and prosecutors got the wrong man, and he certainly doesn’t care. He just can’t believe his good luck. Time passes and he realizes that the mistake will not be corrected: the authorities believe in their case and are determined to get a conviction. He may even watch the trial of the person wrongly accused of his crime. He is relieved when the verdict is guilty. He laughs when the police and prosecutors congratulate themselves. He is content to allow an innocent person to go to prison, to serve hard time, even to be executed. Learn More!
	#6:The Five Levels of Leadership by John Maxwell True leadership isn’t a matter of having a certain job or title. In fact, being chosen for a position is only the first of the five levels every effective leader achieves. To become more than “the boss” people follow only because they are required to, you have to master the ability to invest in people and inspire them. To grow further in your role, you must achieve results and build a team that produces. You need to help people to develop their skills to become leaders in their own right. And if you have the skill and dedication, you can reach the pinnacle of leadership-where experience will allow you to extend your influence beyond your immediate reach and time for the benefit of others. Learn More!

Listen to the complete podcast now:  The Top 10 Books of 2011 for Church Leaders Podcast

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This week my two newest books will be officially released on Amazon.com. It’s hard to believe – these will make my eighth and ninth books! My mother is very proud!

To celebrate, if you pre-order both books before this Friday, September 30, I’ll give you over $285.00 in bonuses!

You see, Amazon.com is the ‘big dog’ in the book world. Day One sales are very important in the Amazon world. These books officially release this Saturday, October 1, and all “pre-release” sales factor into the Day One figures.

Simply put, my new books will be recommended more, receive higher placement from Amazon, and be featured more prominently if this week’s sales are high.

I’m getting ahead of myself though, here are my two latest books on Worship:

1) Engage: A Guide to Creating Life-Transforming Worship Services
(specifically written for Senior Pastors and Worship Leaders)

2) Revolve: A New Way to See Worship
(written for everyone)

Since I can’t give you a free copy of each (my publisher didn’t like that idea), I’d like to give you over FOUR TIMES your investment back in Church Leader Insights resources when you pick up these books from Amazon.com this week!

If you pick up both of these books before THIS Friday, September 30 (for only $10.19 and $6.99, respectively), you’ll receive a $60.00 Church Leader Insights gift certificate, a FREE copy of my “Planning a One Year Preaching Calendar” resource, and additional discounts on worship planning resources.

These new books will help you dramatically upgrade your worship planning system (which I lay out in step by step detail) while helping you develop a fuller and healthier understanding of worship among the people of your church.

When you pick up both Engage and Revolve this week, you’ll receive these bonuses:

• A Church Leader Insights gift certificate for $60.00! 
  - Good on any of my non-book resources
• Planning a One Year Preaching Calendar (Yours FREE – $29.95 Value)
  - 75-minute Audio Training Resource
• Additional $200.00 gift certificate for my “Planning Worship Services for Life Transformation” resource
  - A Complete, Six-Hour Training Resource

So, are you ready to pick up the books and receive all these bonuses?

Follow these 4 steps before end of day THIS FRIDAY, September 30…

HERE IS YOUR SIMPLE “A B C D” PROCESS TO GET THE BOOKS AND THE BONUSES (IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES):

A. Go to Amazon.com and buy the ENGAGE book here:

• Paperback Link
• Kindle Link

B. Go to Amazon.com and buy the REVOLVE book here:

• Paperback Link
• Kindle Link

C. Check your email for your Amazon receipt. When you have it, then…

D. Go to the following website and enter your info and Amazon Order Number:

Enter information here

That’s it!  We will then email you with instructions for all your bonuses.

Yes, I’m a little biased, but I believe that these books and the implementation of the ideas I’ll teach you in them are powerful opportunities to upgrade the value and celebration of Worship in your church!.

Thank you… thank you… thank you in advance for ordering the books and for telling your friends about them!

Nelson

P.S. If for some reason the links don’t work, simply go to www.amazon.com and type in “Engage Nelson Searcy” and “Revolve Nelson Searcy” and buy the books directly from that page. If you have any questions, just call us at 1-800-264-5129 (if the phone is busy, please keep calling).

P.P.S. Can you help me get the word out? Share this opportunity with your friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter. Click here to Tweet this opportunity now!

I just read a new book from Brian Tracy, called “Full Engagement” and I recommend that you pick up a copy.

It contains a great deal of wisdom for any leader who’s looking to get the most of the people they lead.

Here’s one quote I found to be powerful:

There are two simple rules for success as a manager: Rule number one says, “Your life only gets better when you get better.”

Rule number two: “Your people only get better when you get better.”

- Brian Tracy

Good stuff!

P.S. For more insights into making the most of your leadership, check out Leadership Skills for a Growing Church.