I have been absolutely blown away by the feedback I’ve been getting since I released my new “Maximizing Baptism Seminar” resource – truly amazing!

I just got an email update (and a great video) from a brand new church in the Philippines – Community for Christ Davao – and wanted to share it today:

As promised, here is the video link in YouTube for the 1st baptism at Community for Christ Davao on July 17, 2011.

There were 6 young men who publicly confessed their faith in Jesus. Most of them came from broken homes and none of them have families with Christian background.

All glory to God!

Our official launch date will be this weekend and we have 300+ people who confirmed their attendance. Please pray for us.

We will keep you posted.

-Kathie

And here’s the video she sent:

Awesome – keep up the great Kingdom work in the Philippines!

P.S. Are you ready to MAXIMIZE BAPTISM at your church?

Download “The Maximizing Baptism Seminar” THIS WEEK (before end of day Friday, September 23) and you’ll receive Over $99.00 in Bonus Resources, 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)

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I got this picture recently from a member of my Senior Pastor Tele-Coaching Network of a sign he saw outside a restaurant:

It kinda makes you wonder if they want you around at all!  In fact, my favorite is where someone has remove a number so it says “Max stay 0 mins”

We got a great chuckle out of the pic (hope you enjoyed it too), but it reminds me of something that churches do ALL the time.

Churches will often attack a small problem with a negative sign like this and, in effect, alienate the very people they’re trying to reach.

• A skateboarding teenager scratches the paint on a rail so up goes the “No Skateboarding” sign.
• One of the elders hears an unchurched neighbor using bad language outside in the parking and the “No Swearing” sign is ordered.
• The neighborhood children hanging out on the steps make someone nervous and “No Loitering” appears.

Before you know it, this church has effectively told its unchurched neighbors that they’re not welcome here (especially if they like skateboarding or hanging out with their friends).

I’m reminded of Proverbs 14:4:

Without oxen a stable stays clean, but you need a strong ox for a large harvest.

In other words, the easiest, cleanest method of reaching your community for Christ is to just not reach out at all.

But if you’re serious about Kingdom results – lives transformed by Jesus – then maybe it’s time to take down the “No-No” signs and be willing to get a little messy.

P.S. Want to truly reach the people of your community with a Big Day this fall?  Check out The Ignite Seminar.

Do you get each month’s Church Leader Insights Newsletter?

Every month I send out the latest and best thinking on Church Growth, Evangelism, Leadership, Church Planting, and more – the best church leadership content I can find - designed to help you lead your church to greater health and growth.

And the best part…. It’s absolutely FREE! (click here to sign-up now).

Just in case you missed the most recent edition, here’s a look at a sample article about helping New Believers grow:

10 THINGS EVERY NEW BELIEVER SHOULD KNOW

“So here are the ten things (not necessarily in any particular order) that I thought my new Christian friend should sink down deep into his heart, head, and hands as he travels his first year with Jesus:

1) The one thing that the Bible emphasizes more than us loving God and people is that God loves us. He loves us first and most. God isn’t in heaven plucking a daisy saying, “I love you” when you obey and “I love you not” when you sin. He cannot not love you (Rom. 5:8 and 1 Jn. 4:16).

2) Your motivation for and the purpose of learning, serving, worshiping, giving, reaching, reading, praying, etc. is to grow relationally more in love with God and people (Mt. 22:36-40)

3) You not only are saved by grace, but you grow by it, too. ”

- Read More

The Church Leader Insights Newsletter is designed to bring you the best available church leadership content each and every month – and all you have to do is check your email!

If you’re not already subscribed, you can click this link to sign up right now.

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!

I want to tell you about a POWERFUL (and underused) technique to challenge and motivate more people to be baptized…

THE BAPTISM VIDEO!

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.infusionsoft.com/cart/store.jsp?view=4&i=p1604

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.infusionsoft.com/cart/store.jsp?view=4&i=p1604

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.infusionsoft.com/cart/store.jsp?view=4&i=p1604

Remember – the $10.00 Charity Water Donation and Additional Bonus Resources are available THIS WEEK ONLY!

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.

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.infusionsoft.com/cart/store.jsp?view=4&i=p1604

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.infusionsoft.com/cart/store.jsp?view=4&i=p1604

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

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!

I just released my brand new resource on how to maximize your baptisms (how to double your baptisms, increase sign-ups, make sure no one falls through the cracks, etc.) – a complete system from start to finish.

In this new seminar, I’ll teach you the entire system in two hours of audio (and a special Q and A) plus tons of my never-before-shared documents, emails and promotional materials that you can use/edit for your church. Plus, a set of special bonuses if you pick it up this week.

Check it out:

DOWNLOAD BEFORE FRIDAY, JULY 1st AND RECEIVE OVER $99.00 IN ADDITIONAL BONUS RESOURCES!  Are you MAXIMIZING the celebration of Baptism in your church? Do you have an effective plan to help people decide to be baptized and move forward from that decision to celebration and discipleship after their baptism? In The Maximizing Baptism Seminar, Nelson Searcy has developed a valuable five-step system that will equip you to PROMOTE, PREPARE, PREACH, PRESENT and PRESERVE every baptism in your church. In this comprehensive  resource, you will learn: 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!

Click Here to Download Now & Save $30.00! or Click Here to Secure Your 3-CD Set

You Will Receive:  Complete Seminar Audio (MP3) Fill in the blank Listener’s Guide Leader’s Notes (to teach to others) More than 45 Sample Documents Everything you need to maximize the impact and celebration of baptism at your church! Your Church Resources Include:   Fully Editable Baptism Checklist Complete Listener’s and Leader Guides Sample Promotional Emails Sample follow up documents Step by step process documents DOWNLOAD BEFORE FRIDAY, JULY 1ST FOR OVER $99.00 IN BONUS RESOURCES! Free Bonuses! Download Today to Secure These Additional BONUS RESOURCES: 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) Don’t Delay – Click Here to Download Now with Over $99.00 in BONUSES! P.S. As you might expect, the bonuses go away on FRIDAY, JULY 1 – yep, I’m rewarding those who act quick. Oh, and this is the best price at which we’ll ever offer this resource – some people always tell me they’ll wait to see if we make a special offer – they end up paying more. And 365-day, no questions asked iron-clad refund policy if you don’t like it.