Hey Pastor –

Can you meet me in Virginia or DC next week for a couple of FREE Live Events I’m doing exclusively for Senior Pastors?

Chesapeake/Norfolk, VA Area on Wednesday, July 21
DC/Northern Virginia Area on Thursday, July 22

I’m pumped – we already have a great group signed up, but we still have room for you (and your Executive/Associate Pastor and Worship Leader – more about that later).

There’s no time to waste though, these events are less than a week away!

I will be leading The Top 3 Growth Barriers Workshop for Senior Pastors – here’s what I’ll 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!

Here are the links where you can Register Now (in 5 minutes or less):

P.S. While you’re registering yourself for one of these Top 3 Growth Barriers Events, don’t forget to sign up your Executive/Associate Pastor and Worship Leader for the companion events led by Kerrick Thomas and Jason Hatley!

Again, all these events are free – don’t miss this chance to TRAIN YOUR ENTIRE STAFF IN ONE DAY!

Click here for Chesapeake/Norfolk Area on Wednesday, July 21

Click here for DC/Northern Virginia Area on Thursday, July 22

I’ll be heading back to the Carolinas (my old stompin’ ground) next week for two FREE “Senior Pastors Only” Events – one in the Raleigh, NC, area, and one in the Columbia, SC, area.

I love these events because it always gives me a chance to get to know more of you face-to-face (not to mention teaching you how to break the 3 most common growth barriers that all churches face).

Here’s the info:

The Top 3 Growth Barriers – RALEIGH
(FREE and for Senior Pastors Only)
Wednesday, May 5
9:00am – 12:00 noon

Hosted By:
New Horizons Fellowship
820 E. Williams St.
Apex, NC 27502
(Raleigh Area)

The Top 3 Growth Barriers – COLUMBIA
(FREE and for Senior Pastors Only)
Thursday, May 6
9:00am – 12:00 noon

Hosted By:
River Springs Church
1007 West Shady Grove Road
Irmo, SC 29063
(Columbia Area)

So, Senior Pastor – Can you join me?

Here’s what I’ll 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!

To Register for FREE now (hurry – there are only a few seats left at each venue):

Click Here for the Raleigh Event on Wednesday

Click Here for the Columbia Event on Thursday

I hope to see you there!

I am convinced that right now is the best time to grow a church.

People  are most open to the Gospel in times of tension, trouble and transition — and there’s plenty of each going around!

So, I’m excited about the potential for growth over this next year and I want to help you break your next growth barrier this spring.

So, with that desire and in preparation for my new Tele-Coaching Network (which begins next Thursday), I want to give you your choice of one of my bestselling Growth Barriers resources (Breaking the 65, 125, 250 or 500 Barrier).

To receive your Free Growth Barriers resource, click the link below and enter the current growth barrier you’re facing (65, 125, 250 or 500):

www.ChurchLeaderInsights.com/giveaway

P.S. There’s still time to apply for my new Senior Pastor Tele-Coaching Network, but you need to hurry! For more info and to apply, click here.

Over 600 Senior Pastors have already signed up for my Top 3 Growth Barriers Webinars this week, are you one of them?

I really enjoy doing this webinar – it’s 2 hours of content, based on my bestselling “Growth Barriers Workshop” resource.

You’ll learn to identify the top 3 growth barriers that all churches face regardless of size AND some principles and strategies to break through each of them!

So if you’re a Senior Pastor and haven’t signed up yet, there’s still time and space for you to sign up – but I encourage you to register now.

I’m doing this webinar at 4 different times for your convenience:

Tuesday, February 2 (1:30pm – 3:30pm)

Wednesday, February 3 (3:00pm – 5:00pm)

Wednesday, February 3 (7:00pm – 9:00pm)

Thursday, February 4 (4:00pm – 6:00pm)

(All Times EASTERN)

To find out more and to register now, CLICK HERE before it’s too late!

What a great first week it’s been on the Top 3 Growth Barriers Tour for Senior Pastors!

Today is stop #4 and I’m in Metro Atlanta (Marietta), getting ready to train over 200 pastors in the top 3 growth barriers that every church faces, regardless of size.

Our host today is Pastor Bryant Wright and  Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, they were gracious enough to partner with me to invest in some of our fellow pastors.

Bryant is one of the most effective and unique communicators I know – check out his “Right from the Heart” ministry here.

A lot has changed around Metro Atlanta since Johnson Ferry Baptist Church began in the early 1980′s, but one thing has remained constant: their solid commitment to Christ and expanding His Kingdom.

It’s going to be a great day in the Peach State!

P.S. I’ll be wrapping up the Top 3 Growth Barriers Tour for Senior Pastors with events in the Metro Washington, D.C. Area and New York City – if you’re a Senior Pastor in these areas, I hope you’ll join me! Click here for more info.

I’m in the Nashville Area today for the next stop on my Top 3 Growth Barriers Tour for Senior Pastors.

Our host today is Freedom Church and Pastor Terrell Somerville.  Terrell is a Coaching Alum and has done a great job of leading Freedom since its founding in 2000.

Today, Freedom Church is one of the fastest growing churches in the region and they have just recently moved into the first phase of a new building.

It’s going to be another fun day of getting to meet and train 100+ Senior Pastors – one of my favorite ways to spend a morning!

P.S. If you’re looking for a proven process to grow yourself and your church over the next year, you might be a good fit for my upcoming Tele-Coaching Network for Senior Pastors – click here to read more and apply today!

Today is Stop #2 on my Top 3 Growth Barriers Tour for Senior Pastors, and I’m in St. Louis!

It’s been just over 30 years since God shared the vision for Life Christian Church with Pastor Rick Shelton (one of my coaching alumni), and I’m excited to take a closer look at the church He’s been building during that time.

I’m also excited to meet and invest in so many Senior Pastors here in the Gateway City – it should be one of our biggest turnouts on the whole tour!

P.S. Now is the time to get in your application for my next Senior Pastor Tele-Coaching Network – you can find out more and download your application by clicking here.

Today I’m in Indianapolis – preparing for the first stop on my Top 3 Growth Barriers Tour for Senior Pastors!

Our hosts for the day here in Indy are Pastor John Newland and Fall Creek Baptist Church.

John is a Coaching Alum who has done a great job of implementing what he’s learned about church systems into the life of Fall Creek.

I’m looking forward to seeing John and he and I both are excited to be able to give back through this Free Event to a great group of Senior Pastors.

If you would, please pray for me and this group of pastors from all over the Indianapolis area and beyond!

P.S. You can hear about John’s experience in my Coaching Network in this video – click here.

One tool that I find useful any time I go through any type of training (live, webinar, audio, book, etc.) is to write down my top 10 key learnings, and how I can apply them.

I recently received an email from Dr. Kenneth Sesley where he shared his list with me.  Kenneth is the Pastor of Kingdom Advancers Family Church International in California, and a member of my Senior Pastors Tele-Coaching Network.

With his permission, I’m sharing his Top 10 Keys to Breaking the 65 Barrier at his church – it’s one of the best lists I’ve seen:

1.  I must model ministry by serving as an example to the congregation.

2.  I must mentor new leadership.

A.  Hand pick them.

B.  Ask them if they are willing to help me implement the things that need implementing.

C. Invest in them by pulling them together for occasional short training meetings.

3.  I must continually cast vision for growth.

4.  We must focus on making the Sunday Services better, by first planning them further in advance. This starts with using a preaching calendar.

5.  The church must  develop a childcare ministry - nursery, preschool, kindergarten and elementary classes.

6.  We must utilize Big Days combined with special attraction series during key growth periods in the Winter (February), Spring (Easter), Summer (Mother’s/Father’s Day), and Fall (Back to Church Sunday).

7.  We must use Personal Evangelism that focuses on inviting unsaved and unchurched friends and family, as well as using Friendship Evangelism to invite the community to church.

A.  All of this must be combined with the power of Mass Promotion.

B.  And then combine all of this with our loving First Impressions Assimilation Team.

8.  To break through the 65 barrier completely we must get to 75-85 worshipers a week. This means that our facilities must have between about 95 – 125 seats.

In addition, we need a minimum of 40 to 50 parking spaces. This will require some changes.

9.  We must add a staff member.  Maybe a part time Worship Leader or Youth/Children’s Minister.

10.  We must begin thinking 125 by:

A. Planning how and where we will seat 125.

B. Planning and preparing sermons and worship services for 125.

C. Keeping 125 in my thinking constantly.

D.  Finding some pastors whose churches are at 125 and are growing and get to know them. Learn everything I can from them. Take some leaders there so they too can SEE the next step!

Great work Kenneth – I look forward to hearing how God honors these changes!

Are you struggling to break the 65 Barrier at your church?

I’d like to offer you a FREE Copy of Breaking the 65 Barrier (normally $23.95)!

Just click the “Ask Nelson” button on the right side of this blog and ask me for it – but hurry, I can only offer this for the next 3 days.

P.S. We’re exactly ONE MONTH AWAY from the start of my brand new Senior Pastor Tele-Coaching Network, where we work together to break the growth barriers that your church is facing.  For more information and to Apply Now, go to:

www.ChurchLeaderInsights.com/telecoaching/

I’m only a couple of weeks away from a very special series of Live Events, Free for Senior Pastors, that I’m calling “The Top 3 Growth Barriers Tour.”

I am partnering with a number of my coaching alumni (they’re serving as hosts) to make each of these Senior Pastor-Only Events FREE for you, as long as you pre-register.

It’s a chance to give back to the Church Leader Insights family and for me to get out and meet more of you “live and in person.”

Will you join me?  Here’s the information:

Are you STUCK?

Do you find yourself pushing against the same Growth Barriers week after week?

REGISTER NOW for the Breaking the Top 3 Growth Barriers seminar led by Nelson Searcy!

These LIVE EVENTS are coming soon to an area near you:

Tuesday, January 26 9:00am – 12:00noon Indianapolis, Indiana	Wednesday, January 27 9:00am – 12:00noon St. Louis, MO
Thursday, January 28 9:00am – 12:00noon Gallatin, Tennessee (Nashville Area)	Friday, January 29 9:00am – 12:00noon Marietta, Georgia (Atlanta Area)
All Events FREE for Senior Pastors OnlyWhen You Pre-Register ($49.95 at the Door)

ATTENTION SENIOR PASTORS:

Join Nelson Searcy for one of these LIVE EVENTS in your area,

where you will learn:

• How to identify what is keeping your church from growing the way God desires
• How to identify the #1 barrier that holds back your church (it’s not what you think!)
• Your unique role as the Senior Pastor in removing these barriers forever (it’s not as hard as you’ve been led to believe)
• Specific “nuts and bolts” next steps to remove each barrier
• How to cooperate with God to experience His blessing in your church
• Plus much more!

P.S. These events are for Senior Pastors Only and are FREE if you Pre-Register ($49.95 at the door) — CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO