CHURCH LEADER INSIGHTS - April 2007
By Nelson Searcy and Roy Mansfield
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Church Health, Church Growth and Church Planting
::EVANGELISM / CHURCH GROWTH::
10 Ways to Keep Me From Discovering Your Church
Be completely inactive in the community: If you’re not doing anything in the community then no one will talk about your church. That makes it a lot harder for me to accidentally find out anything useful. So don’t serve the community or partner with other churches or non-profits. In fact it’s really just best if you stay completely inward-focused and don’t do anything missional in your city.
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HOW TO CREATE BUZZ
In the midst of this financial chaos the church has a tremendous opportunity. What could be more relevant to people than a source of very low cost, unbiased information and counsel that teaches and trains them in wise financial management? And what better opportunity for an open door into discussion of deeper matters of life and faith?
PODCAST: The Decision to Dilemma: When to Ask for An Evangelistic Decision
Every week we have unchurched people listening to our message, but how often should we call them to step across the line of faith? In this podcast, Nelson Searcy and Kerrick Thomas, Pastors at The Journey Church in New York City, discuss the decision dilemma and offer a system for how often to ask for an evangelistic decision
UNCHURCHED POPULATION REACHES 100 MILLION
If the unchurched population of the United States were a nation of its own, that group would be the eleventh most populated nation on earth (trailing only China, India, the churched portion of the United States, Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia, Japan and Mexico).
::CHURCH PLANTING::
BAPTISMS ARE BEST INDICATOR OF NEW CHURCH HEALTH
Flourishing new church plants with a higher-than-average number of baptisms during their first four years of existence, share several common traits: evangelistic emphasis, effective ministries and expanding leadership.
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::LEADERSHIP::
LEADERS: BUILD A CHURCH YOU WOULD WANT TO GO TO
One of the most powerful lessons I learned is the realization that much of the conflict we have is structural: good people, but bad structures. At least in my church tradition, there were many things we did that created conflicts.
LONG-RANGE FORECAST
Our calling is much higher than simply running away from what's wrong. We're called to chase lions--look for opportunities in our problems and obstacles, and take risks to reach for God's best. . . [Lion chasers] thrive in the toughest circumstances because they know that impossible odds set the stage for amazing miracles. That is how God reveals his glory--and how He blesses you in ways you never could have imagined.
BONUS ARTICLE (JUST FOR FUN!): WOMAN EVANGELIZES WORLD VIA 800 NUMBERS
Ridley, who has never left the state of Florida, began calling 800 numbers of major companies for hours a day to evangelize customer service representatives in foreign nations. She pretends to have a problem, and while following the representative's instructions she says things like, "Thank you, Jesus, for this day" loudly enough for the rep to hear.
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