CHURCH LEADER INSIGHTS - JUNE 2008

ByNelson Searcy, Roy Mansfieldand Scott Whitaker
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Church Health, Church Growth and Church Planting

::EVANGELISM / CHURCH GROWTH::

ANY SUNDAY CAN BE A BIG SUNDAY
There are basically two ways to increase your weekend celebration service attendance: 1) increase the number of new people who are attending; 2) increase the frequency of your regular attendees. It really is that simple. Not easy, but simple. <Read More>

** For more on developing a Big Day at your church, see “The Big Day” by Nelson Searcy by CLICKING HERE

::NEW AUDIO TRAINING::

PODCAST: ROY’S STORY Nelson interviews Church Leader Insights Director of Training, Roy Mansfield about how he miraculously survived seven major strokes in a 24 hour period of time. Roy talks candidly about the leadership lessons he learned (and how the church he pastored grew during the 6 months Roy did nothing but recover from this life threatening experience)! <Listen Here>

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THE WORD ON WORD OF MOUTH ADVERTISING FOR YOUR CHURCH
When I ask church leaders in my seminars if they know why their members don't invite others to church, they usually sit up and lean forward in their chairs hoping for a piece of secret advice. Then I tell them the truth that is no secret: The reason your church members don't invite others is. . .they don't want to. The real secret to getting real word of mouth advertising from your church is to treat people with respect and meet their needs better. <Read More>

RICK WARREN ON DISCIPLESHIP
The biggest mistake that churches make is we think that sermons will produce spiritual maturity. If people don't take notes, they forget 95% of what they hear within 72 hours. That is not going to produce spiritual maturity. <Read More>

::CHURCH PLANTING::

HOW DO YOU SPELL EFFECTIVE?...S-I-M-P-L-E
Servant Evangelism cannot be delegated! People will follow what they see their leaders doing. Leader must be involved in serving others as a completely natural lifestyle – an overflow of their living, vital relationship with Jesus. Servant Evangelism is like growing asparagus. When a gardener grows asparagus it takes three years before he can yield a crop. <Read More>

::ATTENTION CHURCH PLANTERS::

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:: LEADERSHIP::

TIME MANAGEMENT FOR BUSY PASTORS
I love the late-night infomercial where the guy puts the chicken on the iron stick, places it in the revolving rotisserie, turns the dial and says, "Set it and forget it!" I don’t think he even realizes that he’s giving millions of insomniacs a great time management tip. Just think about it: How much time would you save if you could automate some of the tasks that eat it away? What are you spending time on right now that you could “set and forget?” <Read More>

::RECOMMENDED BOOKS::

THE LAWS OF LIFETIME GROWTH By Dan Sullivan “I've been reading a lot lately about keeping the 'entrepreneurial mind set' alive in a maturing organization. Dan Sullivan, co-author of The Laws of Lifetime Growth, coaches thousands of entrepreneurs each months so his book caught my attention. Here's a few insights I found helpful: ‘Law 2 - Always Make Your Learning Greater Than Your Experience; Make each day a source of growth; You don't get to choose all the experiences you have, but you do get to choose what to do with them; Transform your experiences into lessons and you'll never feel world-weary or disadvantaged by your past.'” – Nelson Searcy

HEALTHY SYSTEMS, HEALTHY CHURCH By Nelson Searcy “This is a brand new 30-page e-book I just released that gives an overview of my latest thinking on church systems This is a step by step blueprint describing the ‘church systems’ process that I have taught to hundreds of coaching alumni - many of whom have seen huge spirit produced growth almost as soon as they went to work on their systems. This report is a guide book to true organic church growth. (dare I use the words ‘organic” and ‘church growth’ in the same sentence – read the e-book!).” – Nelson Searcy

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