CHURCH LEADER INSIGHTS - March 2007
B:yNelson Searcy and Roy Mansfield
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Church Leader Insights:
Church Health, Church Growth and Church Planting
:: EVANGELISM / CHURCH GROWTH ::
Equipping Members to Be Inviters
The best from of advertising a church can have is word-of-mouth. Studies have shown that many unchurched people would visit a church if a close friend or family member invited them.
- Available at www.outreach.com
Eternity Talk - Not Just For Funerals
Only a fool would go through life unprepared for what we all know will eventually happen. As pastors, we need to force people to think more about eternity, not less.
- Available at www.pastors.com
For more, see our newest resource, Evangelism Sermons.
21 FRESH EASTER IDEAS!
Idea 18: Next Generation Invitations
In addition to direct mail, signage and other materials, promote your Easter service with an e-card that can be easily forwarded along with a personal note.
- Available at www.christianitytoday.com
:: NEW AUDIO TRAINING ::
PODCAST: Momentum and Church Growth
It's been said that momentum is a church leaders best friend. In this 20 minute podcast Nelson Searcy and special guest Scott Whitaker, founding Pastor of StonePoint Church, share a formula for gaining and sustaining momentum in our churches. Listen Here
God hasn't designed introverts to be aggressive in evangelism. He made them sensitive, patient and thoughtful-characteristics that will be extremely effective in the lives of others. Our responsibility...is to prepare. When God brings opportunity, our responsibility is to genuinely care for that person. When that caring leads to a faith discussion, it won't be forced. It will be a natural expression of that caring.
- Available at: www.onmission.com
:: CHURCH PLANTING ::
LAUNCHING LARGE: The New Paradigm for Church Planting
Launching large is the ability of a new church to reach as many people as possible within the first six to eight months of existence. It's an issue of discovering and fulfilling potential. God's dream for your church is bigger than your dream. Launching large is about cooperating with God to see his vision accomplished in an area. Don't underestimate that vision, or your ability to tap into it.
- Available at: www.churchleaderinsights.com
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:: LEADERSHIP ::
PREACHING THAT RAISES OUR SIGHTS
Did you hear about the company that makes blank bumper stickers? They're for people who don't want to get involved. Too many churches have too many people who just don't want to get involved. Such apathy cripples the cause of Christ and paralyzes the effort to build healthy kingdom churches.
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I'm increasingly coming to the conclusion that there are really only two attitudes that people bring to work with them. Either they park right out front, or they park down the street in order to send a signal to their staff, their customers and themselves.
-Available at www.sethgodin.typepad.com
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