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"Thriving churches have always been—and will always be—built on a base of personal calling, not personal choice."
- Nelson Searcy and Kerrick Thomas, Launch: Starting a New Church from Scratch, Chapter...
Just like the birth weight of a new baby is critical to his early health, "launching large" is critical for a new church plant.
Here’s my goal with all the resources that I offer on Church Planting:
I...
"Success begins when you have a specific plan for moving from where you are to where you want to be. In other words, success starts with strategy....Just as God had a strategy for hanging the stars an...
What if you could ignite an evangelistic revolution where evangelism happens every Sunday and your church doubles every year?
It's possible, when you have an effective evangelism system!
Ready to ge...
"God has allowed you to walk the path you’ve walked for a reason. He has given you your story. Now, give it back to him. Commit it to him and ask him to use it to touch the family, friends, coworkers ...
"The number one reason people attend church for the first time—that is, the number one reason people step into an environment where they can hear the truth about Jesus proclaimed—is because someone th...
Did you know that the majority of church plants fail within the first year?
Why?Â
Because most church planters start churches without a clear calling from God.
In order to plant a healthy church, y...
"There’s nothing to be scared of. In fact, God has uniquely positioned you to influence the people in your life for him. And he has only one requirement you have to meet in order to qualify. You simpl...
Big Idea #4 from Understanding Church Growth:
Of the three kinds of church growth, conversion growth should be your goal.
The three kinds of church growth are: biological, transfer and conversion. Conve...
As pastors, we can be frustrated and saddened when we see our church members struggling to share their testimonies, or when our attendance numbers aren't growing with new believers.
What if there's a...
Big Idea #7 from Understanding Church Growth:
Don’t insist on moral reform as a prerequisite to becoming a disciple.
As pastors, we need to allow room for our people to grow. People do not need to be pe...
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Meet Dr. Nelson Searcy
Nelson Searcy is the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. By God’s grace, he identified and developed the Eight Systems of a Healthy Church® that he has used to coach over 5,000 churches in the US and around the world to adapt those eight systems to their unique ministry fields, resulting in great health and growth.
Nelson regularly coaches pastors online and in-person through the Church Leader Insights and Renegade Pastors Network ministries that he founded. He also leads several annual pastor in-person conferences and online training events. In ministry for more than 25 years, Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.”
He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 20+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life and Ministry, The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and Fusion: Turning First-Time Guests Into Fully-Engaged Members of Your Church. Nelson is the recipient of the prestigious Donald A. McGavran Award for Outstanding Leadership in Great Commission Research.
He is a longtime student of church history, especially mastering the areas of evangelism and church growth. He divides his time between NYC and South Florida. He battled Stage 4 cancer and has been cancer-free since 2018, praise God! He has an amazing wife, Kelley, and a teenage son, Alexander, who continues to grow in so many ways.
