index Dear Pastor, I want to share a principle that will help your church financially this Summer. Where did I learn it? Actually, I discovered it going Trick or Treating as a kid. Here’s how it goes… When I was a kid and would go “trick or treating”, I had this strategy for getting more candy than any of my friends. It’s the same strategy we’ve used at Calvary (the church I Pastor) to increase our budget every year and disciple believers at the same time. So what was it? On Halloween, I went out earlier than all my friends. … Read More

index Dear Pastor, Summer is HERE! There are 2 things that use to remind me of this: My kids were out of school and Church was half empty on Sunday. I’m happy to say that for the past couple of Summers we are seeing more people at Calvary than ever. Bob tells you all about it in his latest FREE eBook! "7 Secrets to Growing Your Church this Summer" Download it now! You’ve got nothing to lose! God bless! -mark Mark Rodriguez Executive Pastor – Calvary Fellowship Director of Training – Church Ninja P.S. Check out Bob’s last email where … Read More

index Dear Pastor, Today we’re releasing a brand new sermon resource called, “Becoming: The Road from Here to There”. It’s a study through 1 Peter. We kicked this series off on Easter and it ran for 13 weeks. It is one of the most evangelistically potent series we’ve ever done. Here’s a few things that happened at Calvary during this series: We saw over 200 people make first time decisions We had 391 first time guests We baptized 74 people Plus countless people taking significant spiritual steps This series was a game changer for our church. So we’ve packed this … Read More

Dear Pastor, I know what Pastors are afraid of. It’s not his congregation. It’s not his deacons. It’s not even his wife (well, maybe some guys are afraid of their wives). But most Pastors are afraid of the summer. Yes, the Summer. This is the time when pastors think the offerings are going to tank and the congregation will disappear into thin air. I used to be afraid of the summer. In fact, I even learned the pastor lingo we use to talk about the summer: “The Summer Slump” But here’s what happened to me – we learned to turn … Read More

index Dear Pastor, It was December of 2000. I was a younger preacher, 3 months into planting my church. It was our first Christmas Eve service and I put in about 35 hours prepping a 30 minute holiday message. So the day came and I preached my heart out. I taught on the meaning of Christmas and when the end of the message came, I gave an invitation for people to invite Jesus into their lives. Crickets. I clarified the Gospel more. Created more urgency and then cast the net again and invited people to raise their hands if they … Read More

index Dear Pastor, Let’s be honest: Most churches have no outreach strategy to speak of. In fact, the majority of pastors are essentially throwing the proverbial Spaghetti-O’s against the wall and waiting to see what sticks. It reminds me of one of my kids’ favorite TV shows: Dora the Explorer Dora goes on all kinds of adventures. But she never goes anywhere without consulting “The Map”. It sounds basic, but the lack of a clear outreach strategy not only hinders a church’s ability to reach people, it wastes tons of money in the process. Because of this reality, we are … Read More

index Hi Pastor, Not sure if you saw this yesterday but we are offering 30% off one of our TOP SELLING resources: "Keep Those You Reach: 16 Secrets for Closing the Back Door of Your Church"               Click here to order Remember to use the coupon code: keep30 Blessings Mark Rodriguez Executive Pastor – Calvary Fellowship Director of Training – Church Ninja P.S. Check out bob’s email below   From: Bob Franquiz <[email protected]> Date: June 11, 2013, 10:05:40 AM EDT To: [email protected] Subject: Fwd: The George Costanza School for Pastors Dear Pastor, Remember the … Read More

index Dear Pastor, Remember the classic Seinfeld episode where George decides to do the opposite of his natural instincts and everything works out well for him? That’s how church leaders should be sometimes. They should do the opposite of what the average church is going. The average church is… Not growing Not seeing people saved Not baptizing new believers In short, the average church is, stuck! Here’s the leadership lesson: if your church is stuck, you have to do different things than got you into the mess. There was a season in my church’s history where we got stuck. We … Read More

index Dear Pastor, Do you remember the story that’s told about DL Moody? It goes like this… A woman once approached the great evangelist D. L. Moody to air a grievance. The woman said to him, “Mr. Moody, I don’t like the way you do evangelism!” “Well, ma’am, let me ask you, how do you do it?” Moody asked. She replied, “I don’t!” Moody responded, “Well, I like my way of doing it better than your way of not doing it!” This is what happens in many churches over the summer. They stop reaching new people because of the dreaded … Read More

index Dear Pastor, I’m so excited to introduce this free resource that we’ve been working on for a while. It’s called the Ninja Archive. What is it? It’s essentially a vault of great leadership, outreach and preaching content that will help you and your church. There’s mp3 messages, mp4 videos, pdf ebooks, Photoshop Illustrator files and book reviews of some of my latest reading. We’ve even added our Double your Leaders Conference to the Ninja Archive for you to watch at your convenience. We have tons of content that we’re going to keep adding to the archive. Here’s the best … Read More