Just a quick reminder that our huge Memorial Day sale over at www.church-strategies.com ends on Monday!   Here's a sample of some of the resources that are on sale: – The New Believer Follow Up System (Our best-selling resource!) – How to Make Every Sunday like Easter (Brand New Resource!) – Laying the Foundation (A resource for establishing your board of directors and by-laws) – Zero to Sixty Seminar (over 4 hours of live teaching that covers all 60 Zero to Sixty principles!) – Serving Strategies (25 ways to increase volunteerism) – Watermark (case of 24 books) – The Tithe Challenge (One … Read More

We are having a huge Memorial Day sale over at www.church-strategies.com.   Every resource is on sale, so take this opportunity to stock up on resources you haven't picked up yet.  When you check out the site, you'll see that I'm serious and we've put every item in the store on sale.  Whether it's a CD resource or a download, it's on sale. Here's a sample of some of the resources that are on sale: – The New Believer Follow Up System(Our best-selling resource) – How to Make Every Sunday like Easter (Brand New Resource!) – Laying the Foundation (Board and … Read More

As Pastors, we don't think like normal people. If there's anything that's a barrier to reaching people, it's not being in touch to what real people are thinking and going through. Do you know what an unchurched person is thinking when they show up at your church?  Are you aware of what they want to know when they visit your website?  Well, it's all in a special report that I wrote called, "How to Think Like an Unchurched Person".  It's a FREE report that's available on the www.church-strategies.com website.  You can find the report here.  This has been a highly requested … Read More

Learn to Make Every Sunday as Powerful as Easter Sunday! As Pastors, we dreams of a church where every Sunday has the impact, excitement and attendance of Easter. Yet here’s the secret most churches don’t realize: it’s possible to create several "mini-Easter" throughout the year with focus and planning!  “How to make every Sunday like Easter: Strategies for Making Every Sunday an Event” will teach you 14 strategies for taking ordinary Sundays and making them extraordinary!   What will you learn in this 3-CD resource?  You will learn:-  How to maximize the 10 most underutilized Sundays of the year!-  How to make the calendar … Read More

At www.church-strategies.com we just released our New Believers Follow Up System. I am so excited about this resource because it gives leaders everything they need to help a new believer NOT fall through the cracks, but instead take steps that lead to maturity.   I mentioned this resource to a small group of Pastors and we literally sold out of our 1st run of this resource!  It shows me that the need is great and that Pastors don't want to see one more person making a decision for Jesus not become a disciple of Jesus.  We've seen 453 decisions for … Read More

Since I posted about the www.church-strategies.com newsletter, nearly 500 pastors and church leaders have signed up to get a weekly strategic tip in their email box (by the way, the next issue goes out Tuesday morning).  You can sign up for it here.  But I wanted to tell you about a couple more free growth opportunities:  Zerotosixtybook.com – This page is full of over $100 in free resources for church leaders that range from staffing to recommended reading to signage.  Everything is there to download… totally free.   www.church-strategies.com free stuff – In the www.church-strategies.com store, there's an entire section that has … Read More

Yesterday the 1st edition of the www.church-strategies.com newsletter went out.  I'm very excited about it.  It's a weekly newsletter that shares one practical church strategy each week.   We wanted to put something out that was highly practical and helpful for church leaders that didn't take a long time to read.  Because I never read long newsletters.  I have every intention to, but I never seem to get around to it. This newsletter is a quick read with high impact content!  If you want to subscribe (it's totally free) click here and opt in.  You'll be glad you joined the fun! 

I recently got the question, "What is the most important aspect of the Tithe Challenge?"  There's 4 major components of a tithe challenge that affect its' success, but I believe the most important aspect is the follow up. The better your follow up system for those who take the Tithe Challenge, the better your retention of those follow through for the whole 90-day period and beyond.   We lose the impact of the Tithe Challenge when we share it from the stage, people make that decision an then they never hear from us again.  Instead, once we give the Tithe Challenge, the … Read More

During the 1st 18 months of planting Calvary Fellowship, we did not see 1 person decide to follow Jesus at our church.  There were a few re-dedications, but no 1st time decisions.  This led to a bit of a personal crisis because I've always believed that evangelism and discipleship and the name of the game (so to speak).   What God did during this time was show me the importance of reaching out and the need to have a process of discipleship should God send new believers to our church.  Here's what happened: The 1st 18 months zero people decided to … Read More