Today we released a brand new resource on the www.church-strategies.com site. It's called, "Creating a Culture of Evangelism: The Factors that Make a Church Magnetic". I particularly excited about this resource because it gets into our story at Calvary Fellowship and how we went from reaching zero people with the Gospel in the first 18 months of our church and over the last 18 months we're seen nearly 1,000 people make first time decisions for Jesus. In this resource we talk about the practical things we did to partner with the Holy Spirit in creating a new culture in our church. … Read More
My Kindle 2 is for sale – Update: Sold!
OK, here's the deal: I'm selling my Kindle 2. It's 6 months old, has a case and almost 60 books included. Why am I selling it? Because I think I'm going to get the iPad. How much are you selling it for? $175 What books are included: (here's a sampling) - Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller - Linchpin by Seth Godin - The Most Successful Small Business in the World by Michael Gerber - 10 stupid things that keep churches from growing by Geoff Surratt - Ignite by Nelson Searcy - Less Clutter, Less Noise by Kem Meyer - A … Read More
Don’t Miss Your Chance…
On Thursday March 18th fro 1PM-2PM EST (that's tomorrow) I'm leading a tele-seminar entitled, "Direct Mail Essentials:Making Direct Mail Work". With only 18 days left until Easter, there's still time to put together a strategy for direct mail that get great results and costs half of what most church direct mail campaigns run. We launched our Miramar campus with over 160 people and all we did to promote it was direct mail! Here's what you can expect to Learn from this Practical, nuts and bolts tele-seminar: - How to stop spending a fortune on direct mail AND increase your response – How to get … Read More
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About 2 years ago I decided to make it difficult to comment on my blog. You had to sign in, get an account with Typekey, and then wait for the post to be approved. What I've found is that I've lost some of the purpose I started this blog for, which is to interact with other church leaders so we can learn from each other. So I decided today to reopen the comments. Comments will still be moderated, but people can now post comments freely without getting CIA-type clearance to so. So play nice… and enjoy!
Last Chance!
Easter is 24 days away! That means there's still time to be prepared to reach more people that ever. One of the ways we have reached people consistently at Calvary Fellowship is by using Facebook. Think about it: Right now there are over 400 million people on Facebook. That means the very people you're trying to reach in your community are on Facebook as well! Calvary Fellowship has consistently reached people by harnessing the power of Facebook and now you can learn the same principles we have used! In fact, here's what Pastor Paul Peterson had to say about about … Read More
It’s Happening Tomorrow!
Digital Evangelism: Reaching People through Facebook. Right now there are over 400 million people on Facebook. That means the very people you're trying to reach in your community are on Facebook as well. Calvary Fellowship has consistently reached people by harnessing the power of Facebook and now you can learn the same principles we have used! Here's what Pastor Paul Peterson had to say about using some of the Facebook strategies we teach: "Thanks for the helpful tips you shared with me a few weeks ago. We used several of them and consequently had over 1,000,000 impressions (views) of our ad and almost … Read More
Easter is 27 Days Away… Are you Ready?
Digital Evangelism: Reaching People through Facebook. Right now there are over 400 million people on Facebook. That means the very people you're trying to reach in your community are on Facebook as well. Calvary Fellowship has consistently reached people by harnessing the power of Facebook and now you can learn the same principles we have used! What will you learn in this one-hour, action packed, practical tele-seminar? – The Do's and Don'ts of advertising on Facebook – The 1 thing you must avoid at all cost – How to track your Facebook results and see the return on your investment – … Read More
It Seems Like a Lifetime Ago…
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… I was a musician. In fact, when I became a Christian I thought I would someday be a worship leader (who knew preaching would be my thing 🙂 Anyway, a website recently put out a list of the 10 best Christian metal bands and my former band Strongarm was #5. I'm honored my that. Being in Strongarm was a great time in my life. Had it not been for God's call on my life to prepare myself for Pastoral ministry, I would have continued playing music. The link to … Read More
Will You Reach People Using Facebook this Easter?
On Thursday, March 11th from 1PM-2PM EST, I'm going to lead a brand new tele-seminar called, "Digital Evangelism: Reaching People through the Power of Facebook". We get a lot of questions about how we reach people every week through advertising on Facebook, so we are going to share everything we know about reaching people through Facebook. Here's what I'm going to over in this nuts and bolts tele-seminar: – The Do's and Don'ts of advertising on Facebook– The 1 thing you must avoid at all cost– How to track your Facebook results and see the return on your investment– Who … Read More
It Ends at Midnight Tonight!
I know I've mentioned this several times in the last week, but the "moving sale" ends tonight at midnight. The response has been amazing! We're glad to resource so many churches through this sale – plus, it's less boxes for us to carry 🙂 This a great opportunity for you to stock up on some resources you've been meaning to pick up. Some of our best selling resources are 50% off like… The Zero to Sixty Seminar for only $38.50 Laying the Foundation for only $48.50! The Tithe Challenge for only $64! The Portable Church Challenge for only $38.98 Other best … Read More
