We’re constantly looking for ways to increase the number of first-timers coming to church and to encourage the congregation to invite their friends. Here are four goodies.
At the end of worship, take a moment to say, “Let’s take a moment to center our thoughts on who we can invite to church next Sunday.”
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It’s hard to believe how stupid and un-Christian so-called Christians can be. The pastor, Terry Jones, who burned the Koran today, ought to be kicked out of the church. No mercy for an idiot of his kind who presumes to be called by God. Shades of the Crusades. This man needs to be defrocked. […]
I just finished writing a book entitled Preaching for Transformation. I used Acts as the text, especially Acts 1:8 where the apostles (“apostles” means “the sent ones” in Greek) were told they would be Jesus’ witnesses throughout the world when the Holy Spirit came upon them. God had a plan for the apostles. Let’s call that “Plan A.”
Plan […]
Coming up in September we will celebrate (if that is the proper word for it) the 10th anniversary of the fateful day of 9/11. If there was any doubt that the world has fundamentally changed, 9/11 should settle that.
Now the real question is, what are you planning in the way of a celebration that […]
I will be at Exponential 2011 this year on all three days for four workshops. If you plan on being there, it would be great to connect. Just email me and let me know.
Exponential is one of the largest gatherings of church planters on the planet. It delivers quite a punch over three days. If […]
Over the next few days, I will be blogging on the essentials to breaking the following worship barriers – 200, 500, 1000, and 1500 people in worship. Today I will begin by listing the essentials for breaking 200.
Breaking the 200 in Worship Barrier.
A full-time worship leader who functions also as a pastor to those […]
I believe the primary mission of the local church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ. Â If I believe that, then everything my church does should be pointed toward that goal. Â If I believe that, then I must also believe that making disciples doesn’t begin inside the church, it begins out in the community […]
Last week I was in Eugene Oregon at Wayne Cordeiro’s farm working with Leadership Network. There were two other mentors like Wayne and myself along with around 20 25-35 year old pastors. All of them were outside of the mainstream, were leading growing churches, and were multi site or were getting ready to go […]
This year people will spend 2.1 billion on Easter Candy. You read that correctly- 21 billion. Thank what could be done with that amount of money to do good instead of putting pounds on the average person.
So the next time you decide to take a bite of that chocolate Easter bunny think how many […]
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