Last week in Part 1 of this series, I introduced you to The Magic Seven – the seven minutes before your Sunday service begins and the seven minutes after the Sunday service ends. We continue our post today on ways you can connect with your guests. Here are a few more ways you can focus your time on the first seven minutes … Read More
John Bunyan’s Tips on Knowing if You’ve Been Called to Preach
Today’s guest post comes to us from Will Graham for Evangelical Focus.com. John Bunyan’s (1628-88) classic ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ is perhaps the best-known book of the Puritan era. Although millions of believers are familiar with the valiant exploits of Christian on his onward march to the Celestial City, few know much about the wonderful man of God behind the book. … Read More
Monday is for Follow-up: The Communication Card is Key
“Effectively using Communication Cards is key to a healthy Assimilation System. If this area fails, your Assimilation System itself fails. Of course, God will bring some of your guests back on their own, but He has called us to ministry for a reason. A large part of ministry is knowing how to do our part to keep the people He … Read More
Charles Spurgeon on Preaching the Whole Gospel
“It is the whole business of the whole church to preach the whole gospel to the whole world.” – Charles Spurgeon
Keys to Worship Planning: Connecting God’s Truth
“You stand in front of your people on Sunday mornings for one reason and one reason only: to connect God’s truth to real life in a way that leads to radical transformation.” – Nelson Searcy and Jason Hatley The above quote is from p. 53 of Engage: A Guide to Creating Life-Transforming Worship … Read More
Charismatic movement gaining traction in England
This guest post comes to us from Trevor Grundy for Religion News Service. Church closings are nothing new in England. In the past six years, 168 Church of England churches have closed, along with 500 Methodist and 100 Roman Catholic churches. “Christianity in Britain has seen a relentless decline for over 100 years,” says Linda Woodhead, a sociologist at Lancaster University. … Read More
The Magic Seven: Before the Service begins do this… – Part 1 of 4
Just what is The Magic Seven? It’s the seven minutes before your Sunday service begins and the seven minutes after the Sunday service ends. These 14 minutes are the best opportunities to connect with first-time guests or returning guests to your church. For that reason, you need to have an intentional focus during those times to connect with your guests in … Read More
C.S. Lewis on Hardship
“Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis
10 Public Speaking Tips from Charles Spurgeon
Today’s guest post comes to us from Christian George for The Spurgeon Center. How did the “Prince of Preachers” master the art of public speaking? Here are ten tips from Spurgeon’s lecture “On the Voice” (Lectures to My Students 11:117-135). 1. Posture Up! “Do not speak with your hands in your waistcoat pockets so as to contract your lungs, but … Read More
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