Your Assimilation system is your plan for taking people from their first visit to being fully developing members of your church. Evangelism and assimilation go hand in hand. In fact, many times, assimilation precedes evangelism because unreached people will often attend your church for quite a while before making a decision to follow Jesus. You can’t simply expect your first-time … Read More
FREE Video – Grow Your Church Through the Power of Assimilation!
I’m excited to talk with you today about something life-transforming that will have a dramatic impact on the growth and health of your church! This is so important that I just had to make this available to you right away. So in this FREE video, I’ll introduce you to The Power of Assimilation and how making just a few small … Read More
Monday is for Follow-Up: Encouraging First-Time Guests to Return
“Why Assimilate? Assimilation leads to life transformation by giving people the means and opportunity to become maturing followers of Christ. In broad terms, “assimilation” can be defined as the process used to encourage your first-time guests to continue coming back until they see and understand God’s power, accept Jesus as their Savior and commit themselves to the local church through … Read More
John Bunyan on Prayer
“Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Spirit, for such things as God has promised.” – John Bunyan
Do you have a box for yourself? (A comprehensive wellness guide)
You’re preparing everything for this Sunday – but there may be one thing you don’t have checked off on your list. Do you have a box for yourself? Are YOU fully prepared spiritually, intellectually, physically and emotionally? Because personal preparation is just as important as sermon prep for Sunday. I want to do everything I can to help pastors like you … Read More
Fasting and Our Relationship with Christ
Today’s guest blog comes to us from Peter Leithart, author, minister, theologian, and President of the Theopolis Institute in Birmingham, Alabama. The Mosaic liturgical calendar prescribes only one fast, the day of atonement, when Israel was commanded to “humble your souls” (Leviticus 16:29; 23:27, 29, 32; the verb is sometimes translated as “afflict”). By way of contrast, Israel celebrated two … Read More
Join Me in Orlando for Boot Camp – Super Early Bird Extended!
Vince Lombardi walked into training camp into the Summer of 1961 and started by saying: “Gentlemen,” holding a football in his right hand, “this is a football.” He took nothing for granted. He began a tradition of starting from scratch, assuming that the players were blank slates who carried over no knowledge from the year before. What if you also … Read More
NEW RELEASE: Your Complete Guide to Spiritual, Intellectual, Physical and Emotional Health
Be honest – how often do you make yourself a priority? As pastors, we face many challenges when it comes to managing our emotional, spiritual, intellectual and physical health. Too often we sacrifice our own well-being on the altar of ministry. When is the last time you found yourself saying: I’m busy doing God’s work, so I don’t have time to … Read More
Monday is for Follow-Up: Touching Lives Through Biblical Hospitality
“Assimilation is simply well-planned biblical hospitality through service. The head of our organization is the greatest server of all time. Doesn’t it follow that we should be the ultimate example of such service to our guests? With the right system in place, we can serve in a way that will truly touch lives for God’s kingdom.” – Nelson Searcy (the above … Read More
William Carey on Dutiful Evangelism
“It is the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations.” -William Carey