Today’s guest blog comes to us from Karl Vaters, pastor of Cornerstone Christian Fellowship in Fountain Valley, CA. Karl is the author of The Grasshopper Myth: Big Churches, Small Churches and the Small Thinking that Divides Us and is a regular contributor on NewSmallChurch.com. Much of today’s ministry training takes its lead from businesses. Maybe businesses should be taking their … Read More
McGavran Monday – Stewards of God’s Grace
In honor of Dr. Gary McIntosh’s new biography of Donald McGavran, here’s today’s Monday moment: “There is no doubt the Body rightly understood, reverently discerned, and scientifically described assists Christian leaders in being better stewards of the grace of God and effective communicators of the gospel of Christ.” – Donald McGavran Secure your copy of the book at 40% OFF … Read More
Evangelism Requires Committed Leaders – A Saturday Quote
“Followers must have leaders, and this means that before much can be done with the church membership something will have to be done with the church officials.” ― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism (book)
Books Change the World
This week in 1469 marks the death of of Johannes Gutenberg. Johannes was a developer of movable type, which became a powerful factor in the spread of the Protestant Reformation. Here are some pictures from August 2014 when my wife Kelley and I visited the Guttenberg Museum in Germany. Your partner in ministry, Nelson P.S. Taking a little inspiration from Gutenberg, now you don’t have … Read More
The Power of Assimilation
When I first made a decision to go to church, I was an adult. It was all very unfamiliar to me but I vividly remember that experience. For me, it started what has now been a lifetime transformation process. It’s what led me to Christ, what led me to baptism, what led me to grow, what led me to understand … Read More
It’s Today – The BIG Reveal!
Great news – the wait is officially over! I can pull back the curtains and reveal to you what my entire team has been working on these last few weeks – my brand new, 10-years-in-the-making resource that will grow your church faster than ever by helping you keep more first-time guests! I’m excited to share this exclusive with you today. Just … Read More
Pulling Back the Curtains Tomorrow – Last chance for Priority Access!
It’s your last chance for priority access – Tomorrow I’m pulling back the curtains to reveal a brand new, 10-years-in-the-making project but I want to make sure you get exclusive access to some special bonuses! Our entire team has been in hiding as we work on this “next generation” release and we’re taking a little more time to perfect it. But … Read More
McGavran Monday – Paul’s Fields
In honor of Dr. Gary McIntosh’s new biography of Donald McGavran, here’s today’s Monday moment: “To be accurate we must say that he (Paul) did not choose fields. He followed up groups of people who had living relations in the People Movement to Christ” – Donald McGavran Secure your copy of the book at 40% OFF plus insightful bonuses here. … Read More
The Gift of Grace – A Saturday Quote
“The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock; yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace.” – John Owen, church leader, theologian, and academic administrator at the University of Oxford
8 techniques used to boost online giving
The following article comes to us from Tithe.ly, one of our sponsors for the 2016 Renegade Pastors Conference. Tithe.ly exists to help local churches grow by providing modern giving tools. Only 42 percent of U.S churches provide the ability for people to give online, according to a recent Dunham+Company / Campbell Rinker study. That number plummets to 29 percent of U.S. churches with … Read More