This week we’ve been looking at the power of personal evangelism — the act of a person sharing the gospel with another — and how it’s the most effective way to bring people to your church. If you missed Part 1, you can catch up right here. We introduced a proven equation for effectiveness: Tools + Training + Timeliness = … Read More
Mobilize your people through a proven formula for personal evangelism (Part 1 of a 3-Part Series)
Relationships are powerful tools that have tremendous influence. In the church world, we often fail to realize just how powerful. We have a vague desire for our people to invite their friends to church, but we don’t tap into the true potential of the idea. At the churches I have pastored or coached, I’ve found that 60-80% of first-time guests … Read More
Raising the evangelistic temperature through your church structure (Part 3 of a 3-Part Series)
Today we’re wrapping up a series on the practical ways that YOU as a pastor can lead and keep the evangelistic temperature in your church red-hot. We’ve focused on three avenues: the stage, the staff and now the structure. To catch up on Part 1 on the stage, click here; and for Part 2 on the staff, click here. Continuing … Read More
A Pastor’s Primary Role – Carrying the Evangelism Torch (Part 2 of 3-Part Series)
This week we’ve been looking at practical ways that YOU as a pastor can lead and keep the evangelistic temperature in your church red-hot. If you missed Part 1, you can catch up right here. To recap: as a pastor you have three avenues you can use to keep the temperature hot: the stage, the staff, and the structure. Continuing this 3-part article series, … Read More
How to keep the evangelistic temperature red-hot inside your church (Part 1 of a 3-Part Series)
Think of your current level of evangelism as a reading on a thermometer. What is the evangelistic temperature in your church right now, in 2025? Hot, cold, or somewhere in the middle? When it comes to evangelism, the pastor’s primary role is to keep the evangelistic temperature red-hot inside the church. If you are the pastor, it doesn’t matter whether … Read More
7 Ways to Increase Your Baptisms — FREE Webinar this Thursday
Nothing builds more excitement in your church like celebrating baptisms. So I’d like to help you baptize more people than ever! THIS Thursday, Sept. 26, discover the 7 “nuts-and-bolts” practices you can implement IMMEDIATELY to increase the number of new believers you baptize at your church. Save your spot now for my brand-new 90-minute webinar, 7 Ways to Increase Your … Read More
Memorial Day Closeout Sale – Seminars, Sermons and More
Hope you’re ramping up for a great holiday weekend of powerful worship services and of course great times with friends and family. But before you fire up the grill, load up on our buffet of savings during our biggest sale of the year… BIG MEMORIAL DAY SALE – AS LOW AS 25! Choose from 45 Resources – on Sale Thru the Holiday Weekend … Read More
Free E-book for Pastors: What Should You Measure Each Week at Your Church?
“What gets measured gets done,” but what do you measure each week at your church? Just as you stay (or should stay) on top of the numbers that gauge your health, eg. blood pressure levels, weight and height — the same is true when gauging the health of your church. The numbers are blinking indicators that let you know if all systems are … Read More
Donald McGavran on the Ground to Be Gained
“Let us analyze causes for growth and non-growth. Let us remember that the task is indeed great and complex and ours is only one part of the whole. Let us ask God to forgive our sins – and push resolutely forward as if we had not sinned. There is much ground to be gained and there are many adversaries to … Read More
Donald McGavran on Christian Mission
“Christian mission is bringing people to repent of their sins, accept Jesus Christ as Savior, belong to His Body the Church, do as He commands, go out and spread the Good News, and multiply churches.” – Donald McGavran, father of the Church Growth Movement, missionary to India and China, one of the premier missiologists of the twentieth century December 15, 1897 … Read More