As we discussed in Part 1 of our Easter series, we must make the most of the opportunity Easter affords us, and in that vein, here are 5 tips to plan an effective Easter service. #1: Don’t turn your Easter service into the extravaganza of the year. This is one of the most common mistakes I see. At first glance, … Read More
You’re invited – FREE Maximizing Easter training next week
You are invited to join me over Zoom next week for a 90-min Maximizing Easter in 2025 online training. Don’t let this be an average Easter — at this training you’ll receive brand new tools and strategies to meet today’s opportunities. You will discover the easy-to-implement (and proven!) ideas you can use to overcome your current challenges and still GROW … Read More
FREE online training: Maximizing Easter in 2025 – secure your spot for next week
Hey, you are among the first to be able to sign up for my brand new online training event to help you make 2025 your BEST EASTER EVER! At my 90-minute Maximizing Easter in 2025 online training, you’ll receive brand new tools and strategies to meet today’s opportunities. You’ll be able to harness the power of Easter to reach more … Read More
Biblical hospitality – Is your church family prepared for new guests?
As the old saying goes: If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. But I’d like to spin that a little and say: If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail. Preparation is key to success in any endeavor. To leave your house in the morning, you have to prepare yourself. You shower, comb your hair and brush … Read More
How a Tampa Bay church trained their people that evangelism is essential
Pastor Joel Eason, of Bridgeway Church, was sitting in one of my Renegade Pastors Network coaching sessions when he felt convicted by something I’d said about evangelism: “We tell our people to be evangelistic, but we don’t offer them any training on how to do it.” For Joel, that was a metaphorical raising-of-the-hand moment — he knew he wanted to … Read More
FREE Workshop Today @ 2pm ET – How to Train Your People to Share Their Faith
Hey, I still have some space available for today’s training, How to Train Your People to Share Their Faith this Easter. Sign up now to catch it TODAY at 2pm ET. This is your only chance to learn, step-by-step, my system for training people to share their faith in simple, non-threatening but powerful ways. It’s a fact that personal evangelism … Read More
FREE Workshop Wednesday: Training Your People to Share Their Faith This Easter
Hey, you’re invited to join me THIS Wednesday for a FREE 90-min online workshop to teach you exactly how to lead an evangelism training event in your church, step-by-step. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR FAITH THIS EASTER One-Time Only, LIVE via Zoom THIS Wednesday, February 19 2:00pm – 3:30pm ET! Click here to save your FREE spot now … Read More
How a Chicagoland church built an outward focus through evangelism training
Pastor John Palmieri reveals one challenge that his congregation was facing as they came out of a pandemic-induced hibernation — they had become, as he put it, “too inwardly focused, and not focused at all on our neighbors.” John pastors the Elgin, IL campus of New Life Community Church. New Life has 27 campuses all over the Chicagoland area. He … Read More
How a Texas church equipped their people to make a difference through evangelism
Pastor Matt Sturdevant, who leads Hope Church in Fort Worth, TX, understands an important reality about Jesus followers: most of them desperately want to make a difference, but don’t know how. Matt and his staff do four Big Days at Hope Church every year. (A Big Day is an all-out push toward a single Sunday for the purpose of setting … Read More
Add These to Your Reading List: Top 15 Best Books for Church Leaders (Part 5)
The single greatest way you can grow as a leader in 2025 is to read books. As a fellow pastor, I’d like to save you time and focus your attention where it needs to be for maximum growth and development. We’re wrapping up our our series on my top 15 best books for church leaders, narrowed down from hundreds of books … Read More