Can your Vacation Bible School do more than lead kids to Christ? Yes, you can see your VBS attenders become church-going families if you build a relationship with them. At New Song, we have four distinct goals for our summer Kids Camp: Disciple the children of our church in an intensive, week-long program. Develop leadership and […]
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9 Things to do When you Have a New Believer in your Church
Here’s a quiz. What do you do when you have a new believer in your church? Check all that apply: Do a happy dance with your spouse and kids. Send out random happy face emojis. You are happy, after all. Slip into your auditorium and onto your knees to thank Jesus for trusting your church […]
How to Leverage Social Media to Reach your City
Guest post by Jason Daye. Director of Ministry Development at Outreach, Inc and Host of The ChurchLeaders Podcast I guess I wasn’t expecting it, but there it was. A message from an old friend, whom I had not spoken with in many years. He contacted me through Facebook, explaining that the encouraging posts I had […]
How to Lead 48,000 People to Jesus
He has room to talk. Under the leadership of Rick Warren, Saddleback Church has baptized 48,700 people. Equally impressive: 78% of the church came to Christ at Saddleback. The numbers are so big, you may not relate. You’re just hoping for a couple of new families. It’s been awhile since anyone came to Christ at your church. […]
How to Win People to Jesus by Answering their Questions
Years ago, a lady who didn’t attend church made an appointment to see me. She had questions and thought a pastor could answer them. Her biggest question was, “If there is a God, why is there so much suffering in this world?” It’s everybody’s biggest question. We talked awhile. I gave her an answer, but […]
How to Lead Your Church to be Boldly Evangelistic
Every pastor I know wants to grow his church by leading people to Christ. If that’s you, you’re in good company. If you’re succeeding at it, you’re in rare company. According to the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism, only 10% of our churches are succeeding at leading people to Christ. 90% of American churches are either […]
The Great Commission is Our Commission
This is how great churches become great. Their members build intentional friendships and step by step, love people to Christ.
The Great Commission in the Old Testament
Long before Jesus issued his last command, a psalm-writer expressed the hope that one day people from every nation would worship God and be blessed by him. You might call Psalm 67 “The Great Commission in the Old Testament.”