Grow your Outdoor Church Service by working on the logistics. We didn’t imagine being in this position. Our building is off limits for church, and the parking lot is the center of ministry. Here’s something else we never imagined: we like outdoor church better than church indoors! Maybe it’s that we’re all desperate for the […]
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How to Build Momentum in your Church in the Dead of Winter
Wondering how you can see an explosion of life and health in your church this winter? Make a way for the people in your church to grow and to invite their friends and, to your mild surprise, they will. You can see new excitement in the lobby and in the pews. Would you like to […]
9 Best Ways Churches Avoid the Summer Slump
Would you like June, July, and August to be months of strength and growth for your church? It’s possible… It should be. Sometimes churches create their own “summer slump” by backing off on ministry during the lazy days of summer. Now nobody’s calling anybody a sluggard here, but there’s a principle in Proverbs 20:4 that […]
The Best 21 Truths I Learned from Rick Warren
I went to Rick Warren’s “New Hope for Your Church” Conference in Orange County last summer. It’s the Purpose Driven Conference version 2.0 and Rick taught his heart for the local church. Here are 21 truths, lessons, insights and ideas from Rick that will help you as you lead your church. 1. A big church is not […]
13 Things to Do Now to Attract Newcomers in the Fall
Wise farmers know that to reap a harvest in the fall requires hard work in the summer. The months of September, October and November have historically been the best months to attract newcomers to church and enfold them into the Kingdom. Kids returning to school and fewer vacations make this an ideal season for people […]
How to Scale Up Excellence and See Your Church Grow
You Can Make More and Better Happen Two Stanford professors have much to say to church leaders about how to get from here to there. Robert Sutton and Huggy Rao are leadership thinkers and professors at Stanford University who have wrestled with the process of spreading excellence across organizations. Their book, Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to […]
Where Do you Start if you Want to Get your Church Unstuck?
I hate it when a church gets stuck. Especially if that church is mine. In 2001, New Song moved from a leased facility with a 200 seat auditorium to our own facility with a 600 seat auditorium. Everything increased, except our capacity to care. Attendance rocketed from 500 to 1,100 in one month. Then we […]
Why I Love Systems in my Church
Three times in New Song’s history I’ve been depressed or discouraged over the church’s lack of growth. During our early years, we plateaued at about 230. It happened again at around 400. Then we bounced between 750 and 950 for several years. Every time this happened I would pray, asking the Lord what we needed […]
12 Prayers That Will Build Your Church
Jesus intends to build his church. And we want to play a significant part in that. Here are twelve prayers that will build your church. 1. Anointed teaching Lord, anoint every teacher in every room of our church this week! Place your Spirit upon the preacher, youth teacher, and every Small Group and Sunday school […]
4 Must-Do’s for Explosive Growth this Fall
One of the most important principles for strengthening your physical body is the principle of stress and release. To build muscles, you must stress them, then release them so they can rebuild and become stronger. It’s also how your church can grow and why summer is the perfect time to prepare for growth this fall. […]