I love the “best of” posts that have been filling my inbox lately. Great content. Super helpful. Now, here is our best: the top 8 posts of 2015 at PastorMentor. We are praying that at least one will be just what the Holy Spirit wants to speak into your life today. 10,000 Blessings, Hal How […]
I Love Sundays
What 500 Churches Discovered about Making Sunday the Best Day of the Week
Have you noticed “the rise of the Nones” in your community? Church demographers have observed that church attendance in America is on the decline because more and more people are declaring “None” as their religion. Even devout Christians are attending less frequently. What happened? And what can we do about it? What Sundays Used to […]
A Primer to Pull off a Wildly Successful Church Campaign
A church campaign takes money, and some work. You have to rally the troops and stir up some momentum. Then there’s your hidden concern that it won’t pay off. I felt that way. Until we did our first campaign. What is a Church Campaign? A church-wide campaign is a relevant, broadly-appealing, well-timed sermon series that […]
10 Amazing Unseen Things That Can Happen in Your Church Every Sunday
Pre-COVID-19, you could attend just about any church next Sunday and you would see the usual obvious things taking place: people are greeted, songs are sung, Scripture is read, a sermon is preached. All good stuff. These days, people watch church online, attend parking lot services, or gather in small groups. Church looks different, but the same […]
What if You Could Create a New National Holiday?
If you could create a new national holiday, what would it be like? When would you hold it? What would you call it? If I could create a holiday, here’s what it would look like… This new holiday would be one that draws families together. Not for yard work or sports competitions or a day […]
The Surprising Sabbath Church Growth Strategy
Have you ever noticed what God did on the seventh day of Creation? Sure. He rested. We know from Genesis 2 that God had completed the work of creation and he rested. But there is a nugget in Genesis 2:3. Unlike the other days when he called his work good, on the seventh day, God […]
Why you Need to Fight for Sundays
I’ve seen squared-away Marines wipe away their tears during church. I’ve had people tell me that they don’t know why, but they cry every week during church for months when they first start coming. I know why, and I bet you do, too. There is a spiritual transaction that happens when we come to church […]
How to Grow your Church in Leaps and Bounds
A trickle isn’t going to cut it. You might have wished for a new family or two to join your church every week or two, but that’s not how it works. Churches grow in leaps and bounds. Over the past ten years, New Song has doubled in size. All of our growth has come from […]