Episodes
Thursday Aug 25, 2016
Thursday Aug 25, 2016
Paul Dennis of FCA Outdoors tells us how to get into the schools legitimately, fill a real need, build relationships and bring more students to Christ. Enjoy!
Friday Aug 12, 2016
Friday Aug 12, 2016
Learn more about the Harvest Georgia event where Greg Laurie will be preaching the gospel September 23, 24 and 25 with Phil Wickham, Chris Tomlin, Lacrae, THIRD DAY and more at http://georgia.harvest.org.
Sunday Aug 07, 2016
Episode 60 | What is Harvest Georgia And How Local Churches Can Be Involved
Sunday Aug 07, 2016
Sunday Aug 07, 2016
Thursday Jul 28, 2016
Episode 59 | How To Promote BIG Sundays: A Blueprint Chat With Hal Seed
Thursday Jul 28, 2016
Thursday Jul 28, 2016
Tuesday May 17, 2016
Tuesday May 17, 2016
The altar flooded after this message from James Merritt. With a hot heart over the lost and for the gospel, Dr. Merritt challenged attendees of the REACH 2016 Evangelism Conference to get their community on their hearts. Extremely RELEVANT to our day was this incredible message. Listen, enjoy and don't forget to share.
Monday Mar 28, 2016
Episode 57 | A Strategy For Reaching Millennials - Steven Bonham Interview
Monday Mar 28, 2016
Monday Mar 28, 2016
Tuesday Mar 15, 2016
Episode 56 | Why They Stay: Keeping The Next Generation - Steve Parr Interview
Tuesday Mar 15, 2016
Tuesday Mar 15, 2016
Wednesday May 13, 2015
Episode 55 | Sunday Attraction: Creating The Elevated Excuse To Invite
Wednesday May 13, 2015
Wednesday May 13, 2015
Pastor and creator of "Back To Church Sunday," Pastor Hal Seed of the New Song Community Church in Oceanside, California, shares how they have created the "elevated excuse to invite" for Sundays throughout the year for the purpose of attracting the lost to church so that they can reach them with the Gospel.
NOTES: Hal Seed: Sunday Attraction – Creating An Elevated Excuse for Inviting to Church
6:41 Attractional Evangelism still works
6:50 Everyday is a good day to bring someone to Jesus, but some days are better than others.
7:00 Sundays are the best day to lead someone to Jesus
7:13 All Sundays are good Sundays to bring someone to Jesus, but some Sundays are better than others. For example, Easter and Mother’s day. People will attend on these Sunday’s even if they don’t come any Sunday of the year
8:44 3 Elevated Excuses to invite people to church:
9:20 Attractional Campaigns
During attractional campaigns, everyone does the same thing at the same time in a church. There is a broad purpose that appeals to everyone.
Has a book involved that everyone is reading. Has sermons for 5 or 6 weeks on that particular campaign, etc.
Ramping up for the campaign is huge. Getting people involved and plugged in is key
The more a church does an attractional campaign, the more it will grow
12:04 Wow Weekend
Have someone come in or an event that people only have one opportunity to be a part of Ex: had Bethany Hamilton come and speak
13:46 Comeback Event
Created a national back to church Sunday and churches saw a 35% increase in attendance that Sunday 14:56
Marketing for these events: Business cards, prayer, door hangers
I Love Sundays Campaign 15:36
The Right Kind of Sunday Consumes Your Life 16:26
16:55 Why Elevated Excuses work:
First, Events are appealing
Secondly, It’s a moment of time- it only happens now!
Thirdly, everyone gets involved
19:12 Every year Hal does 2-3 attractional campaigns, 2 wow events, and 1 comeback event
22:51 Power of inviting is the best thing
28:01 Helpful resources for evangelism:
The God Questions Campaign. It’s a six-week Church-wide Campaign that answers the major questions people have about God, Christianity and the Bible. This Campaign has been used in over 2,000 churches to attract and lead people to Christ.
The God Questions Gift Edition. This short gift edition of The God Questions is being used by churches as a gift to first time guests. We’ve found that giving a gift increases visitor return rates significantly. The Gift Edition answers the key questions and presents a gospel invitation. At $1.99 each, this little book more than pays for itself with higher rates of retention.
Monthly PastorMentor videos. We’re creating a series of practical training videos that teach pastors and their teams a thorough system for each of the eight systems of their church. The two most pertinent sessions for you would probably be “Your Assimilation System” and “Your Outreach System.”
Healthy Church Systems EBooks. I wanted to help pastors with quick, practical resources for growing their churches, so I’ve created a series of short (20 pages) eBooks that cover each church system thoroughly. I recommend that pastors who want to reach out start with Keeping Visitors Coming Back and then go to Attracting More Newcomers. So many church mentors are charging so much for their resources that they’ve created a price barrier, so we’re selling these at $4.99 each – basically enough to cover the cost of editing them and posting them on our website.
Thursday Mar 26, 2015
Episode 54 | The Guest Friendly Church - Tom Clegg
Thursday Mar 26, 2015
Thursday Mar 26, 2015
In this episode, Tom Clegg discusses the psychological shift in the current un-churched environment and helps us to understand what they're thinking when we invite them to church. Tom also covers many forgotten pieces in our attempts to optimize the Sunday Morning experience for guests.
Tuesday Mar 17, 2015
Tuesday Mar 17, 2015
0:00 - Intro of Joel Southerland and his role at NAMB
5:42 - Explaining Survey
15:15 - Survey Results
30:08 - Leadership
33:56 - Strategy
45:32 - Sunday mornings
53:00 - Happenings at NAMB