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Research reveals that churches quickly experience “evangelistic entropy” and fall into a maintenance mode of ministry. This session shows how to raise the evangelistic temperature of your church while designing healthy evangelistic systems and strategies. Pastors must model evangelism, equip/train their people to live “sent” lives and plan effective evangelistic events that are “invite-worthy.” -
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Growing churches are marked by a robust network of small groups. How do leaders design a small group system that serves the mission of the church and binds the congregational together relationally? After showing that small groups are biblical and bring many practical benefits, this session gives lots of practical recommendations for designing and improving a church’s small group ministry with a goal of multiplying both group leaders and community groups. Many options and types of groups are explored. -
Churches must chose to be either a missions supporting church or a sending church. This session focuses on the 12 marks of a missions active sending church, giving lots of recommended resources for leaders to implement that vision. Topics explored include developing a missions strategy, writing a church missions policy, recruiting a missions team to give leadership, planning exciting mission conferences, caring for missionaries, and training missionary candidates in-house. -
After defining what leadership is and clarifying why strong servant leadership is vital to the church, this session focuses on eight qualities of what a missional leader looks like. Topics covered include being a passionate follower of Christ, serving out of your giftedness, having a heart for the lost, empowering others, building healthy relationships, and designing/developing healthy church systems. Seven vital church systems are described. -
Research shows 85% of newcomers stay in a new church if they connect with the message and messenger. This session explores foundational convictions every preacher should have—and how they flesh out is practical ways in the planning, preparation and communication of expositional messages that are both true to the Word, relevant to the listeners and transformational to lives. -
One of the marks of a growing church is inspiring worship. This session shows how church leaders can design Christ-exalting yet guest-welcoming celebrative corporate worship. Recommendations for improving public worship are given so that God’s people truly encounter the living God. Timeless principles for God-honoring worship are explored. -
America has over 220 million lost and unchurched people. The best way to reach them is through church planting and intentional parenting of daughter churches is one of the best ways to do church planting effectively. God’s purpose is that every healthy congregation reproduce itself. After laying out the biblical foundation for corporate reproduction, this session gives 14 steps practical churches should take on the journey to birthing a daughter church. -
There are no ready-made leaders. Most young churches lack enough leaders to expand the ministry. Rather than praying for God to send us leaders, God wants us to develop them from the harvest for the harvest! This session gives seven steps for developing a leadership culture within a congregation, young or old. It then warns of four crucial areas to carefully monitor for improving your leadership pipeline.
