Posts Tagged ‘Church Wide Campaigns’
Messages That Recruit HOSTs
What are the secret ingredients of a message that recruits HOSTs? Maybe that begs a question. Maybe we should start by asking this question: “Are there certain ingredients that make HOST recruitment easier or more likely?” What do you think? Think there are ingredients that make it easier to recruit HOSTs? I’ve found that there…
Read MoreLive Like You Were Dying
Inspired by the Grammy Award winning song recorded by Tim McGraw, and developed by a group of incredible church-wide campaign experts, Live Like You Were Dying offers a great experience for your congregation. Designed to help your congregation wrestle with how to live life to the fullest, this church-wide campaign has everything you need to…
Read MoreOne Month To Live
What if you had one month to live? Think you’d make any changes in the way you spent your time? Would you spend more time with family? Would you tell friends what they really mean to you? Would you take steps to seek or give forgiveness? What would you do differently if you found out…
Read MoreHOST Recruitment and the Launch Sequence
One of the most important components of the launch sequence is HOST recruitment. Many churches make a crucial mistake right here when they overestimate the risks and underestimate the rewards of crowd-to-core recruiting. The secret to an exponential launch is to recruit from the crowd if you want to reach the community. I know…it sounds…
Read MoreHow To Sequence A Small Group Launch
When NASA prepares for a shuttle launch, there are certain steps that are a given. There is a sequence to what they do. When anything unexpected happens during the launch preparation (mechanical issues, weather change, etc.) it isn’t unusual for NASA to restart the sequence. In much the same way, when you’re preparing for a…
Read MoreVideo That Recruits HOSTS: Take 2
If you’ve been with me for any length of time you know that one of my core assumptions is that newer people to the church (provided they didn’t move from out of the area) have more connections with unchurched people. Or, in a Saddleback sense, people new to the Congregation, just in from the Crowd,…
Read MoreHow To Develop A Timeline For Your Church-Wide Campaign
How are you shaped (or wired…depending on your philosophy of ministry!)? Are you a planner? A detail oriented, think ahead kind of person? Or are you more of a last minute, play-it-by-ear, scrambler? It’s okay either way. There’s not a right shape. It’s just that pulling off a church-wide campaign is the kind of activity…
Read MoreTop 10 Ways To Get To Know Your Neighbors This Summer
[quote]Do your members even know their neighbors? Do you know your neighbors? Why not take the first step this summer and begin or deepen relationships with the folks on your street? It’s not hard, they rarely bite, it honors God, and exponential outreach depends on connections beyond the circle. Here are our 10 best ideas. …
Read MoreBuild Crowd to Core Flow in Advance
Many effective strategies are multi-component strategies. That is, there are multiple essential components to the strategy and effectiveness and impact are a result of these components working together. HOST, often used in conjunction with launching a church-wide campaign, is an example of a multi-component strategy. Remember that in the HOST strategy, the “T” stands for…
Read MoreTop 10 Reasons Church-Wide Campaigns Miss the Mark
While there are some key steps to launching a church-wide campaign that lead to greater participation, higher follow-through, broader community interaction, and deeper values integration…there are also some devastating missteps that cause campaigns to miss the mark. Here are my top 10: Selecting a topic that doesn’t engage the crowd, from the hard end of…
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