Posts Tagged ‘small group campaigns’
Build 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…
Read MoreThe Easter Experience
The Easter Experience, from City On A Hill Productions, is a new church-wide study from the folks that produced H2O. With host and teacher Kyle Idleman, The Easter Experience includes a six session DVD-driven small group study that coordinates with a six weekend message series–designed to conclude with Good Friday and Easter. The DVD-driven small…
Read MoreMaximize the Fall with a Church-Wide Campaign
Have you finalized plans for the fall ministry season yet? It’s definitely time to zero in on where things are going! Much like the way NASA has a scientifically defined window of opportunity for Space Shuttle launches (or landings), there are many factors that determine the success of a church-wide campaign and many of them…
Read MoreThe Exponential Power of a Church-Wide Campaign
What is the most powerful way to impact your entire congregation? Many believe that a church-wide campaign, what Rick Warren refers to as a spiritual growth emphasis, is the most important spiritual innovation in the last 50 years…maybe the last century. Why? Read on. Although there are very basic church-wide campaigns that simply offer a…
Read MoreCentral Christian’s Small Group Pastor’s Blog
How’s that for an awkward headline? Familiar with Central Christian Church in Las Vegas? We’ve mentioned a couple of their church-wide campaigns here. They’re definitely onto some good ideas from a group standpoint. Tripped across a relatively new blog by Tracey Smith, one of Central’s small group pastors. Small Group Pastors might be an interesting one…
Read MoreYoda on Growth Groups
And the Oscar for Creative Use of a Star Wars theme goes to…Fusion Church Yoda Groups from Fusion Church on Vimeo. Thanks to Monday Morning Insight for the link!
Read MoreMiles McPherson: GroupLife Session 5
Redefine your evangelistic starting point. God responding to the cries of a broken world. That’s the starting point. “I’ve heard your people crying.” Exodus 3:6 When we stop hearing the cries of people… Identify God’s response to the brokenness of your own life. When we begin to feel like we’re fixed and we are now…
Read MoreGroupLife Session Three: Dr. Will Miller
Dr. Will Miller was hilarious last night. I have to tell you that that is a HUGE understatement. When he was telling about driving someone else’s beater car I very nearly wet my pants, which according to Bill Search is about the bladder (as opposed to the bowels as John Burke mentioned). Ever seen Will…
Read MoreThe Tangible Kingdom
My cool friend Bryan Doyle gave me a copy of The Tangible Kingdom the other day and it caught me right away! You won’t find a more engaging book about incarnational community. The story of Hugh Halter, Matt Smay and Adullam will grab you by page 3. When you get to the chapter on the…
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