My wife and I have been married for almost 15 years but we almost never went on a first date.

How?

Sit right back and I’ll tell you the tale… 

Carey (my wife) and I met at a mutual friend’s house and we hit it off immediately.

As I left the party, I thought, “I want to get to know that girl Carey.”

There was just one problem.

Total bonehead move.

I didn’t ask for her number.

Duh!

Then I saw Carey again a week later at a concert and I asked her for her number and yada yada yada, here we are happily married with 2 kids and a 3rd on the way.

So how does this relate to new believer follow up?

Simple. I couldn’t follow up with Carey when I didn’t get any contact information.

The same thing is true for new believers in your church.

Rule #1 for effective new believer follow up is getting contact information so you can follow up with them and help them take their first few spiritual steps.

Next, you have to know how to USE that information.

That’s why most churches see new believers slip through the cracks.

Well, guess what?

This is one of the topics covered in detail in our best selling Ninja Resources, our New Believer Follow Up System.

We teach you how to help new believers indicate their decision, get their information and put them on a path to spiritual maturity.

Over the last 2 years, we’ve seen over 1,500 people make a first time decisions in our services.

So we’re no stranger to seeing lots of new believers who need follow up and a strategic process for their spiritual growth.

This week we’re offering our New Believer’s Class (a $69.95 value) and my Start Here book (a $6.99 value) as FREE bonuses when you invest in our New Believer Follow Up System.

That’s almost $80 in great bonuses you can start using ASAP!

If you’re interested, grab a dozen roses and head over to www.NewBelieverFollowUp.com

My wife is giving birth to our 3rd child at the end of this month.

It goes without saying that we’ve been getting out home ready for the arrival of our new daughter.

But imagine another scenario with me.

It sounds almost unbelievable, but it’s true all too often.

A couple knows a baby is coming and they do nothing to prepare for her arrival.

In fact, they’re a little caught off guard by this child showing up in their home.

This is the story of many churches.

They have a big outreach day like Christmas where they preach the Gospel and pray for new believers to be added, but they never take the time to prepare.

So there’s no materials ready.

No follow up strategy.

No process for these new believers to grow.

Nothing. Nada. Zilch.

Don’t let that be said of your church.

Instead, now is the time to prepare for the new believers God is going to bring to your church.

Over the last 2 years, we’ve seen over 1,500 people make a first time decision to follow Jesus in our services.

We’re no stranger to seeing lots of new believers who need follow up and a strategic process for their spiritual growth.

That’s why we’re making one of our best selling Ninja Resources available with 2 awesome bonuses that will have your church totally ready for the new believers who make first time decisions at Christmas. 

It’s our New Believer Follow Up System.

This resource has everything you need to create an effective follow up process in your church.

But this week we’re offering our New Believer’s Class (a $69.95 value) and my Start Here book (a $6.99 value) as FREE bonuses when you invest in our New Believer Follow Up System.

That’s almost $80 in great bonuses you can start using ASAP!

This offer is only good this week.

If you’re interested, push your stroller over to www.NewBelieverFollowUp.com

 

- Awesome day at Calvary!

- We kicked our new Christmas series Advent: Rediscover the moment that changed history

- The idea behind the series is that we all know the Christmas story, but it becomes new when we look at it through the eyes of someone else

- Today I taught on “Christmas through Simeon’s Eyes”

- Really happy with how the message turned out

- I have been working 2-3 weeks ahead, so I was a little nervous on Saturday to see how much modifying the message needed.

- Minor changes was all it needed.

- The band did a great job as always

- I’m looking forward to “Bizarro Sunday” next week.

- That’s when Pastor Mark teaches and I lead worship.

- It’s always a good time. (at least I have a good time – ha!)

- With Christmas a couple of weeks away, I’ll be talking about New Believer follow up this week on the blog. Stay tuned.

- If there’s a topic you want me to address on the blog, put it in the comments. I want this blog to be helpful to you.

I tell my Outreach Ninja coaching members that every church has limited funds.

Even if your budget runs into the millions, it’s not unlimited.

That means, every church should be looking to steward their outreach dollars well.

So how do you remain fiscally responsible while at the same time aggressively seeking to reach you community?

It’s simple.

Focus on reaching those who are most likely to attend your church.

Right now, there are commonalities with those who attend your church.

Even the most ethnically diverse churches (like the church I Pastor) have common attributes that naturally draw them together.

The key is to discover those commonalities and use them as markers in our outreach efforts. That’s what makes Facebook advertising so effective… as well as direct mail.

But you have to know how to use these outreach means strategically to get maximum results for minimum cost.

That’s what Outreach Ninja is all about.

Helping you understand who you’re trying to reach and teaching you the most effective ways of reaching them (for a fraction of what churches normally pay).

In fact, if you register for Outreach Ninja before tomorrow (December 1), you can test drive Outreach Ninja for December for only $49 (that’s 50% off the normal $97 investment).

Plus, we’re including our Outreach Ninja coaching session for November as well (That’s an extra $97 value!).

Think about it. If you register today, you receive…

– 30 days of Outreach Ninja for December (A $97 value)
– All of Outreach Ninja for November (A $97 value)
– A pile of bonus resources valued at $695.91

That’s almost $900 in training and resources for $49!

December’s Outreach Ninja Coaching is on Evangelistic Preaching and November’s coaching was on creating buzz in your community.

So if you’re interested, grab your nunchucks and head over to www.outreachninja.com/testdrive


P.S. This 2 month test drive offer ends today (November 30). So don’t delay and take 1 minute to register!

I took martial arts as a kid and the first lesson I received turned out to be the foundation for everything else I learned.

What was it?

Really simple…

Balance.

You must have balance to throw a punch, block a kick or jump from danger.

You couldn’t do anything else until your learned balance.

As churches seeking to reach our communities, there’s a foundational truth that’s vital to reaching people and growing our churches.

Few know it.

That’s why most church marketing falls flat.

It’s also why people say marketing or promotion doesn’t work in their area.

Once you know this lesson, you have something to build on.

Without it, you’re lost and in the dark.

The foundation of all outreach is understanding who you’re trying to reach.

Once you know you’re trying to reach, you’re job gets 50% easier.

You know their…

– Likes
– Dislikes
– Language
– Profile
– Preferred means of communication

It all starts with understanding who you’re trying to reach.

That’s what Outreach Ninja is all about.

Helping you understand who you’re trying to reach and teaching you the most effective ways of reaching them (for a fraction of what churches normally pay).

In fact, if you register for Outreach Ninja before tomorrow (November 30th), you can test drive Outreach Ninja for December for only $49 (that’s 50% off the normal $97 investment).

Plus, we’re including our Outreach Ninja coaching session for November as well (That’s an extra $97 value!).

Think about it. If you register today, you receive…

– 30 days of Outreach Ninja for December (A $97 value)
– All of Outreach Ninja for November (A $97 value)
– A pile of bonus resources valued at $695.91

That’s almost $900 in training and resources for $49! Wow!

All yours when you register for Outreach Ninja today.

December’s Outreach Ninja Coaching is on Evangelistic Preaching and November’s coaching was on creating buzz in your community.

So if you’re interested, grab your nunchucks and head over to www.outreachninja.com/testdrive