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Why Discipleship is Crucial for Outreach

I sat down recently with Dr. David Fry, Pastor of the Bible Holiness Church in Frankfort, IN. He graciously shared an hour of his time with me, and we covered a wide range of topics in that hour. This interview was so valuable on strategies for new believer discipleship and the value of discipling a […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 6 years agoOctober 28, 2021

5 Minute Mentoring & small church pastor coaching from Darrell Stetler

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Three Main Marketing Pieces for Small Churches

Far too many small churches are content with sloppiness in their marketing promotional material… or even it being non-existent! This can be for several reasons: they don’t know what’s available. they don’t have time or ideas for it. they haven’t thought through an outreach strategy. they don’t have the skills or the money to update it. […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 7 years agoJune 21, 2018

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Free Video Pastor Coaching Group

I’ve been silent for quite some time on this blog. It’s been quite a journey over the last 9 months, a journey mostly covered in sheetrock dust. My family, with all 7 kids, lived in a 3 bed, 1 full bath parsonage of about 1100 sq. ft. for the last 15 years. (OK, we didn’t have […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 7 years ago

outreach Tech Tools

Nextdoor: The New Social Network You Must Check Out

If you’re a pastor of a church, social media can be a frustrating thing. You want to use social media to connect with people who might be looking for a good church, so you create a Facebook page. You put out the word, and people start “liking” your church page – but they don’t even […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoApril 21, 2024

A Place to Start for Small Church Pastors

Guest Follow-up Holidays & Special Days Leadership outreach Systems

A Pastor’s After-Easter Action Plan

The songs have been sung, the message has been preached, the celebration is over… and the pastor is tired. I know. You definitely need to take some time off this week. But here’s a short list of actions you should take to make sure that your efforts leading up to Easter Sunday don’t go to […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoApril 21, 2024

Guest Follow-up Holidays & Special Days outreach Systems Uncategorized

How to Not Waste Your Christmas Crowd

Every pastor knows that Easter and Christmas are two Sundays that are most likely to attract the unchurched and the de-churched to attend. You probably have given thought to your Christmas or Advent services already, since we’re just a few weeks away. Between now and Christmas, you’ll probably brainstorm ideas decorate the Sanctuary rehearse special […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoApril 22, 2024

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The Best Way to Improve Your Church Outreach

I once heard John C. Maxwell tell a story of a man who was angry at being passed over for a promotion. “They can’t do that — I have 20 years experience!” he grouched. “No you don’t!” Maxwell retorted. “You have one year of experience 20 times!” If you have been in church work for […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoJanuary 20, 2025

Guest Follow-up Leadership outreach Systems

Free Training Video for Fantastic Church Greeters

A guy came to our church a few years ago, after having visited several other churches in a search for a place to attend. He told about entering one church with his family, a few minutes late. People turned around and stared through the glass doors, but not one person welcomed them. Not one person […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoNovember 16, 2018

Leadership outreach

My Spectacular Failure in Food Pantries

Lexi was an enthusiastic new attender of our church. She was about 35. She, her husband & several kids all lined up and nearly filled a pew — back when a full pew was a rarity in our church. She invited others. She seemed hungry for the Word of God. She even seemed eager to put the […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoDecember 1, 2015

Guest Follow-up Holidays & Special Days outreach Systems

How to Build a Killer Guest Follow-Up System – before Christmas!

Below, you can watch my free webinar! Here’s what you’ll discover: 7 specific action steps you can take to create a great guest follow up system how my failure in a key outreach event changed our guest followup forever ideas for giving gifts to guests how to effectively collect info from first time guests how […]