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THE SEVEN COMMITMENTS OF A RENEGADE PASTOR™

2025 Renegade Pastors Memory Verse
"Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him.
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken.
My victory and honor come from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.
O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge."
- Psalm 62:5-8 (NLT)
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- Equipping Your People with Tools for Personal Evangelism (Part 3 of a 3-Part Series)on February 7, 2025 at 7:15 am
Today we’re wrapping up a series on the power of personal evangelism and how it’s the most effective way to bring people to your church. To catch up on Part 1 on the proven equation for effectiveness, click here; and for Part 2 on creating urgency, click here. POWERFUL TOOLS + TRAINING TO MOBILIZE YOUR PEOPLE In our evangelism equation, ... Read More The post Equipping Your People with Tools for Personal Evangelism (Part 3 of a 3-Part Series) appeared first on Church Leader Insights.
- Add These to Your Reading List: Top 15 Best Books for Church Leaders (Part 5)on February 6, 2025 at 7:15 am
The single greatest way you can grow as a leader in 2025 is to read books. As a fellow pastor, I’d like to save you time and focus your attention where it needs to be for maximum growth and development. We’re wrapping up our our series on my top 15 best books for church leaders, narrowed down from hundreds of books ... Read More The post Add These to Your Reading List: Top 15 Best Books for Church Leaders (Part 5) appeared first on Church Leader Insights.
- How to Create Urgency for Effective Personal Evangelism (Part 2 of a 3-Part Series)on February 5, 2025 at 7:15 am
This week we’ve been looking at the power of personal evangelism — the act of a person sharing the gospel with another — and how it’s the most effective way to bring people to your church. If you missed Part 1, you can catch up right here. We introduced a proven equation for effectiveness: Tools + Training + Timeliness = ... Read More The post How to Create Urgency for Effective Personal Evangelism (Part 2 of a 3-Part Series) appeared first on Church Leader Insights.
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Nelson Searcy is the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. By God's grace, he identified and developed the Eight Systems of a Healthy Church® that he has used to coach over 3,500 churches in the US and around the world to adapt those eight systems to their unique ministry fields, resulting in great health and growth.
Nelson regularly coaches pastors online and in-person through the Church Leader Insights and Renegade Pastors Network ministries that he founded. He also leads several annual pastor in-person conferences and online training events. In ministry for more than 25 years, Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.”
He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 20+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life and Ministry, The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and Fusion: Turning First-Time Guests Into Fully-Engaged Members of Your Church. Nelson is the recipient of the prestigious Donald A. McGavran Award for Outstanding Leadership in Great Commission Research.
He is a longtime student of church history, especially mastering the areas of evangelism and church growth. He divides his time between NYC and South Florida. He battled Stage 4 cancer and has been cancer-free since 2018, praise God! He has an amazing wife, Kelley, and a teenage son, Alexander, who continues to grow in so many ways.























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