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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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- FREE Workshop Wednesday: Training Your People to Share Their Faith This Easteron February 17, 2025 at 7:15 am
Hey, you’re invited to join me THIS Wednesday for a FREE 90-min online workshop to teach you exactly how to lead an evangelism training event in your church, step-by-step. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR FAITH THIS EASTER One-Time Only, LIVE via Zoom THIS Wednesday, February 19 2:00pm – 3:30pm ET! Click here to save your FREE spot now ... Read More The post FREE Workshop Wednesday: Training Your People to Share Their Faith This Easter appeared first on Church Leader Insights.
- How a Chicagoland church built an outward focus through evangelism trainingon February 14, 2025 at 7:15 am
Pastor John Palmieri reveals one challenge that his congregation was facing as they came out of a pandemic-induced hibernation — they had become, as he put it, “too inwardly focused, and not focused at all on our neighbors.” John pastors the Elgin, IL campus of New Life Community Church. New Life has 27 campuses all over the Chicagoland area. He ... Read More The post How a Chicagoland church built an outward focus through evangelism training appeared first on Church Leader Insights.
- How a Texas church equipped their people to make a difference through evangelismon February 12, 2025 at 7:15 am
Pastor Matt Sturdevant, who leads Hope Church in Fort Worth, TX, understands an important reality about Jesus followers: most of them desperately want to make a difference, but don’t know how. Matt and his staff do four Big Days at Hope Church every year. (A Big Day is an all-out push toward a single Sunday for the purpose of setting ... Read More The post How a Texas church equipped their people to make a difference through evangelism 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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