Dr. Kevin Purcell examines how to "hit the bullseye" as a preacher prepares to preach a Scripture text. The Bullseye Preaching Podcast takes its name from a discussion many students of Dr. Haddon Robinson had in his preaching classes. He talked about finding the Big Idea of a text and compared it to hitting that target dead center. Finding the main thesis of a sermon text feels like trying to hit the bullseye on a dart board or archery target. It's not easy to hit, but when you do, it feels satisfying. More importantly, you communicate the Big Idea of a passage of scripture for change!
9 Creative Ways to Make Baptism More Meaningful for Your Church
Would you like to make Baptism services more meaningful? We found an article by Jim Elliff of Christian Communicators Worldwide about baptism (https://www.ccwtoday.org/2023/09/thoughts-on-improving-baptisms/). We discussed it in this episode of the podcast.
Here's the quick list...
Bring your congregation closer to the baptism pool to make it more intimate.
Print invitations for the candidates to hand out to friends/family.
Have those being baptized share their testimony somehow.
Let godly parents share the change they see in their child after being saved.
Invite godly parents to be with their children in the pool while you baptize them. We suggest letting a godly dad baptize his child.
Baptize in a public place to testify God's blessing through Baptism.
Ask the church to commit the new believer to help grow them in their faith.
Baptize as often as possible and as soon after salvation as possible.
Teach on baptism during the service.
We hope you'll listen and subscribe to the podcast. Find out more about where you can listen at our website (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesmallchurchpodcast).
Do you have ideas about ways to make small churches healthy churches? Don't hesitate to contact us from our website or on social media like our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/thesmallchurchpodcast/).
28 Sept 2023
How Can You Tell If Your Church Is Healthy? Part 2
We talk about a healthy church, but how do you know if your church is healthy or sick? Chuck Lawless wrote an article about 6 characteristics of healthy churches (https://ncbaptist.org/article/6-things-to-look-for-when-evaluating-church-health/). Small churches can be healthy churches. In this episode, we talk about the other three; the last time, we'll covered the first three.
14 Sept 2023
How Can You Tell If Your Church Is Healthy?
We talk about a healthy church, but how do you know if your church is healthy or sick? Chuck Lawless wrote an article about 6 characteristics of healthy churches (https://ncbaptist.org/article/6-things-to-look-for-when-evaluating-church-health/). Small churches can be healthy churches. In this episode, we talk about the first three; next time, we'll cover the last three.
23 Aug 2023
3 More Evangelism Ideas That Won't Break the Bank
We're all about helping small churches find ways to grow healthier and stronger. To do that, we need to obey Jesus in evangelism. This podcast offers three more creative ideas for evangelism your small church can use to apply the Great Commission in your community and church. Like the first three in our previous episode, they won't break the bank.
In this episode, we discuss the following...
Team Evangelism
Teams can consist of classes, committees, small groups, or any group that will go and reach out to people.
If you do this through a SS class, consider adding an outreach leader in each class who will help focus the class on reaching the lost.
Pastors, remember to remind these small groups to evangelize every chance you get by celebrating victories and highlighting creative approaches.
Servant Evangelism
Find ways to serve people outside your church.
Build ramps or mow lawns for elderly people.
Have a laundry day where you pay for people's laundry at a laundromat and then share the Gospel.
Make Worship Special
96% of the top most evangelistic churches who baptize more than other churches say their worship is celebratory.
On special services focus on Evangelism.
Focus less on trying to make mothers feel guilty for not being good moms and more on reaching their children, husbands, or other family they invite to join them on their special day.
Do the same for other holidays or special days.
Make a big deal of baptism and remember that new believers invite lost people to see them experience baptism.
At the end, we asked which of the six ideas in this and our previous podcast is the most important and which is the easiest to implement right now. Listen to the end to find out what we think.
Find out more about our show at https://thesmallchurchpodcast.com (https://thesmallchurchpodcast.com/) or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/thesmallchurchpodcast (https://www.facebook.com/thesmallchurchpodcast/). Email us at kevin@thesmallchurchpodcast.com (mailto:kevin@thesmallchurchpodcast.com) or robby@thesmallchurchpodcast.com (mailto:robby@thesmallchurchpodcast.com).
14 Aug 2023
3 Creative Evangelism Ideas that Won't Break the Bank
We're all about helping small churches find ways to grow healthier and stronger. To do that, we need to obey Jesus in evangelism. In this podcast, we offer 3 creative ideas for evangelism your small church can use to reduce the lostness in your community. The great thing is this... they won't break the bank. In fact, you can do one or two of them for nothing.
In this episode, we discuss the following...
Pray for the Lost
A small white or blackboard in SS classes with names praying of the lost that you're praying to receive Jesus.
A bucket or basket of names - take one out and pray at each service.
Any time there’s a meeting of committees or teams, pray for the lost.
Event Strategy - follow these guidelines in your events...
Focus on the unreached people in your community.
Provide a clear presentation of Gospel.
Offer an opportunity to respond and be saved right there.
Get someone who can draw the net - someone with the Gift of Evangelism.
Examples
feed service workers
hold revivals - baptize more people if you have them and plan for presenting gospel
VBS - usually biggest harvest event (plan to present gospel and follow up)
block parties
Provide Personal Evangelism Training
Churches that train people to share the Gospel baptize 20% more than those who don’t.
Do this in some for 4-6 Tims per year.
Do one training during the Sunday morning worship service and expect people to get saved during that time.
7 Aug 2023
Best Practices for Your Small Church Website
The guys discuss the best practices for your church's website.
1 May 2023
Your Small Church Must Have a Website
Every church should use every means of communication that they can afford, and that will reach their members and potential guests. You can pick and choose between the social media options, but you must offer a church website. As we said in this podcast, most guests will check your church out online before attending. Listen to find out the best practices for your church's website.
Show Notes
Kevin mentioned his favorite hosting company. You can find it at www.icdsoft.com (https://www.icdsoft.com).
Use WordPress for an easy site management system. Learn more at WordPress.org (https://www.wordpress.org).
More about Us
You can find out more about The Small Church Podcast at our website at www.TheSmallChurchPodcast.com. Email us at either Kevin@TheSmallChurchPodcast.com or Robby@TheSmallChurchPodcast.com.
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27 Mar 2023
Free and Low Cost Communication Tips for Small Churches
How do you communicate with your church and with the community?
We discuss a few tips for getting the word out to your church and to your community. Kevin and Robby discuss social media, websites, and best practices for using them.
This is part one of two, so subscribe to get part two coming in a couple of weeks.
Show Notes
Robby recommended a cheap $1.99 app for texting members. Text Wiz won't spam users with the replies that come back to you from your recipients. It's only $1.99 and you can get it for iPhone (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/textwiz/id409087945). If you have a good comparable app on Android, please email us at kevin@thesmallchurchpodcast.com (mailto:kevin@thesmallchurchpodcast.com).
Kevin recommended a service for mass texting that works through a website or an app on your phone. It's called Call-em-all or Text-em-all (https://www.text-em-all.com). You buy credits that you use to pay for calling and texting messages to people who sign up. We share the text number in our pre-service ad loop during worship services.
Kevin recommended Canva (www.canva.com), which churches can get for free by signing up as a non-profit using 501c3 info. It's a great design tool for creating social media posts, website graphics, ads, business cards, and more. It has QR Code generation built-in.
15 Feb 2023
Who Are You and Why Should I Listen? TSCP Episode 000
This is the first episode of The Small Church Podcast with Kevin Purcell and Robby Smith. We introduce ourselves and explain why we're doing a podcast called The Small Church Podcast. Listen to get an introduction. The first episode will arrive soon.
The Small Church Podcast was created by Kevin Purcell, a pastor for about 30 years, and Robby Smith, who served as a music minister and then as an Associational Mission Strategist helping small churches in two different associations.
We want to help strengthen small churches so they can...
Glorify God
Make disciples of all nations
Become healthy
Reach people for Jesus Christ
We offer creative ideas each week for leading and serving in small churches with minimal budgets and staffing.
Find us at www.TheSmallChurchPodcast.com. Let us know what you think about the intro episode. Share ideas for future episodes with kevin@thesmallchurchpodcast.com or kevin@tscp.info for a shorter email address.
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