Something remarkable is worth remarking about, it’s that simple. It is so distinct that people want to tell others without being asked to.In his seminal book Purple Cow, Seth Godin unfolds the concept of remarkable by using cows of all things to explain. A brown cow isn’t worth telling someone about, but a purple cow, that’s worth talking about. It’s unforgettable. It’s distinct. It sets an image in your mind that cannot be erased.“NOW THAT IS REMARKABLE!”This is the phrase I found myself saying again and again as I began to study churches around the world that seemed to hit the mark of what is profoundly successful and focusing on the predictors of future health for their church. These churches are not simply looking at weekly attendance and offerings as indicators of their health but are thinking much deeper.Creating a culture where the norm among their young people is meeting with Jesus every dayGiving youth in 8th and 11th grades 3 psychological tests to see how well they are prepared to go into the next season of life and review with parents.Going after reaching youth smarter and more aggressively than the culture is when they are most likely to come to Christ.Starting with the end in mind, they imagine what they want a 21-year-old to look like after growing up in their church, and then reverse engineer that vision into a discipleship plan to get them there.Training youth to lead and disciple others, and watching them do it all through their teen yearsTaking the long view of success, making lifelong followers of Jesus not just attendees, and planning now to have a thriving church in 5, 10 and 20 years from nowI have seen these churches on six continents and will take you and your team with me in these pages on a world-wide tour of ReMarkable Churches. They seem to be doing things that defy logic or what was once thought possible. You will get an up-close look at their inner workings, as over the past 7 years we asked many questions about how that happened. You will see the curated best practices we discovered that are used all over the world, even though many of these leaders do not know each other.These churches have built a transformational process into their people that involves much more than Sunday mornings, and it is ReMarkable.For too long, we in the church have reinvented the wheel, instead of improving the wheel. Every other industry learns from others in the same space to try to get an advantage, why would we not do the same?After exploring the 4 best-practices, you will walk with your team through a hands-on, ’how would this look in our church?’ practical application. This is not a book about theories, but a practical guide that any church can use to become truly remarkable. Here you will discover the ingredients to build a transformational process yourself or use the tools that we have developed to help churches jump the line on your journey towards ReMarkable called PROJECT 13.The opposite of remarkable is not terrible or horrible, it is average or forgettable. Even pretty good is uninspiring. Either we are ReMarkable or we are invisible.A ReMarkable Church is not simply using a great marketing campaign, or Sunday service, but has ongoing results of changes lives. They have thought deeply about how to leverage all budgets and programs to build life-long followers of Jesus who make disciples, and it causes their future impact to be exponential in nature.Transform Your Church by Becoming ReMarkable Read more
