4 Awesome Ideas To Promote Your Conquer Group
How do I promote a Conquer Group at my church?
Present it as a series for every man, not a group for guys with a porn problem, which clears the room fast. For the month before it starts, use every channel: posters in the men's restroom, a page on the church website, an email to every man, and a bulletin insert. Personal invitation works best, so have a core group each invite ten men. Ask your pastor to announce it.
The Conquer Series is a cinematic series like no other, helping men find freedom from pornography. When men are starting out in leading their Conquer Group, they will often ask, “How do I introduce this topic to my church?”
What to say when you introduce it
We recommend against saying, “Men, we are having a group for guys who struggle with porn and sex addiction.” That is a sure way to clear the room!
Instead, we encourage you to say:
“This is a series for every man. Pornography is a massive issue today, with 68% of men in the church viewing it on a regular basis. We want every man in our church to go through this course so he is equipped with all the tools he needs to be able to help other men.”
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Get the word out through every channel
To promote the series successfully, it isn’t just what you say, but how you say it. You want to use every channel you have available to get the message out there. This means for the month leading up to the start of your group you want to be:
- Putting Conquer Series posters on the male bathroom door or above the urinals at your church.
- Creating an information page about your Conquer Group on your church website
- Emailing every guy in your church, or getting the Church office to include information about the course in the weekly newsletter.
- Including a bulletin insert about the Conquer Series with your church bulletin
- Personal invitations are the main reason people turn out to church activities, so get together a core group of men and encourage them each to invite 10 men.
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How To Promote
Perhaps the most daunting part of promoting the Conquer Series is how to promote it during your Sunday morning church service, but it doesn’t have to be! Remember, this is about helping men to be stronger, honorable husbands, better fathers and courageous brothers in Christ. Let’s take a look at some great examples:
1. Ask Your Pastor To Announce It
Pastor Randy Burt from New Life Church in Venice, Florida first ran the Conquer Series earlier this year and had 50 men show up on the first night. We asked if he would mind recording his announcement for their next group to share with you.
Here’s what Pastor Randy said that really worked:
- The problem with pornography and its effect on society.
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- How the Conquer Series will strengthen and equip men, help them defeat shame, and give them tools to Conquer.
- Gave the date and time as well as how to sign up.
- Presented a vision of the Conquer Series to grow throughout their church as an ongoing ministry.
- Then he directly speaks to the ladies in the congregation, asking them to give the men freedom to attend.
We think that is great formula to follow when speaking about the series at your church. Be creative. If you have a team in your church who are gifted in making videos, you might want to create your own promotional video like the following examples.
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2. Get Men From Your Church Involved
If you have some strong men in your congregation who love building stuff, chopping wood or rolling around in the mud, then you might want to make something like this video from HillCity Church in Canada;
What works here, is that these are men from the congregation, so other men will relate to them being real and sharing how they are finding freedom. They present a powerful invitation, “Join us and become a Conqueror, you don’t have to fight this alone.”
3. The Light-Hearted Approach
The Vine Church in Hong Kong has created something more satirical, but it effectively gets the point across. Just make sure you watch out for those nut allergies when buying snacks for your Conquer Group!
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4. Use The Conquer Series Trailer
If you don’t have a video team at your disposal, that’s ok! We have created the Conquer Series trailer so that you can show it during your church service as a way to promote your Conquer Group. The trailer can be downloaded on the Conquer Series resources page.
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How do you promote the Conquer Series at your church? We are getting together more videos like these to help other churches get their group up and running. If you have any suggestions or video clips, please let us know!
Writing at the intersection of faith and neuroscience to help men and women break destructive cycles and walk in lasting freedom.
More articles by Jeremy Wiles →Frequently Asked Questions
What should a pastor say when announcing the Conquer Series?
One announcement that drew fifty men on the first night followed a simple shape. Name the problem of pornography and what it is doing to society. Explain how the series strengthens and equips men, helps them defeat shame, and hands them real tools. Give the date, the time, and exactly how to sign up. Then cast a vision for this becoming an ongoing ministry in the church, not a one-off.
How many men in the church actually watch porn?
Roughly 68 percent of men in the church view pornography on a regular basis. That number is the reason to present this as a series for every man rather than a support group for a struggling few. When two out of three men in the room are already in it, the goal is not to single anyone out. It is to equip every man so he is ready to help the next one.
Do we need a promo video to launch a Conquer Group?
No. If you have a gifted video team, a homemade promo can be powerful, but you do not need one. The Conquer Series trailer is made for this and can be shown during a Sunday service to promote your group. You can download it from the Conquer Series resources page and pair it with your announcement, a bulletin insert, and personal invitations.
What kind of promo video works best with men?
The ones that feel real. Videos featuring men from your own congregation land hardest, because the guys watching know them and can see them being honest about finding freedom. A light-hearted or even satirical approach also works and gets the point across without embarrassing anyone. Close with a clear invitation along the lines of join us and become a conqueror, you do not have to fight this alone.
How do I get wives on board with their husbands attending?
Speak to them directly from the platform. One pastor's announcement ended by addressing the women in the congregation and asking them to give their husbands the freedom to attend. It works because an evening away can feel like one more absence unless she understands what it is for. Frame it around what she wants too: stronger, honorable husbands, better fathers, and courageous brothers in Christ.
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