"Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some." (John 21:6)

Are you are throwing your net on the wrong side of the boat?

Let's face it. Most churches are struggling. Congregation sizes are declining while the church attenders are getting older. Pastors worry about their next generation of leaders as youth are increasingly leaving church.

Fishing for the Future will give you the strategies you need to overcome each of these issues. This book is is rooted in scripture with little-known Biblical strategies for today's church.

You will learn how leaders from modern American churches turned around their churches, inspiring ideas for you to establish the approaches best for your own church.

Learn how Jesus' strategies-and those of top leaders, athletes, and pastors-can help you grow your church, impact your community, and develop your future leaders.

You will learn the key decision that allowed Roger Bannister to become the first runner to break the four-minute mile. Discover how pole vaulting world champion Brian Sternberg become a paraplegic and a world renown Christian speaker. What Chinese general's 2,500-year-old tactic can make your church a community hero?

You will discover how Jesus used social ministry to grow His Kingdom, and how you can do the same through your youth team.

Every strategy in this book will help you grow your church. But to secure it's future you need to reach children, the most spiritually open, yet under-reached population in the world.

Most churches fail to reach new children for Christ. This book will show you how to catch and secure them for tomorrow.

Get your net out. It's time to fish!

Is your church ready for the future? Across America and around the world, churches are facing real challenges: aging congregations, declining attendance, young people walking away from faith, and too few future leaders stepping forward. But the good news is this—there is hope.

In this course, Gary Hays—Air Force veteran, entrepreneur, ordained minister, and founder of Think Small International Ministries—shares proven, biblical strategies that have helped pastors in 20 nations impact over 1.3 million people for Christ. You’ll learn how to anchor and grow your church by reaching, discipling, and empowering the two youngest generations.

Through 15 focused episodes, you’ll discover how to:

• Assess your church’s current reality and cast a clear, God-given vision for growth.

• Reach children—where 86% of Christians first come to faith—and secure them in lifelong discipleship.

• Mobilize youth as visionary leaders, using the four steps Jesus modeled with His own disciples.

• Apply “least resistance” strategies to open doors in your community through social ministries.

• Reduce the number of children leaving church through the Four R’s: Relationships, Relevance, Responsibility, and Reason.

• Equip the next generation with tools for apologetics and practical faith to face real-world challenges.

• Create a multi-generational movement that transforms not only your church but your community.

Course Highlights:

• 15 action-oriented episodes filled with biblical wisdom, practical examples, and global success stories.

• A step-by-step framework to reach children, empower youth, and strengthen your church’s future.

• Real-world strategies that work in any church, nation, or culture.

• Inspiration paired with practical tools to help you move from vision to action.

  
  

This isn’t just another church growth course—it’s a call to action. By applying what you learn here, you’ll not only bring more children and youth into your church but also prepare them to be leaders who will carry the mission of Christ into the next generation and beyond.