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Apologia Church
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Jason Nelsestuen
Pastor, Faith Community Church
Why Accelerate?
"We've all heard that leaders are readers.
We know it's true. But time seems to be a shrinking commodity.
Accelerate has allowed our staff to become a reading staff. We can get 90% of the necessary info in 10% of the time."
David McNeely. Lead Pastor, Wildwood Church
Do any of these 6 things sound familiar?
- You struggle as a leader & feel guilty for not reading enough
- You hate buying books that you discover weren't worth buying
- You're always searching for insights for your sermons
- You're overwhelmed just trying to keep up with trends
- You struggle to remember insights from books you HAVE read
- You're constantly looking for ways to develop your team
Then you're NOT alone!
See why 10,000+ leaders just like you are using our summaries to accelerate their growth and gain their time back
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using Accelerate right now
Accelerate Enables Leaders to:
Maximize Time
Accelerate your learning so you can invest more time in everything else
Stay Informed
Stay dialed-in to the ideas that are shaping the Church and the culture
Expand Knowledge
Broaden your horizons with weekly exposure to different perspectives
Strengthen Sermons
Supplement your preaching and teaching with solid research
Retain Insights
Remember the important stuff with a library of summaries to reference
Develop Others
Cultivate a culture of learning with penetrating discussion questions
Fuel Souls
Stir your affections for Christ with weekly soul-shaping truths
Save Money
Steward your finances more wisely with informed book-buying choices
What's there to lose?
Most likely, you'll fall in love with a tool that will help you go further, faster. If not, you get your money back. Try us risk free for 30 days!
Accelerate books has been an amazing tool to help me and my team grasp big ideas from influential books. It helps me sample future reads and refresh on past ones. It's brilliant and I'm obsessed!
Drew Worsham. Church Planter, Community Bible Church
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Frequently Asked Questions
See if Accelerate Books is a good fit for you with our risk-free, 7-day free trial. After your trial, you'll be charged a subscription fee depending on whether you chose a monthly or annual plan. Cancel anytime easily!
We currently have over 400 summaries and growing by 8 new monthly summaries.
You can check out our selection in our library.
Although most of our members are pastors that use Accelerate for sermon preparation and team development, many of our members are leaders of various different ministries or simply Christians wanting to grow deeper in their knowledge of Christ.
Our Accelerate family consist of professors, students, software engineers, lawyers, homemakers, bank managers, police officers, and more!
What separates Accelerate from other book summary programs?
There are TWO principles that shape our book summaries and make this program unique:
#1: The Insight Principle
"Books don't change people, paragraphs do and sometimes sentences. They may lodge themselves so powerfully in our mind that its effect is enormous when all else is forgotten." – John Piper
You may forget a book's page numbers, but you'll never forget its' worldview-shaping insights.
Accelerate identifies these paragraphs and sentences. After spending hours analyzing a book, our team extracts the key insights and then strategically presents them in a way that is easy to grasp. More than summarizing books chapter-by-chapter, we focus on maximizing reader comprehension and retention.
#2: The 20% Principle
"80% of a book's main insights are found in 20% of the pages. So without apology, I ransack books for what I can get in the little time I have in this season of life." – David Mathis
In other words, while most of a book's pages exist to illustrate and solidify a handful of main ideas, these main ideas reside within 20% of the pages. Accelerate book summaries give you access to this 20%, allowing you to quickly grasp the book.
The focus of our Book Briefs will be on theology books, with categories including:
- Apologetics
- Arts / Literature
- Christian Living
- Church / Ministry
- Counseling
- Culture / Social Issues
- Education
- Evangelism / Missions
- History
- Leadership
- Marriage / Family
- Theology
We will not be summarizing Commentaries, Reference Books, Biographies, or Devotionals.
We currently don't have a native mobile app, but hope to have one in the near future! Our library is totally mobile-friendly, however :)
We stand behind Accelerate 100% and are willing to give you a full refund in the first 30 days of your subscription. After 30 days, while you will no longer be eligible for a full refund, you can cancel at any time.
You can cancel your subscription in your account settings page, no questions asked. Upon canceling, you (and your group if you have one) will still have access until the period you have paid for is over.
We'd love to hear from you! Drop us a line at [email protected].
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Summaries that keep you sharp for mission
Meet your new arsenal of soul-shaping insights, distilled from the most impactful Christian books. Join 10,000+ leaders using AccelerateBooks to better steward their time, money, and ministry.
TRUSTED BY 500+ MINISTRIES WORLDWIDE
Watch this short video to see how it works!
"Want a resource that has the most accessible summaries of the most solid Christian books in the most accessible format? Behold, then look no further."
Drew Reynolds
Apologia Church
Sign up takes less than 60 seconds!
Get a FREE Book Summary
Still on the fence? No sweat.
Download a free book summary of The Discipline of Grace by Jerry Bridges and see why 10,000+ others are using Accelerate to grow as leaders.
Accelerate Book Summaries are
Short. Impactful. Practical.
Jason Nelsestuen
Pastor, Faith Community Church
Why Accelerate?
"We've all heard that leaders are readers.
We know it's true. But time seems to be a shrinking commodity.
Accelerate has allowed our staff to become a reading staff. We can get 90% of the necessary info in 10% of the time."
David McNeely. Lead Pastor, Wildwood Church
Do any of these 6 things sound familiar?
- You struggle as a leader & feel guilty for not reading enough
- You hate buying books that you discover weren't worth buying
- You're always searching for insights for your sermons
- You're overwhelmed just trying to keep up with trends
- You struggle to remember insights from books you HAVE read
- You're constantly looking for ways to develop your team
Then you're NOT alone!
See why 1500+ leaders just like you are using our summaries to accelerate their growth and gain their time back
See Why Leaders Are
using Accelerate right now
Accelerate Enables Leaders to:
Maximize Time
Accelerate your learning so you can invest more time in everything else
Stay Informed
Stay dialed-in to the ideas that are shaping the Church and the culture
Expand Knowledge
Broaden your horizons with weekly exposure to different perspectives
Strengthen Sermons
Supplement your preaching and teaching with solid research
Retain Insights
Remember the important stuff with a library of summaries to reference
Develop Others
Cultivate a culture of learning with penetrating discussion questions
Fuel Souls
Stir your affections for Christ with weekly soul-shaping truths
Save Money
Steward your finances more wisely with informed book-buying choices
What's there to lose?
Most likely, you'll fall in love with a tool that will help you go further, faster. If not, you get your money back. Try us risk free for 30 days!
Accelerate books has been an amazing tool to help me and my team grasp big ideas from influential books. It helps me sample future reads and refresh on past ones. It's brilliant and I'm obsessed!
Drew Worsham. Church Planter, Community Bible Church
Frequently Asked Questions
See if Accelerate Books is a good fit for you with our risk-free, 7-day free trial. After your trial, you'll be charged a subscription fee depending on whether you chose a monthly or annual plan. Cancel anytime easily!
Although most of our members are pastors that use Accelerate for sermon preparation and team development, many of our members are leaders of various different ministries or simply Christians wanting to grow deeper in their knowledge of Christ.
Our Accelerate family consist of professors, students, software engineers, lawyers, homemakers, bank managers, police officers, and more!
We currently have over 300 summaries and growing by 8 new monthly summaries.
You can check out our selection in our library.
What separates Accelerate from other book summary programs?
There are TWO principles that shape our book summaries and make this program unique:
#1: The Insight Principle
"Books don't change people, paragraphs do and sometimes sentences. They may lodge themselves so powerfully in our mind that its effect is enormous when all else is forgotten." – John Piper
You may forget a book's page numbers, but you'll never forget its' worldview-shaping insights.
Accelerate identifies these paragraphs and sentences. After spending hours analyzing a book, our team extracts the key insights and then strategically presents them in a way that is easy to grasp. More than summarizing books chapter-by-chapter, we focus on maximizing reader comprehension and retention.
#2: The 20% Principle
"80% of a book's main insights are found in 20% of the pages. So without apology, I ransack books for what I can get in the little time I have in this season of life." – David Mathis
In other words, while most of a book's pages exist to illustrate and solidify a handful of main ideas, these main ideas reside within 20% of the pages. Accelerate book summaries give you access to this 20%, allowing you to quickly grasp the book.
The focus of our Book Briefs will be on theology books, with categories including:
- Apologetics
- Arts / Literature
- Christian Living
- Church / Ministry
- Counseling
- Culture / Social Issues
- Education
- Evangelism / Missions
- History
- Leadership
- Marriage / Family
- Theology
We will not be summarizing Commentaries, Reference Books, Biographies, or Devotionals.
We currently don't have a native mobile app, but hope to have one in the near future! Our library is totally mobile-friendly, however :)
We stand behind Accelerate 100% and are willing to give you a full refund in the first 30 days of your subscription. After 30 days, while you will no longer be eligible for a full refund, you can cancel at any time.
You can cancel your subscription in your account settings page, no questions asked. Upon canceling, you (and your group if you have one) will still have access until the period you have paid for is over.
We'd love to hear from you! Drop us a line at [email protected].