Archive for February 2006

evangelism-outreach Article
February 7, 2006

Community Swimming Pool Built By a Church

Harvest Church in Billings, Mont. is planning to build a community swimming pool. And you thought cup holders were cool. The community has tried to pass three bond measures in ...

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building-design Article
February 7, 2006

Cup Holders in Church

It seems like everybody likes to rag on mega-churches, but I don’t always get it. Often they’re just making smart decisions. Take Eagle Brook, the largest church in Minnesota with ...

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demographicsresearch Article
February 6, 2006

Mega-Churches Double

Speaking of mega-churches, they’ve doubled in the last five years. There are now 1,210 churches with weekly attendance over 2,000. More info than you wanted to know about mega-churches is ...

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poll-results Article
February 6, 2006

Butts in Pews Poll Results

Last week we asked about the importance of the seating in your church. Far and away people said seating only matters in that it shouldn’t distract. 12% thought the seating ...

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off-the-wall Article
February 6, 2006

Pastor Uses Pepper Spray to Stop Fight

A Memphis pastor had to bust out the pepper spray when a church house brawl between kids carried over to the church bus Wednesday night. I’m going to go out on ...

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off-the-wall Article
February 4, 2006

Mega-Church: The Game

Imagine if you could create the church you wanted, any way you wanted. Put together a worship service exactly the way YOU want: hymns, no hymns, drums, no drums. Are you ...

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off-the-wall Article
February 2, 2006

Xbox: Granny Get Your Gun

In a meeting this morning at work, I was pleasantly surprised to learn of an idea that that is sure to be a hit. Next spring, during a denominational retreat ...

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news-updates Article
February 2, 2006

Congrats to Kevin Hendricks

As you’ve probably read by now, our very own Kevin Hendricks and his wife Abby had their first baby earlier this week. Madeleine Alexis Hendricks is already learning about what ...

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news-updates Article
February 2, 2006

Having a Baby

A week ago we posted our poll results about how to celebrate the birth of our chief blogger’s first child, and it seems the least favorite answer, no blogging for ...

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