Joshua Cody

Josh Cody served as our associate editor for several years before moving on to bigger things. Like Texas. These days he lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, and you can find him online or on Twitter when he's not wrestling code.

Joshua Cody's Posts:

poll-results Article
June 19, 2007

Keeping A Church Poll Results

This week we asked what it would take to keep you returning to a church that you visited. This was our third part in a semi-series about leaving and finding ...

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building-design Article

Where Should A New Church Meet?

We’ve talked here on CMS before about church buildings. Recently Drew Goodmanson referenced an article by Dr. Ed Stetzer called “Where Should A New Church Meet?”…

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peer-review Article
June 18, 2007

Calling All Financial Minds

Each week, we try to highlight a discussion from the Church Marketing Lab that needs a little kick start to get going. You guys have been making my job tough. ...

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peer-review Article
June 15, 2007

Church Marketing Lab: Getting So Close

To be short and sweet, we’re still pushing right at a thousand members for our Church Marketing Lab. Even closer is two thousand pieces of art. Here’s four points of ...

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poll-results Article
June 13, 2007

Church Seeking Poll Results

Two weeks ago we asked you why you would ever leave your church. And last week, we continued that with asking how you would go about finding a new church. ...

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first-impressions-beyond Article
June 11, 2007

Making A Good Impression

In lieu of a strikingly original and intensely thought-provoking original work of art, I wanted to give a little link love to an interesting post from Todd Rhoades at Monday ...

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peer-review Article
June 8, 2007

Church Marketing Lab: Vines, Logos, Soccer and Silence

This week at the Church Marketing Lab, we saw another successful go of things. I love to see images submitted, reviewed and resubmitted, and we saw some of that. We ...

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poll-results Article
June 6, 2007

Leaving Church Poll Results

Last week, we asked you about leaving church. More specifically, we wanted to know what circumstances would cause you to leave a church. Nearly three hundred of you responded, and ...

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peer-review Article
June 4, 2007

Help Your Country, Help A Church

OK, so I don’t have a rant concerning patriotism or anything of the sort, but I do really have a call for your help! As you all know, Independence Day ...

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peer-review Article
June 1, 2007

Church Marketing Lab: Movies and More

I always love when we have new and interesting media up for discussion in the Church Marketing Lab. We’ve seen movies, bulletins, church directories, coffee cups, logos, color palettes, web ...

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news-updates Article

You Said It: May Comment Roundup

As the weather heated up, so did our comments section. You said a lot of great things in May, and we’re here to highlight those for the folks who don’t ...

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philosophy Article
May 31, 2007

3 Fundamental Rules of Church Marketing

Kent Shaffer of Church Relevance, in the February 2007 edition of their newsletter, covered the 3 Fundamental Rules of Church Marketing. Here’s a sampling of what he said, and head ...

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philosophy Article
May 30, 2007

A Visionless Church

Over at the nakedpastor blog, there’s a two-part post entitled “My Vision is to Have No Vision.” Any feathers ruffled yet? He argues that vision is actually a killer. It crushes ...

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poll-results Article

Summer Church Worries Poll Results

This past week at the polls, you let us know what worries your church the most as summer approaches. Of course, there are some worries we didn’t provide, so let ...

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link-round-up Article
May 29, 2007

Communications Linkfest

We just wanted to share a few links with you of communications stories cropping up the last few weeks. So get you mouse ready, and read what our friends have ...

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