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Archive for the ‘Evangelism & Outreach’ Category
Church Vandals Score Xbox
Here’s an odd little story: Three teenagers break into South Hills Evangelical Church in Missoula, Mont., steal money and smash windows and computers causing several thousand dollars in damage. In ...
Lessons Learned from Skipping Church
Pastor Gary Lamb of Ridge Stone Church in Georgia recently took a Sunday off (gasp!) and blogged about lessons learned from NOT attending church. Some of the best lessons have to ...
Operation Christmas Child Bans Christmas to Spread the Message
It’s collection week for Operation Christmas Child, the high profile project of Franklin Graham and Samaritan’s Purse, and while shoeboxes are being packed for kids across the world, they’re also ...
Church People are Weird
That’s what Gary Lamb, pastor of Ridge Stone Church in Canton, Ga. says in the post that made him famous. He originally posted it last year and it resulted in ...
Canceling a Church Service to Do Service
This is what church is supposed to be. Gateway Community Church in South Riding, Va. had “The Big Event” on Sunday, October 15. Instead of a typical Sunday morning worship service, ...
18 Word of Mouth Marketing Tips for Churches
At a recent Word of Mouth Marketing convention several bigwigs sat down and came up with 40 ideas to boost word of mouth marketing in 40 minutes. As leadership in ...
Church Outreach & MySpace
In the real world, preaching to the choir is as effective in outreach as preaching to the choir. Community within church walls is great, but it makes for an ...
Church Lessons from Six Flags
Tony McCollum of Churchwerx offers four lessons for churches from Six Flags amusement parks: Signage – show then you care Broken rides – deliver what you promise Stupid rules – people are more ...
Reporter & Pastor Attend DaVinci Code
The L.A. Times has a column from Joel Stein about his experience attending The DaVinci Code with a pastor (registration required). Ken Baugh of Coast Hills Community Church in Aliso ...
Breaking Growth Barriers
Reaching more people often means changing how we do things, and that’s not always easy. John Jackson, pastor of Carson Valley Christian Center in Minden, Nev., offers the PDF Breaking ...
24/7 Church
Whenever one is down there seems to be a supply of 24/7 places to help you out with a snack and coffee. Why can’t this be the case with the church? ...
Churches Respond to The DaVinci Code
In the past few weeks I’ve talked to the L.A. Times, Fox News and Court TV’s Crier Live. It all started with The DaVinci Code. I worked with a church ...
Hug Your Customers by Jack Mitchell
Does your church hug your visitors? Well, not actually physically hug your visitors—that’s fraught with touch-feely vibes and is going way too far over that safe church line—but does your ...
Ditching Sermons for Drama
A Pennsylvania church plant hopes to spread the word by ditching sermons in favor of dramas. Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community in Pittsburgh, Penn. is an emergent congregation that targets ...
Easter Brings Churches Together
My wife and I were invited by some friends to attend an Easter service this past weekend. A handful of churches were coming together for a “county-wide celebration of Christ” ...
