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The Come Back Effect: How Hospitality Can Compel Your Church’s Guests to Return by Jason Young & Jonathan Malm

The Come Back Effect: How Hospitality Can Compel Your Church’s Guests to Return by Jason Young & Jonathan Malm

In The Comeback Effect, we are asked to think about the connections we make with guests through their experiences. What exactly is hospitality? How do we practice it intentionally? And why is this so important for church growth?

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Job Board: Design, Public Relations & Video
June 4, 2010

Job Board: Design, Public Relations & Video

Check out the latest positions added to the Job Board, including a user interface designer, a pr & marketing intern and a video producer & editor.

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Lessons From a Declined, Plateaued and Downsized Church
June 2, 2010

Lessons From a Declined, Plateaued and Downsized Church

How shrinking churches in a down economy can still reach out without breaking the non-existent budget.

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Adventures in Grand Openings: Part One
June 1, 2010

Adventures in Grand Openings: Part One

We talk with Mission Community Church about the launch of their brand new campus and plan to donate water for every visitor.

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Church Marketing Directory: Getting Creative & Digital Media
May 28, 2010

Church Marketing Directory: Getting Creative & Digital Media

The last few weeks have been busy in the Church Marketing Directory. Plenty of folks are adding links they’re passionate about, and it’s becoming an even better place for your ...

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Why the Church is Losing to LOST
May 25, 2010

Why the Church is Losing to LOST

No doubt many of you watched the series finale of LOST. So why can't the church tell the story of the gospel like J.J. Abrams does with LOST?

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Redesign! & Free Echo Tickets
May 24, 2010

Redesign! & Free Echo Tickets

Wow. I can't believe it's finally here, the newly redesigned Church Marketing Sucks and Center for Church Communications websites. In celebration of our redesign we'd like to ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Father’s Day, Flyers, and Series Graphics
May 21, 2010

Church Marketing Lab: Father’s Day, Flyers, and Series Graphics

If you haven't been keeping up, there's been plenty of action in the Church Marketing Lab lately. With summer comes events, planning, thought and graphics.

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Jesus as a Product
May 17, 2010

Jesus as a Product

If you’re offended by the idea of Jesus as a product, it’s because you already know him. For those who don’t know Jesus, he is just another product.

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Job and Freelance Labs: Finding Work This Summer
May 15, 2010

Job and Freelance Labs: Finding Work This Summer

If you're in the market for a new job, things have been heating up lately in our Job Board. Check out art director, graphic designer and creative arts positions.

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Packing My Brain at Q & SOBcon
May 12, 2010

Packing My Brain at Q & SOBcon

Last week I had the opportunity to go to two very different, but incredible conferences, Q and SOBcon. Takeaways included providing solutions instead of criticism and the power of community.

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When Church Gets Weird
May 10, 2010

When Church Gets Weird

A few weeks ago, we ran across a couple stories that could only be described as disturbing. One was The Big Picture’s photographic look at Holy Week. The second was ...

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Church Marketing Directory: Consulting, Teaching, WordPress and More
May 7, 2010

Church Marketing Directory: Consulting, Teaching, WordPress and More

It’s nice to sit by and watch the Church Marketing Directory fill out and grow up. We like to see big numbers next to our category listings, because that means ...

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Doubt & Church Marketing: An Interview with Jason Boyett
May 5, 2010

Doubt & Church Marketing: An Interview with Jason Boyett

We don’t talk a lot about doubt in the church. Except maybe when we tell the pastor we doubt parachuting onto the platform would be feasible. But doubt has a ...

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Church for Church Leaders
May 3, 2010

Church for Church Leaders

I do not have the research to back this up, but I’ve been observing what appears to be a growing trend in the number of church leaders who work and ...

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Job and Freelance Labs: The Latest Opportunities
April 30, 2010

Job and Freelance Labs: The Latest Opportunities

If you use the Center for Church Communication’s Job Lab and Freelance Lab as your indicator of our nation’s economy, then you’re in pretty high spirits lately. We’ve seen a ...

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