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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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Who Is Your Competition?
April 29, 2010

Who Is Your Competition?

At some point in the life of almost anyone attending or running churches, a strange thing happens. We become confused. We forget the unique business that we’re in, and we ...

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Thou Shall Twitter in Church
April 28, 2010

Thou Shall Twitter in Church

“Thou Shall Not Twitter in Church.” Says who?! I haven’t seen that anywhere in the Bible. But I have seen Twitter in the Bible: “Like a swallow, like a crane, ...

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An Imaginary Church for the Greater Good
April 27, 2010

An Imaginary Church for the Greater Good

Andrew Pautler, a senior graphic design major at the University of Notre Dame, e-mailed us to let us know about a little project he’s been working on: I believe that if ...

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Catalyst West Creatives Tweetup
April 26, 2010

Catalyst West Creatives Tweetup

I had the pleasure of hosting a tweetup at the Catalyst West conference this past week in Southern California as the area Regional Network Coordinator for the Center for Church ...

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Thinking About What Others Will Think
April 23, 2010

Thinking About What Others Will Think

From AZCentral.com: Surprise [The city, not the imperative] Police Chief Dan Hughes says he never meant to offend anyone when he appeared in a church video. Hughes, an elder in a non-denominational ...

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Internet Evangelism Day
April 22, 2010

Internet Evangelism Day

When I first heard about Internet Evangelism Day which is this Sunday, April 25, my critical sensors came alive and I may have even sneered a little, “Here we go ...

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An Application for Everyone
April 20, 2010

An Application for Everyone

We’ve covered mobile church web sites and iPhone applications before, but recently we’ve chatted with a couple of developers whose companies are going the extra mile on this front. It’s ...

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Catalyst West Tweetup
April 19, 2010

Catalyst West Tweetup

The Catalyst West event is happening later this week in Orange County, Calif., and more than a few church marketing folks will be there. Worship leader and social media addict ...

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5 Tools Church Designers Need: Teamwork
April 19, 2010

5 Tools Church Designers Need: Teamwork

This is part six in a six-part series exploring the tools graphic designers who work for churches need to succeed. You can go back and start with part one. You have ...

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Church Marketing Directory: Web Design, Research Help and Photography
April 16, 2010

Church Marketing Directory: Web Design, Research Help and Photography

It’s been over a month since we officially launched the Church Marketing Directory. In that time, we’ve seen over 300 links to various organizations focused on helping the church communicate ...

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Leveraging Small Groups for Church Marketing
April 15, 2010

Leveraging Small Groups for Church Marketing

You don’t need me to tell you we live in a world inundated with marketing. You can’t go to remote China without seeing stickers for Coke or Pepsi peppered around ...

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5 Tools Church Designers Need: Boundaries
April 12, 2010

5 Tools Church Designers Need: Boundaries

This is part five in a six-part series exploring the tools graphic designers who work for churches need to succeed. You can go back and start with part one. “Hey, I ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Life and Design After Easter
April 9, 2010

Church Marketing Lab: Life and Design After Easter

We haven’t updated you on the Church Marketing Lab lately, but don’t worry, things have still been going strong. The Easter rush came and went, and churches are settling into ...

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Missions Giving vs. Building Fund
April 7, 2010

Missions Giving vs. Building Fund

My wife and I visited a church we had never been to over Easter weekend. Overall it was a very welcoming community with diversity in the pews and on the ...

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5 Tools Church Designers Need: Communication
April 5, 2010

5 Tools Church Designers Need: Communication

This is part four in a six-part series exploring the tools graphic designers who work for churches need to succeed. You can go back and start with part one. It seems ...

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