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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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Church Marketing Lab: Story Books, Retreat Promos & More
October 23, 2009

Church Marketing Lab: Story Books, Retreat Promos & More

When folks in the Church Marketing Lab haven’t been chatting about the Christmas hall of fame, Twittering tools for churches and effective versus original, they’ve been helping one another through ...

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Tell a Story That’s True
October 20, 2009

Tell a Story That’s True

I keep coming across videos being passed around by Christians that are essentially video versions of debunked e-mail forwards. There’s the more professional “Does God Exist?” video featuring a childhood ...

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Your Church: Is There an App for That?
October 19, 2009

Your Church: Is There an App for That?

You might have heard the old news that Mars Hill in Seattle has developed an iPhone application. As has The Reaction, a movement in Denver. And a couple weeks ago, ...

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$5 Million Bridge to Somewhere: Tie it to the Purpose
October 14, 2009

$5 Million Bridge to Somewhere: Tie it to the Purpose

Church building campaigns can be hard for congregations to swallow. But how about building a $5 million bridge to ease parking congestion for a church? That’s what North Point Community ...

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We’re on Facebook
October 13, 2009

We’re on Facebook

We’ve recently been diving into the world of social media and content as status updates with our foray into Twitter. Now we’ve joined the Facebook bandwagon as well, utilizing much ...

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Nov. 8th: Orphan Sunday
October 12, 2009

Nov. 8th: Orphan Sunday

In October, we didn’t really get any church holidays. In all fairness, it’s a busy season. With fall festivals, trunk or treats, harvest fairs and tribulation trails, there’s very little ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Themed Lobbies & Christmas Coming Early
October 9, 2009

Church Marketing Lab: Themed Lobbies & Christmas Coming Early

It’s been awhile since we’ve rounded up all the shenanigans going on in the Church Marketing Lab, so we thought we’d let you know what’s been going on. Discussions have ...

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America’s Giving Challenge
October 8, 2009

America’s Giving Challenge

The Case Foundation just kicked off a month long fund raising effort with America’s Giving Challenge. They’re giving away $150,000 in prize money to charities that can mobilize the most ...

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Values of the CFCC Community
October 8, 2009

Values of the CFCC Community

This is a follow up to my post earlier this week about the purpose of the Center for Church Communication (CFCC). Communicating the values and purpose of CFCC are in ...

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Purpose of the CFCC Community
October 6, 2009

Purpose of the CFCC Community

As a follow up to my post last week about purpose, values, vision and mission, it seems appropriate to communicate the purpose and values of the Center for Church Communication ...

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Leadership Lessons from the Nines
October 5, 2009

Leadership Lessons from the Nines

About a month ago the Leadership Network hosted the Nines web conference on Sept. 9, 2009. It was a day-long event of over 70 leaders sharing lessons via nine minute ...

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Thanks to Clover, faithHighway, Integrity Music and Wix
October 1, 2009

Thanks to Clover, faithHighway, Integrity Music and Wix

We need to give a big shout out of thanks to our current CFCC Ad Network members: Clover provides affordable web sites for churches. faithHighway helps churches reach their communities with web ...

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Purpose, Values, Vision & Mission
September 30, 2009

Purpose, Values, Vision & Mission

If you’re like me, whenever you hear words like “vision,” “values,” “purpose” and “mission,” your eyes start to glaze over. Then your ears start ringing with all of the vision/mission/purpose/values ...

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We’re Sorry, One More Time
September 29, 2009

We’re Sorry, One More Time

Recently, I gave a little bit of a rough time to Christian apologists. All too often, I’ve found myself wanting to apologize because it’s the cool thing to do in ...

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Cultivate 2009: See you in Chicago!
September 25, 2009

Cultivate 2009: See you in Chicago!

I’ve said it before: The best part of conferences aren’t the speakers, it’s the relationships and conversations that happen at the conference. A new conference, Cultivate, has embraced that and ...

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