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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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SoulWow…Wow
April 14, 2009

SoulWow…Wow

Watch out Billy Mays, here comes Father Vic. The Roman Catholic Church of Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island (That’s the RCCoBQLI) created the video and soulwow.com to go along with ...

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Church Marketing Lab: A Lesson Learned in Copyright
April 13, 2009

Church Marketing Lab: A Lesson Learned in Copyright

In the lead-up to Easter, we saw some really phenomenal work come through the Church Marketing Lab. You can see one example to the right of this entry. One church, ...

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Twittering the Passion of Christ
April 10, 2009

Twittering the Passion of Christ

With all the headlines Twitter has received lately, it’s cool to see a church get some ink for an innovative approach to Twitter. Wall Street’s Trinity Church will be posting ...

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Terry O’Reilly on Selling God
April 10, 2009

Terry O’Reilly on Selling God

Recently, the Canada Broadcasting Company published an episode of The Age of Persuasion entitled “Selling God.” Of course, this is a natural fit for us. Terry O’Reilly takes a look at ...

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Don’t Go to Church on Easter!
April 9, 2009

Don’t Go to Church on Easter!

It looks like Easter ’09 will go down as “that one where those churches got tired of helicopter egg drops and went totally nuts.” This one comes to you from ...

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The Argument Against Social Media
April 8, 2009

The Argument Against Social Media

Our own Brad Abare frequently muses on constant connectivity and social media over on his personal blog (e.g. Conundrums of Connectivity). And recently, Matt Haughey extrapolated some of these same ...

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Creative Solutions: Sharing Buildings
April 6, 2009

Creative Solutions: Sharing Buildings

In this economy we’re in need of creative solutions. And I love it when the church is a part of those creative solutions. Intermedia Arts is a local nonprofit in ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Hebrews, Bulletins and More
April 3, 2009

Church Marketing Lab: Hebrews, Bulletins and More

Another week wanes in the Church Marketing Lab. Discussions have ranged from how churches are using social media to ADD among designers to portable outdoor church signage. And, of course, ...

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No Time Like the Present
April 2, 2009

No Time Like the Present

No, seriously, there is no time like the present. USA Today is reporting that people are going to the church for help in record numbers. Here are some highlights from ...

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Seth Godin Says: Learn Some Design!
April 1, 2009

Seth Godin Says: Learn Some Design!

All right church marketing professionals, Seth Godin is calling out you and your secular brethren. He makes this argument: Ten years ago, you had a wide range of excuses for being ...

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We Hate Church Too … As Usual
March 31, 2009

We Hate Church Too … As Usual

There’s a story that caught my attention, raises some questions and points to a trend in some church circles. A church has launched a campaign that includes billboards that read “We ...

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10 Things to Fix on Your Church Web Site
March 30, 2009

10 Things to Fix on Your Church Web Site

Kem Meyer recently linked to the WebDrivenChurch.com’s entry on why church web sites can suck. As they looked through thousands of church web sites while updating a database, they came ...

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Would You Put Your Pastor in a Box?
March 28, 2009

Would You Put Your Pastor in a Box?

One church would, and they’re even aiming too. In a David Blaine-esque stunt, they’ve promised to suspend their pastor in a box for three days if 4,000 people show up ...

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Sustainable Farming Lessons From Churches
March 27, 2009

Sustainable Farming Lessons From Churches

Your church doesn’t have to lead the entire country of Cambodia to Christ. I’d like to go ahead and extend you that permission. Perhaps your church doesn’t have the money ...

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Worthy is the…Labrador?
March 27, 2009

Worthy is the…Labrador?

Here’s another one for the “And We Wonder Why We’re Hated” conversation… Matthew Paul Turner, the recovering churched boy, wrote a post earlier this week about an imaginary conversation between mother ...

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