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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?
December 17, 2019
Time to Dream It All up Again
We’re taking a break to go away and dream it all up again. But the archives are here and we've got other helpful initiatives.
Thank you. Keep telling the greatest story ever told.
Church Marketing Lab: All in Who You Know
The Church Marketing Lab, for those of you that don’t know, has two facets: the photo pool and the discussion board. It’s great to see when both get used. That ...
Coming Soon in the Events Lab
Last time we let you know the latest in the Events Lab, it was for August and September. But now it’s time to take a look at October, the biggest ...
Planning Lessons From South Park
When someone from my team e-mailed me this South Park clip, I knew this would both incite and resonate with so many well-intentioned church leaders. The 37-second clip is a ...
Talking Politics
About three months ago, we posted a friendly reminder about politics and your church during the election season. Things have been mostly quiet, except for one former-pastor who prayed for ...
Quit Stealing Designs
Yesterday, I received in the mail an event advertisement from a rather large youth ministry organization. On the cover, I recognized a tutorial from PSDTUTS.com. You might think, “Oh, that’s ...
And We Wonder Why We’re Hated
Havens Corners Church in Blacklick, Ohio (just outside of Columbus) is getting a little flack for their sign out front. Borrowing from Katy Perry’s hit song “I Kissed A Girl,” ...
Hire These Guys
You’ll need to wait until they get out of trouble with the law, but we’ve got some guys your church probably needs to hire. From March to May, the two ...
Advice for Soul Searching
In the midst of all my “soul searching” rants of recent weeks, most notably the Bastards With Bibles series, I’m getting a decent amount of inquiries asking “How do we ...
Why I’ve Run From Churches
Let me start by saying that I have been planted in my current church for over 10 years. I deeply believe in the value of staying in the church that ...
Churches Create Gas Company
Some churches in Germany have gas. And they’re looking to compete with local companies to help the community deal with sky-high energy prices. Here’s what the chairman of the society ...
Job Lab and Freelance Lab Roundup
We’ve seen tons of new jobs and projects in the Job Lab and Freelance Lab since last time we updated you. So if you’re in the job market, even though ...
Factors That Improve Online Experience
Looking for a church web site overhaul? Or do you know a pastor who needs to be looking for a site overhaul? IDEA has released a study titled Factors That ...
Church Marketing Lab: Non-Existent to Top 90
Church Marketing Lab stories really get me fired up. At its best, it’s a truly incredible tool to help churches communicate with excellence. Take the story of Park Community Church. It ...
MinistryCOM 2008 in Oklahoma City
For the past several months I’ve been looking forward to being at MinistryCOM in Oklahoma City on September 18-19. With less than three weeks to go, the anticipation continues to ...
Falling for God
All right, all right. I’m sorry for the lame title pun. Westchester Church decided to do something crazy–go skydiving. This church had a message to communicate: We are not boring; ...
