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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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Bastards with Bibles, Part 4
August 1, 2008

Bastards with Bibles, Part 4

This is the fourth and final post in a series about how our impending identity crisis is funking our souls. You can read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 ...

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Creating a Church Style Guide, Part 2
July 31, 2008

Creating a Church Style Guide, Part 2

This is part two of an irregular and indefinite journey. Follow Associate Editor Joshua Cody as he works to get a style guide together for his church. Last time we talked, ...

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Bastards with Bibles, Part 3
July 30, 2008

Bastards with Bibles, Part 3

This is part three in a series about how our impending identity crisis is funking our souls. You can read Part 1 and Part 2 to catch up. Organization as Soul ...

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Top Tweeting Church Leaders
July 29, 2008

Top Tweeting Church Leaders

Today the Catalyst blog shares a list of Top Tweeters & Church Leaders. So if you’re on Twitter and want to see what church leaders are saying, check out the ...

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Bastards with Bibles, Part 2
July 28, 2008

Bastards with Bibles, Part 2

This is part two in a series about how our impending identity crisis is funking our souls. Part one was the story of CGE/Vivendi and their struggle to figure out ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Extreme Makeover Edition
July 25, 2008

Church Marketing Lab: Extreme Makeover Edition

One thing that makes us proud in a big way is when the Church Marketing Lab is all that it can be. One place we really see that is with ...

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Bastards with Bibles, Part 1
July 24, 2008

Bastards with Bibles, Part 1

This is part one in a series about how our impending identity crisis is funking our souls. I’m really fired up about this subject of identity and soul and I’m ...

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Church Marketing Sucks Turns 4
July 22, 2008

Church Marketing Sucks Turns 4

Four years ago today the first post appeared on Church Marketing Sucks. It’s been a wild ride trying to frustrate, educate and motivate churches to communicate the greatest story ever ...

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Jesus Goes Marketing
July 22, 2008

Jesus Goes Marketing

If you’re interested in spending a few minutes checking out some funny photos, you might want to see the blog at NEOchurch. Essentially, they dressed up like Jesus and took ...

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Skills and Bills: Working with Churches & Contractors
July 21, 2008

Skills and Bills: Working with Churches & Contractors

A recent comment about churches paying their bills prompted my post today, although this has been a pet peeve of mine for as long as I can remember. Having worked ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Worship Albums, Christianese and Logos
July 18, 2008

Church Marketing Lab: Worship Albums, Christianese and Logos

Want to discuss the top 10 fonts? Know what font is used for The Deadliest Catch? Keep up with designers and church marketers who are using Twitter? You can do ...

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Well Hello, Integrity Music!
July 18, 2008

Well Hello, Integrity Music!

If you’re checking us out via RSS, we don’t want you to miss out on the newest member of the CFCC Ad Network, Integrity Music and Canadian worship leader Joel ...

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Nit-Picking Marketing Motivation
July 17, 2008

Nit-Picking Marketing Motivation

All right, the practical ramifications of this article aren’t huge. Christianity Today’s Our of Ur blog examines the theological basis for felt-needs marketing. It’s a well-thought out post that looks ...

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Semiautomatic Assault Rifle–Free at Church!
July 16, 2008

Semiautomatic Assault Rifle–Free at Church!

Only one thing comes to mind when I heard this story: Uh oh. I don’t want to be sensationalist or over-report this. It’s pretty tough, though. From KOCO in Oklahoma City: ...

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How the Catholic Church Markets World Youth Day
July 15, 2008

How the Catholic Church Markets World Youth Day

Sometimes it’s fun to see what others say about church marketing. Here’s a blog entry talking about how the Catholic church is marketing World Youth Day 2008. The initial thought ...

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