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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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Flickr Goes Video, So Does the Church Marketing Lab
April 30, 2008

Flickr Goes Video, So Does the Church Marketing Lab

If you haven’t heard, Flickr added video capabilities to their photo-sharing site. And if you didn’t know, the Church Marketing Lab runs on Flickr. What does that mean to you? Well ...

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Quality Church Resources for Free (or Cheap)
April 29, 2008

Quality Church Resources for Free (or Cheap)

The folks at Muddy River Media got in touch with us to let us know about their new and free church resource site. So we got to thinking, why not ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Flickr Gets Video
April 24, 2008

Church Marketing Lab: Flickr Gets Video

If you’re familiar with our Church Marketing Lab, you know it runs as a Flickr group. And if you’re familiar with Flickr, you know they recently started allowing the upload ...

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Facebook for Pastors
April 23, 2008

Facebook for Pastors

Chris Forbes just released a free 32-page e-book, Facebook for Pastors. The booklet can help you make the most of Facebook for your church (beyond just playing Scrabble). Check it ...

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The Church & Earth Day
April 22, 2008

The Church & Earth Day

Today’s Earth Day and Jason Boyett reminds us that the church can still care about creation. He points to Tri Robinson, a pastor who wrote the book Saving God’s Green ...

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What To Do When Someone Steals Your Church
April 22, 2008

What To Do When Someone Steals Your Church

Kinetic Church got in touch with us to tell us a story about themselves, which you may or may not have heard about. One weekend in early March, our portable church ...

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Going From Corporate to Non-Profit
April 21, 2008

Going From Corporate to Non-Profit

I’m sure we’ve got at least a few readers out there who are in the corporate world and thinking of dabbling in the realm of churches. If you’re thinking of ...

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Local Labs: How it Worked for Tulsa
April 18, 2008

Local Labs: How it Worked for Tulsa

I’m sure some of you have heard the buzz surrounding Local Labs, and you’re even considering getting involved, but it’s a little intimidating. What will they do there? Will I ...

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Just Ideas: Make That Coffee Fair Trade
April 17, 2008

Just Ideas: Make That Coffee Fair Trade

This is part four of a four-part series called “Just Ideas,” looking at ways your church can commit itself to fighting for justice and righteousness in the society around you. The ...

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Job Lab and Freelance Lab: Now 100% More Free
April 16, 2008

Job Lab and Freelance Lab: Now 100% More Free

If you haven’t been keeping your eyes on the Job Lab and Freelance Lab lately, you might not have noticed a little change in our language. You used to see ...

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Just Ideas: Be A Home for the Homeless
April 16, 2008

Just Ideas: Be A Home for the Homeless

This is part three of a four-part series called “Just Ideas,” looking at ways your church can commit itself to fighting for justice and righteousness in the society around you. A ...

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Just Ideas: Give Blood, Give Life
April 14, 2008

Just Ideas: Give Blood, Give Life

This is part two of a four-part series called “Just Ideas,” looking at ways your church can commit itself to fighting for justice and righteousness in the society around you. Tons ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Try, Try Again
April 11, 2008

Church Marketing Lab: Try, Try Again

The Church Marketing Lab is all about peer review. It’s good to post your designs and ideas after you’ve executed them. It’s better to share them before go time so ...

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Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!
April 11, 2008

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!

The Stuff Christians Like blog has been around since January. Unfortunately, I just found out about it today. Prodigal John explains how Christians like myriad things, such as: not knowing ...

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Just Ideas: Buying Sweatshop-Free
April 10, 2008

Just Ideas: Buying Sweatshop-Free

This is part one of a four-part series called “Just Ideas,” looking at ways the church can commit itself to fighting for justice and righteousness in the society around them. Think ...

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