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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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Ask a Kevin
June 21, 2007

Ask a Kevin

If you’ve been around Church Marketing Sucks for a while you probably know the name Kevin D. Hendricks. He’s our chief blogger and the labs director for our nonprofit parent, ...

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8 (Or So) Questions About Your Church Signage
June 20, 2007

8 (Or So) Questions About Your Church Signage

When I was 10 years old there was a song by Tesla that was rocking the airwaves called “Signs.” All my friends and I loved the song. You ...

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Where Should A New Church Meet?
June 19, 2007

Where Should A New Church Meet?

We’ve talked here on CMS before about church buildings. Recently Drew Goodmanson referenced an article by Dr. Ed Stetzer called “Where Should A New Church Meet?”…

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Calling All Financial Minds
June 18, 2007

Calling All Financial Minds

Each week, we try to highlight a discussion from the Church Marketing Lab that needs a little kick start to get going. You guys have been making my job tough. ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Getting So Close
June 15, 2007

Church Marketing Lab: Getting So Close

To be short and sweet, we’re still pushing right at a thousand members for our Church Marketing Lab. Even closer is two thousand pieces of art. Here’s four points of ...

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Where’s the Church on Facebook?
June 11, 2007

Where’s the Church on Facebook?

If you’re plugged into the social networking site Facebook at all you’ve probably heard about the recent launch of their developer’s platform. For the uninformed, basically third party companies can ...

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Making A Good Impression
June 11, 2007

Making A Good Impression

In lieu of a strikingly original and intensely thought-provoking original work of art, I wanted to give a little link love to an interesting post from Todd Rhoades at Monday ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Vines, Logos, Soccer and Silence
June 8, 2007

Church Marketing Lab: Vines, Logos, Soccer and Silence

This week at the Church Marketing Lab, we saw another successful go of things. I love to see images submitted, reviewed and resubmitted, and we saw some of that. We ...

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Trust vs. Statistics
June 5, 2007

Trust vs. Statistics

The last chapter of 2 Samuel reads somewhat like a page out of the book of Revelation. It’s got everything a good chapter in Revelation has: judgment, death and an ...

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Gee, I Should Go To Church Today
June 4, 2007

Gee, I Should Go To Church Today

It’s time to go back to the basics. I don’t know any non-Christian who wakes up and thinks, “Gee, I should go to church today.” Churches need to find ways to ...

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Help Your Country, Help A Church
June 4, 2007

Help Your Country, Help A Church

OK, so I don’t have a rant concerning patriotism or anything of the sort, but I do really have a call for your help! As you all know, Independence Day ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Movies and More
June 1, 2007

Church Marketing Lab: Movies and More

I always love when we have new and interesting media up for discussion in the Church Marketing Lab. We’ve seen movies, bulletins, church directories, coffee cups, logos, color palettes, web ...

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You Said It: May Comment Roundup
June 1, 2007

You Said It: May Comment Roundup

As the weather heated up, so did our comments section. You said a lot of great things in May, and we’re here to highlight those for the folks who don’t ...

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3 Fundamental Rules of Church Marketing
May 31, 2007

3 Fundamental Rules of Church Marketing

Kent Shaffer of Church Relevance, in the February 2007 edition of their newsletter, covered the 3 Fundamental Rules of Church Marketing. Here’s a sampling of what he said, and head ...

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A Visionless Church
May 30, 2007

A Visionless Church

Over at the nakedpastor blog, there’s a two-part post entitled “My Vision is to Have No Vision.” Any feathers ruffled yet? He argues that vision is actually a killer. It crushes ...

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