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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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I Help Pastors Blog
October 27, 2006

I Help Pastors Blog

Cory Miller is doing the ultimate Blogging for Pastors series over at Church Communications Pro. So far he’s got 44+ five-question interviews with prominent church bloggers (including all your favorites: ...

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Canceling a Church Service to Do Service
October 27, 2006

Canceling a Church Service to Do Service

This is what church is supposed to be. Gateway Community Church in South Riding, Va. had “The Big Event” on Sunday, October 15. Instead of a typical Sunday morning worship service, ...

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9 Lists for Web Designers
October 26, 2006

9 Lists for Web Designers

Some of these lists and resources are older, but they age like fine wine and can still offer some help and hope to church web designers. 8 Web Design Cliches of ...

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The Church You Know
October 26, 2006

The Church You Know

You’ve got to check out The Church You Know, a site that spoofs the NBC ‘The More You Know’ public service announcements with hokey digs at some goofy church practices. ...

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18 Word of Mouth Marketing Tips for Churches
October 17, 2006

18 Word of Mouth Marketing Tips for Churches

At a recent Word of Mouth Marketing convention several bigwigs sat down and came up with 40 ideas to boost word of mouth marketing in 40 minutes. As leadership in ...

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Seth Godin on Church Marketing
October 2, 2006

Seth Godin on Church Marketing

Simply strategic guy Tony Morgan interviews marketing guru Seth Godin. Here’s a quick excerpt: Nearly everyone who markets something suffers from the following conceit: other people do marketing, but my product ...

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Church Outreach & MySpace
October 2, 2006

Church Outreach & MySpace

In the real world, preaching to the choir is as effective in outreach as preaching to the choir. Community within church walls is great, but it makes for an ...

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Back to Church, $60 Design & Back Doors
September 30, 2006

Back to Church, $60 Design & Back Doors

Back to Church Sunday – A campaign to welcome people back to church. Faith Visuals – Another media download site for churches, this time brought to you by Christianity ...

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Do It Yourself Market Research for Churches
September 28, 2006

Do It Yourself Market Research for Churches

Sometimes the best things in life don’t cost any money. This is a fact that is very easily overlooked in the realm of church marketing. From fliers and mailers to ...

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Church Marketing Lab Lightning Round
September 26, 2006

Church Marketing Lab Lightning Round

Some images get lots of comments in the Church Marketing Lab and sometimes they don’t. Here are some images that could use your feedback. What are you waiting for? ...

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The Ageing MySpace Population
September 25, 2006

The Ageing MySpace Population

We’ve talked before about how your church can use MySpace and other social networking sites to connect with people, whether it’s connecting your congregants or giving visitors a preview, but ...

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Sheep, More Mars Hill, Buildings & More
September 22, 2006

Sheep, More Mars Hill, Buildings & More

All We Like Sheep – “This god of consumerism shows no resemblance to the Consuming Fire described in Scripture. People may say they believe in Jesus, but the archaic Lord, ...

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A Slimmer Sinner: Does Your Brand Match Your Message?
September 20, 2006

A Slimmer Sinner: Does Your Brand Match Your Message?

I think HP has gone off the deep end with their latest attempt to market the Photosmart line of digital cameras. They are promoting a “slimming” feature on the camera ...

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More Church Web 2.0: MyChurch.org
September 19, 2006

More Church Web 2.0: MyChurch.org

The church web 2.0 trend continues with another new site and some media attention. This time around it’s MyChurch.org, founded by recent guest blogger Joe Suh. And the media attention ...

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Church Marketing Lab Round Up #15
September 18, 2006

Church Marketing Lab Round Up #15

It’s been a while since we’ve had a round up, but there has been a lot happening in the Church Marketing Lab. We have nearly 700 images in the ...

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