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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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Ditching Sermons for Drama
April 24, 2006

Ditching Sermons for Drama

A Pennsylvania church plant hopes to spread the word by ditching sermons in favor of dramas. Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community in Pittsburgh, Penn. is an emergent congregation that targets ...

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Get In Here Ministries
April 24, 2006

Get In Here Ministries

As part of their latest DVD pack of videos for church use, Igniter Media has created a great example of the wrong way to do ministry: Johnny Lang & Chachi ...

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Church Marketing Lab Round Up #4
April 21, 2006

Church Marketing Lab Round Up #4

It’s another Friday and another chance to help church marketing not suck. Head over to our Church Marketing Lab and share your wisdom (see our guidelines for instructions). I Am Not ...

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Larry Ross: Billy Graham’s PR Man
April 20, 2006

Larry Ross: Billy Graham’s PR Man

We’ve talked about Billy Graham’s publicity man before, but the New York Times spend seven pages on Larry Ross, so maybe he’s worth another look. “Moses stood there on top of ...

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Easter Brings Churches Together
April 19, 2006

Easter Brings Churches Together

My wife and I were invited by some friends to attend an Easter service this past weekend. A handful of churches were coming together for a “county-wide celebration of Christ” ...

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Church Marketing Lab Round Up #3
April 14, 2006

Church Marketing Lab Round Up #3

It’s Friday and we know you’re looking for an afternoon distraction (at least for those who didn’t get the day off for Good Friday), so why not help churches communicate ...

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Save $40 on the Buzz Conference
April 13, 2006

Save $40 on the Buzz Conference

They say you can’t have buzz without repetition. So here we go. The Buzz Conference is coming to Washington, D.C., in less than a month, featuring the controversial Mark Batterson (OK, ...

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How Your Church Can Use Squidoo
April 13, 2006

How Your Church Can Use Squidoo

Part 5 in a continuing series on What Web 2.0 Means for Your Church So what’s Squidoo? It’s another player in the exploding world of web 2.0 sites, though it has ...

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100 Members in the Church Marketing Lab
April 12, 2006

100 Members in the Church Marketing Lab

We just added our 100th member to the Church Marketing Lab. Congratulations Bob Erdman of Capistrano Valley Church (which has its own [fledgling] Flickr group–looks like someone’s been listening). ...

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How to Generate Grassroots Buzz
April 12, 2006

How to Generate Grassroots Buzz

A few months ago, you may have found yourself pondering the veracity of a PC game called “Mega Church” for sale on Amazon. It was a parody; I created it ...

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Be the First to Know: CMS E-mail Newsletters
April 11, 2006

Be the First to Know: CMS E-mail Newsletters

If you want to be in the know, sign up for our e-mail newsletters. That’s where you can hear things first: Last week we told our e-mail subscribers about our plans ...

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Church Marketing Lab Round Up #2
April 7, 2006

Church Marketing Lab Round Up #2

We always talk about helping churches communicate better, so it’s time to make it happen. Below are the recent additions to the Church Marketing Lab. Check ’em out and offer ...

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Mark Batterson and Church Buzz
April 7, 2006

Mark Batterson and Church Buzz

Mark Batterson is the lead pastor of Washington D.C.’s National Community Church, a unique church that meets in two movie theaters in the nation’s capital. Batterson is also behind the ...

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How Your Church Can Use Video
April 7, 2006

How Your Church Can Use Video

Part 4 in a continuing series on What Web 2.0 Means for Your Church Online video is the latest tech fad. There are TV shows for sale from Apple, you can ...

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Rejected Church Slogans
April 6, 2006

Rejected Church Slogans

Dean Lusk, worship leader at Wall Highway Baptist Church in Madison, Ala., was recently working on a new slogan for the church when inspiration struck: “I originally thought of this ...

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