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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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The UCC Ejector Pew Commercial
March 28, 2006

The UCC Ejector Pew Commercial

The United Church of Christ, known for their headline grabbing commercial that was rejected by the networks, is back with a new ejector pew commercial. This time around a traditional ...

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Want to Write For Us?
March 28, 2006

Want to Write For Us?

Join our team and become a guest blogger. We’re looking for people who can contribute to the conversation, beyond comments to the actual entries we comment about. We’ve made it ...

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Church Members Beat Burglar
March 25, 2006

Church Members Beat Burglar

You don’t mess with the Church of the Nazarene in West Palm Beach, Fla. Church members were fed up after a string of burglaries, so they hid out in the ...

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Why We Do This
March 22, 2006

Why We Do This

I always love those reminders from God that help me get perspective on why in the world I’m busy about his business in the first place. Today’s reminder came from ...

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More Church Cartoons
March 22, 2006

More Church Cartoons

Church Cartoons is another site that offers comics for church newsletters and publications. Some may question the place of church humor in a church publication, but if it makes me laugh ...

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More Tips for Starting a Church Blog
March 22, 2006

More Tips for Starting a Church Blog

Fortune offers a list of corporate blogging do’s and don’ts that are worth checking out for any church exploring the possibility of a blog: Know thyself Know thy audience Engage your audience Stay current Cover ...

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Starting a Church Style Guide
March 20, 2006

Starting a Church Style Guide

If you have any sort of background with words you understand the importance of a style guide. Is it Gospel or gospel? Are pronouns referring to God capitalized? Is it ...

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Ad Mission
March 20, 2006

Ad Mission

Speaking of things that happened back in February, we missed a story about a collective of Wisconsin churches that pooled their resources and bought local Super Bowl ads. It’s part ...

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The Cross as a Giant Eyesore
March 17, 2006

The Cross as a Giant Eyesore

West County Assembly of God Church in Town and Country, Mo. wants to put up a 99-foot cross to “give a Christian message to the people in the 164,655 vehicles ...

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The History of the Church Pew
March 14, 2006

The History of the Church Pew

Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, Calif. just moved to a new building and they have a peculiar problem: Pews. Vintage Faith is an emergent church where pews and a ...

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Church Marketing via eBay
March 13, 2006

Church Marketing via eBay

Here’s a new way to bring in visitors: eBay. Atheist Hemant Mehta sold his soul on eBay, offering to attend an hour of church for each $10 of the final ...

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CMS Mentioned in Advertising Age
March 13, 2006

CMS Mentioned in Advertising Age

If you’re a subscriber to Advertising Age magazine, flip to page 24 of the Feb. 20, 2006 issue and Ken Wheaton’s Adages column for a brief mention of your favorite ...

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The Cross as Advertising
March 13, 2006

The Cross as Advertising

Dudley Wood Methodist Church in the UK just moved to a new location and wanted to erect a cross so people would know their new location was a church. Not ...

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Church Newsletter Gone to the Dogs
March 9, 2006

Church Newsletter Gone to the Dogs

OK, that title was too easy. That guy who draws cartoons on business cards, Hugh Macleod, has posted a PDF of a revamped church newsletter. It’s called Hotspur and is the ...

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Go to Church, Get Free Chicken
March 8, 2006

Go to Church, Get Free Chicken

I thought the whole church and business marketing tie-in thing would die down, but it just keeps coming. This time it’s from the business side, with a Chick-fill-A restaurant offering ...

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