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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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What’s Working in Churches
February 8, 2006

What’s Working in Churches

Jordon Cooper has an intersting blog entry about wanting to rediscover stories. He’s tired of talking about what’s wrong with the church and wants to hear more stories of what’s ...

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Support CMS Through Amazon
February 8, 2006

Support CMS Through Amazon

Being a non-profit implies a certain lack of cash. Church Marketing Sucks has never been and never will be about getting rich, but we do still have bills to pay. ...

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Blogging Can Burn Pastors
February 8, 2006

Blogging Can Burn Pastors

We like blogging. That’s fairly obvious, coming from a blog, but we definitely encourage churches and pastors to blog (and we’re just waiting for that book). But you have to ...

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Community Swimming Pool Built By a Church
February 7, 2006

Community Swimming Pool Built By a Church

Harvest Church in Billings, Mont. is planning to build a community swimming pool. And you thought cup holders were cool. The community has tried to pass three bond measures in ...

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Cup Holders in Church
February 7, 2006

Cup Holders in Church

It seems like everybody likes to rag on mega-churches, but I don’t always get it. Often they’re just making smart decisions. Take Eagle Brook, the largest church in Minnesota with ...

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Mega-Churches Double
February 6, 2006

Mega-Churches Double

Speaking of mega-churches, they’ve doubled in the last five years. There are now 1,210 churches with weekly attendance over 2,000. More info than you wanted to know about mega-churches is ...

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Pastor Uses Pepper Spray to Stop Fight
February 6, 2006

Pastor Uses Pepper Spray to Stop Fight

A Memphis pastor had to bust out the pepper spray when a church house brawl between kids carried over to the church bus Wednesday night. I’m going to go out on ...

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Mega-Church: The Game
February 4, 2006

Mega-Church: The Game

Imagine if you could create the church you wanted, any way you wanted. Put together a worship service exactly the way YOU want: hymns, no hymns, drums, no drums. Are you ...

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Xbox: Granny Get Your Gun
February 2, 2006

Xbox: Granny Get Your Gun

In a meeting this morning at work, I was pleasantly surprised to learn of an idea that that is sure to be a hit. Next spring, during a denominational retreat ...

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Congrats to Kevin Hendricks
February 2, 2006

Congrats to Kevin Hendricks

As you’ve probably read by now, our very own Kevin Hendricks and his wife Abby had their first baby earlier this week. Madeleine Alexis Hendricks is already learning about what ...

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Having a Baby
February 2, 2006

Having a Baby

A week ago we posted our poll results about how to celebrate the birth of our chief blogger’s first child, and it seems the least favorite answer, no blogging for ...

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Two Rivers E-Marketing
January 30, 2006

Two Rivers E-Marketing

This week we look at the online marketing of a Nashville church. Samples: Traditional Service Web Site: (tworivers.org) Contemporary Service Web Site: (eleven01online.com) E-mail Newsletter:…

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The Art of Evangelism
January 26, 2006

The Art of Evangelism

Guy Kawasaki, a former evangelist for Apple computers, talks about the art of evangelism. In a nutshell, what used to be a religious term has been borrowed by business. In ...

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EKG Easter Poster
January 25, 2006

EKG Easter Poster

It’s been a while since we’ve had a peer review, but never fear–they’re still here. This week we’re taking a look at an Easter poster, which is a good reminder ...

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You Will Be Judged Mighty Webmaster
January 20, 2006

You Will Be Judged Mighty Webmaster

Pastor Jeff Hamilton of The Cornerstone Foursquare Church points us to a study released about the amount of time someone spends looking at a web site before making a judgment ...

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