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Church Seeking Poll Results

Two weeks ago we asked you why you would ever leave your church. And last week, we continued that with asking how you would go about finding a new church. ...

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The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

Marketing guru Seth Godin offers a little book (seriously, it’s only 76 pages) that tells you when to quit. The Dip is all about quitting what doesn’t work and sticking ...

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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

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

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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Leaving Church Poll Results

Last week, we asked you about leaving church. More specifically, we wanted to know what circumstances would cause you to leave a church. Nearly three hundred of you responded, and ...

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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

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

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

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

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

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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The Blogging Church: Sharing the Story of Your Church Through Blogs

Brian Bailey and Terry Storch have put together a book that’s near and dear to our hearts. It lays out the why and the how of church blogging. We’re big ...

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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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Summer Church Worries Poll Results

This past week at the polls, you let us know what worries your church the most as summer approaches. Of course, there are some worries we didn’t provide, so let ...

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