Are you a church that is wondering how to position yourself for success in 2010? As we come in the hew year, I thought we could review some ideas as well as questions that have come about.
What marketing advice can help churches stand out in this economy?
Ultimately, you have to keep adding value to your [...]
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Health concerns are effecting every part of our lives. It doesn’t matter where you go. Whether you go to the grocery store, doctor’s office, or even when attending church, people want to know how your organization is dealing with top of mind items like the H1N1 virus.
It doesn’t matter what side of the fence you [...]
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Do you want your church to grow? Are you reaching the people looking for a church just like yours? Some of those folks are looking in your area for the first time and yet others for a variety of reasons are looking for a new church home.
If your church is like many organizations, you don’t [...]
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For those into what some call Web 2.0 or Social Media, then you have probably heard of Chris Brogan. Chris is someone who I have read with regularity. I also follow him on Twitter and was very intrigued by his tweet “If I Started Today”.
So, that got me to thinking…what if “I” were to start [...]
You designed a church website to provide visitors as well as congregants what types of services and ministries you deliver to the area. For the most part, that information on that site is static. If your church website is like most, there are not a lot of changes happening to it on a regular basis. [...]
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I love Twitter. I come across some pretty amazing people that I have learned quite a bit from. And you also will come across quotes. Lots of quotes. Some of the quotes are of an inspirational nature. You will regularly receive quotes in tweets telling you how to overcome adversity, what great leaders of our [...]
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As church leaders, we talk about it all the time to anyone who will listen. We make slogans about it. Ministers are apt to talk about the group using such terms. Ministers, church leaders and others are usually telling people that it is something that your church desperately want to become a part of. And [...]
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Twenty-five years ago, a mother was concerned about the welfare of her children as they prepared to go off to school.
Instead of being overwhelmed by fear, she decided to pray about it.
Decades later, that prayer has grown into Moms In Touch International.
The group has thousands of members in more than 100 countries.
Read the whole story
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During my last post, I outlined some very different conversations that I had had recently with 3 individuals describing their church and what they thought was important. In essence, they were detailing their church identity.
The basic premise of this entry is about identity and how we’ve got to figure out who we are, both as [...]
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Admittedly, I am among the weight challenged. I am a big guy. My weight can fluctuate 20-40 pounds at any given time. Yet, I am amazed when I see people who will either sit down to a full meal or go out to dinner and then seemingly right after that go have a snack. The [...]
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