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Archive for September, 2007

Church Planting is Where its At!

Posted in Other Rags on September 27, 2007 | No Comments »

If you ask me, “what’s it?”, the answer is the action bro. Here is a short inspiring piece to support this claim.

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Technology and the Church

Posted in Technology on September 26, 2007 | No Comments »

I watch Food Network. I willingly watch Food Network.
My favorite show is Good Eats with Alton Brown, but that’s for another post.
Recently I was watching Iron Chef America. Iron Chef America is a cooking show with a game show like feel. Two chef’s have an hour to create five dishes using a secret [...]

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Check Out this Zip Code Info Tool

Posted in Marketing on September 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »

ZIPskinny is a free online resource that allows you to research a zip code’s demographics as well as compare it with up to 19 other zip codes. It is a great resource for learning more about your church’s community. Data includes:

Race
Marital Status
Educational Achievement
Household Income
Occupation
Population Density
Percentage of 5+ years Residents

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Church Planter in Residence

Posted in Church Planter, Staff on September 21, 2007 | No Comments »

Mark Batterson was born in MN and is a church planter extraordinaire who is admired by many of us planter types for his imaginative, innovative, visionary leadership. He is the Lead Pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC. In his blog (worth adding to your blog reader), yesterday [...]

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Don’t Tase Me, Bro … I’m Stakin’ a Claim!

Posted in Church Planting, Motivation on September 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Here is an important principle from Luke, the author of Acts. Because the Christian movement is of God, it cannot be overthrown. The principle is laid down by Gamaliel, and it is endorsed and supported by Luke throughout the book of Acts.
… keep away from these men and let them alone, [don't tase them, [...]

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Church Leaders Intelligence Report

Posted in Resources, Uncategorized on September 19, 2007 | 3 Comments »

I look forward to opening the email from Church Leaders Intelligence Report every time it shows up in my in-box. There are often fun facts and tidbits that I can pug into messages. It is worth subscribing to IMHO.
Laws of Lifetime Personal Growth At what age did you stop growing taller? The average [...]

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Choosing a Name

Posted in Church Planting on September 12, 2007 | No Comments »

Perhaps the most-exciting and most-significant thing you will do early on as you are preparing to plant is choose a church name. Your name says a lot about who you are, where you want to go and what is important to you. In essence it is a 1-3 word vision statement. Your name is a [...]

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Sound Equipment

Posted in Buildings and Equipment on September 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I know guys who have spent a lot more but most of the planters in our network seem to have spent between $9k to 20k+ on sound stuff.
Don’t neglect the sound. It is one of the most important places you will invest in the pre-launch stage. You can certainly find a huge variance [...]

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Where Should A New Church Meet?

Posted in Buildings and Equipment on September 6, 2007 | No Comments »

One of the sites I like to visit is called, Church Marketing Sucks. It has great insights into today’s Church and how to help the Church figure out the lost art of communicating the greatest message ever.
In a post this summer they talked about some stats people have shared about where the church meets. [...]

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