Church Growth
Six Ways Your Church Can Use Texting to Engage More People
This post on churches and texting is written by Laura Pechenik, Demand Generation Marketing Manager at Gloo. As much as email has been a staple of communication for decades, texting is now emerging as one of the best ways for organizations to communicate with their people. Texting is one of the most powerful communication tools…
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Three Counterintuitive Ways to Reach the Unchurched in Today’s Culture
This post is written by Mark Clark, author of The Problem of Jesus, founding pastor of Village Church and co-creator of the Art of Better Reaching course with Carey Nieuwhof. It is no secret that the world has experienced a shift over the last few years. We feel it. One of the things across the board…
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Break the Slump: How To Leverage Your 2021 Christmas Services To Reach More People
Like many church leaders, you’ve probably been working twice as hard and seeing half the results you’d wanted. That’s a recipe for disappointment, not to mention fatigue. When you’re discouraged as a leader, it can be easy to miss the opportunities right in front of you. And right now, there’s an opportunity. The opportunity? Christmas.…
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Why They’re Not Coming Back To Church (And What To Do With Who’s Left)
You probably remember the predictions back in the Spring of 2020: that as soon as churches reopened for in-person worship service again people would flood back into church, high-fiving people and embracing friends they hadn’t seen in weeks or months. Then the lockdown went from weeks to months, to in some cases, a year or…
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Four Different Ways to Measure Success: Metrics for a New Era of Church
This post on church metrics is written by Jeff Lockyer, the Lead Pastor of Southridge Community Church, a multi-site, missional church in the Niagara Region of Ontario Canada. A former national team long-distance runner, Jeff also chairs the Board of the Global Leadership Network Canada, and is the founder of Leaders’ Village (@leadersvillage). He has…
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4 Steps to Amplify Community Engagement
This post on community engagement is written by Chris Trethewey, a North Point Strategic Partner and Lead Pastor of TCC, a multisite church impacting communities across Pennsylvania. Chris and his wife, Kim have two daughters and Lola, their golden retriever. Chris loves a great espresso, riding his road bike, and spending time creating in his…
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Text Messaging Vs. Email Marketing: Which Strategy Is Best For Your Church in 2021?
This post on text messaging vs email is written by Laura Pechenik, Demand Generation Marketing Manager at Gloo. By Laura Pechenik: Today, people are increasingly connected while “on the go” via smartphones and other mobile devices. But even as the world becomes more and more connected, people are growing more disconnected from church at an…
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The Top Three Digital Engagement Mistakes to Avoid
Today’s post on digital engagement mistakes is written by Alan George. Alan brings his expertise from almost a decade as the Church Online Pastor at Life.Church, and is passionate about leveraging technology to make the truth of Christ accessible to all people. By Alan George Mistakes aren’t all bad. No one wants to make a…
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Your Church’s Fall 2021 Growth Opportunity (Why It’s A Season Of Hope…)
This is a post written by Rich Birch. Rich is the founder of Unseminary and is a member of my Speaking Team. You can book Rich to consult with your team or speak at your next event here. By Rich Birch The coming months represent a potentially unprecedented opportunity to see your church impact more people than ever before. As…
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The Self-Awareness Gap: What Non-Christian People Really Think About the Church
Self-awareness is one of the keys to emotional intelligence. It’s also a key to growth. With that in mind, some recent research by the Barna Group through their Barna Cities initiative shows the church, in addition to the many well documented challenges it’s facing, might have an emerging self-awareness issue. The self-awareness gap, as you’ll…
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