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Church Marketing Sucks ponders: Action or activity

When I read this today I shouted a virtual amen to my monitor.
Too often I believe we launch a ministry because it sounds like a great idea, or because someone really thinks it’s needed, or maybe even because the hot church down the block just launched one. That can lead to busy work and often [...]

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As seen on Twitter, v2

I loved Osborne’s last book. You can read my thoughts about it, here.

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Might a recession be a great thing for the church?

Today I read a fantastic blog post by Skye Jethani. Skye is the managing editor of Leadership and a teaching pastor at Blanchard Alliance Church in Wheaton, Illinois
Early on he writes this…
…most American churches have based their mission on the assumption of affluence. That doesn’t mean every church is living large. Rather, it means that [...]

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Gary Haugen, Session 2: Just Courage – Charging the Darkness

Now on to Session two.  This session if by Gary Haugen, head of International Justice Mission.
Here are my notes and thoughts from his talk.  (As with my first set of notes, I will go through and clean this up.)
Gary started off by asking us to make sure our leadership matters.  To do that, we need [...]

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