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How to Measure Ministry Progress

by Dan on August 11, 2009

I saw this quote at Between Two Worlds, who got it from Tony Payne. It speaks volumes to churches that rely on the same marketing tactics and progress reports that are being utilized by corporate culture, rather than biblical measures as defined in this quote: The measure of how ministry is progressing in your church [...]

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Stop Marketing, Start Ministering

by Dan on November 18, 2008

Recently I posted a video entitled What if Starbucks Marketed Like a Church? I got a lot of good reactions from the video, and it’s best you watch it prior to reading this post, although not necessary. It really made me (and many others) think about how scary church marketing tactics really are — and [...]

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Developing a ‘Sticky Church’

by Dan on October 14, 2008

I saw a great article yesterday about Larry Osborne and his recent book, Sticky Church. The content of the article (and apparently of the book) really resonated with a lot of what I’ve been thinking and reading about lately. Osborne is focusing on what he calls the church’s back door: where we lose people. When [...]

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