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Tim Elmore and Growing Leaders recently conducted a focus group of 16-24 year olds and asked them how they wanted to receive information from us. Here are the top 8 answers: read more »
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This is a phone service that allows for pre recorded phone messages to be sent out. There is a free service and, of course, premium membership for more calls and options. read more »
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A list of 5 things youth ministers do not want people to know about various aspects of ministry. A silly look at how and why ministers do what we do. read more »
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Most people start their search for a new church online. This in depth Church Marketing Online University article takes a close look at that process and to extract good principles for church search marketing. read more »
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When was the last time you had a health check up? What might a health check up for youth ministry include? Here's my 10 point plan to stay healthy in youth ministry. read more »
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The real problem that faces ministries is not how to fire a volunteer but how to keep them. Every ministry I have seen has to deal with the issue of high turnover in their volunteer corps. Churches that don’t have a problem with read more »
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When culture changes as rapidly as ours, often it is our young who are pushed to the fringes of society. We see this happening in our schools, churches, communities and neighborhoods. Many youth workers have expressed a need to read more »
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If optimizing a website is like giving your car a tune up, link building is like putting in a bigger engine. Link building along with Search Engine Optimization is needed to bring the popular keywords into your grasp. Learn wha read more »
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This morning while I was running at the gym I was listening to a podcast that featured Francis Chan. During the podcast the host asked a question that went something like this, “If you were to give any advice to a young leader w read more »
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The crowd around me is wearing jeans and tennis shoes. The audience is starting to get into the music and their hands are in the air. On the stage, a long haired electric guitar player’s Gibson wails and drums thump out a steady read more »
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There are several things you can do to get the most out of your day. Stop procrastinating and get things done! read more »
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Check out the missions “mashup” page created to help people learn more about people serving as missionaries around the world. It combines information about missionaries including customized Google Map and a missions blog aggrega read more »
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An overview of how to evaluate your church website's search engine visibility and develop a plan to improve it's search rankings in order to reach more people in your community. Plan your church web team's Internet Evangelism read more »
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Here’s some help for those looking to get out of the religion rut and start walking on the relationship path with Christ. read more »
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