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Podcast Episode 0.2: Church Marketing Part 3

Last Updated November 25, 2008 by Matt 1 Comment

This episode proves the third time is not the charm.  I think this is our worst podcast thus far, so if you have better things to do, skip it. We thought about not posting it at all, but in the spirit of transparency, authenticity, and not yet having the next podcast ready to go, here […]

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The Podcast is Legit

Last Updated November 15, 2008 by Matt Leave a Comment

Our sorry excuse for a podcast was deemed worthy of a mention by the guys at at Church Marketing Sucks. I’m sure it helped that we mentioned them in the podcast. Hey, we’ll take whatever press we can get. A wee bit of discussion is happening in the comments section there. Check it out. Play […]

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Podcast Episode 0.1: Church Marketing Part 2

Last Updated November 13, 2008 by Matt 8 Comments

The next episode of our podcast is now available.  In this episode: Branding your youth group A plug for Soul Searching by Christian Smith Brit denies the virgin birth Christian consulting Church communication, part 1 20 minutes, 22 MB. Coming in the next episode: church bulletins (among other things).

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Podcast Episode 0: Church Marketing

Last Updated November 8, 2008 by Matt 5 Comments

My friend Brit and I decided we wanted to take a shot at podcasting.  So, we did.  We’ve got a multi-part series on church marketing, and this is the first episode.  We’ve got some ideas for the future, but right now we’re just trying this whole thing out.  Check it out below (20 minutes, 22 […]

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Best Youth Ministry Books

These are the books that will completely change the way you think about youth ministry, for the better. Links are to my reviews of each book.

Teen 2.0 by Robert Epstein

A psychologist makes you question every assumption you have about adolescence.

Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry by Andrew Root

Why build relationships? Root’s answer will surprise you.

Best Youth Ministry Books: Youth Ministry 3.0 by Mark Ostreicher

Yesterday I finally read Youth Ministry 3.0 by Mark Ostreicher, and since I’m one of the latecomers to the conversation I won’t summarize the book too much. Marko has linked to tons of reviews on his blog if you are interested in more in-depth summaries. If you are fairly in-tune with a lot of the […]

Best Youth Ministry Books: Postmodern Youth Ministry

Postmodern Youth Ministry by Tony Jones is the book I would recommend to youth ministers if they could just read one youth ministry book. I first read the book in my Foundations and Practices of Youth Ministry class at John Brown University. After the preface to the book there is a page titled, “The Day […]

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