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Hub You - Is Your Church in Alignment?
We have issues in the World with Iran threatening to blow Israel off the map, funding Hamas and sending in insurgents. And on the Blogs this negative talk about the country I love and its leaders is hurting our system and hurting our people.Folks there is nothing wrong with the United States of America, there is nothing wrong with the US Military and President George Bush is the right man at the right time to lead this nation. And we will win the war on these murdering scum who threaten all civilization and it really doesn’t matter if you surrendered your minds to the mass media hysteria and world media hit. The fact is we have a job to do and we are getting it done?What you wanted to send a Vietnam Vintage swift boat decorated with a giant bronze star motif on the River thru Baghdad, Iraq and yell “nuisance, n
What is the average age of your congregation?
Has your revenue increased, decreased or remained the same?
Are you closing the door to visitors? Example: Private jokes known only to the congregation can turn visitors away. Do you make it sound like you must have problems to become a member?
Values of your Church Clarify the values of your church, values are a policing factor. Select the three top important values in your church.
Example:
1. Personal relationships
2. Spiritual life
3. Authority of Scripture
After the top three, the rest are just what people want to hear. List the things that are important in your church and score them in order of importance 1 to 10.
Example:
Growth - 3
Service - 8
Pastoral - 7
Evangelism -3
Events - 2
Social Work - 2
Facilities - 1
Finances - 4
Compare what you feel is important with the values you have selected for your church. Are you being truthful in what you say your values are and what you place importance on. For example if you place growth as a value and you are not growing, then growth is not a value.
In the example above, do you think that these are true values with the low importance plac
The small shop mortgage companies cannot compete with the big lead generators in the mortgage lead aggregation space; it is just not cost effective. Most mortgage companies do not even know where to start even if they had the funds to make a go of it. Search Engine Optimization for the mortgage company can be facilitated with just a couple new loans per month but it will take an expert SEO to make sure your search optimization efforts are directed efficiently.As a mortgage Web site owner wishing to rank well for high traffic keywords, you will need to invest somewhere in the neighborhood of $150,000 over the next 12 months. Thus, if you close two extra loans per month with an average margin of around $6,000 (plus or minus) per file, you can pay for your SEO strategy. That is the bitter pill you must swallow if you
The Medium driven Church The medium driven Church could be a church with a strong Sunday School. It could be centered on the pulpit with one strong person. It could be the choir or a bus ministry. It could also be a TV ministry. The up side is that it could be flexible or creative. The down side is when it fixes in on one medium or one person.
The Market driven Church The market driven Church is a church that aims for specific group or class of people, or any area that can be identified. The up side is that it is usually the most creative and the most flexible. Always on top. Constant change. The down side is that a market driven Church can become a slave to the market and with a highly market driven Church there is a high risk factor. Willing to comprise the message.
Good Alignment When all three of these are in alignment with each other you have the best situation. They are all good, but they must have good alignment. They may not be in balance, but should be in alignment. For example the message must reach the market. To do this you must study and know your market. Who are you reaching for and who is available for you to reach.
How well do you communicate what you are to your church? How well do you communicate what you are to your community?
Image is what others think you are. Identity is what you know you are. Try to merge image and identity so that others really know what you are all about.
Step One - Inspire commitment from your staff or board. Step two - Develop a self-awareness. Ask yourself what is the dominant theme for out church now? Use a five year maximum time frame. What moments from my church's past and present are emblematic of our vision? What do we want to say about our church and to whom? If you try to appeal to everyone, you will not appeal to anyone. Which truth about my church will I choose to represent us? Pick only one and go forward with it. The one you pick is your identity and the one you go forward with is your image.
Marketing strategy Be careful not to sell what you cannot deliver! You may not understand who you are. Why do tag-lines matter? Think of it as your bumper sticker. It tells who you are and how you want to be seen.
A large southern church that has just come out of a long successful revival and is now trying to get back to being a church again, has picked a tag-line ( Explore Life Now ). Their market is a large geographical area that the past revival reached and the congregation usually spends the weekend when coming to the church. With beaches nearby, the message is to come, attend church and enjoy the beaches.
A few bad tag-lines: "It's not your father's Oldsmobile", Oldsmobile is no longer around, they drove off their older market by insulting the older drivers.
"Brown and Buddy", Pepsi Cola tag-line and it only ran one week. They were aiming for the black community and it drew all kinds of negative feedback.
A few good tag-lines: "Just Do It" and "Where's The Beef?" This one lasted about 5 years in the 80's and was only dropped during the 90's due to weight becoming a public issue.
Look for a good advertisement company for your church, they will know how to make use of the subliminal messages in the selection of color fonts and graphics in your ads.
Avoid using real people from your congregation in your ads, you never know what may happen to them and you may have to pull an expensive ad.
If you ever blame a consumer, you have lost them. Blame is the result of negative guilt. Not all guilt is negative.
Remember that all non-profits require funding.
People will develop an image about ur church, but will it be what we want? Let's give them our image!
Orientation What is the magnet north for your Church? If you shake a compass it will always return back to the same direction. What ever your church goes through, the direction it returns to is your orientation.
Examples of Church orientation:
Worship Music
Preaching
Small Groups
Christian Education
Relationships
Growth
Children
Youth
Fill in the blank. As it is right now my church is ___________, orientated.
What is your church's message?
What is your church's medium?
What is your church's market?
What was the size of your congregation 2 years ago?
What was the size of your congregation 5 years ago?
What is the average age of your congregation?
Has your revenue increased, decreased or remained the same?
Are you closing the door to visitors? Example: Private jokes known only to the congregation can turn visitors away. Do you make it sound like you must have problems to become a member?
Values of your Church Clarify the values of your church, values are a policing factor. Select the three top important values in your church.
Example:
1. Personal relationships
2. Spiritual life
3. Authority of Scripture
After the top three, the rest are just what people want to hear. List the things that are important in your church and score them in order of importance 1 to 10.
Example:
Growth - 3
Service - 8
Pastoral - 7
Evangelism -3
Events - 2
Social Work - 2
Facilities - 1
Finances - 4
Compare what you feel is important with the values you have selected for your church. Are you being truthful in what you say your values are and what you place importance on. For example if you place growth as a value and you are not growing, then growth is not a value.
In the example above, do you think that these are true values with the low importance plac
Advertising plays an important role in your business (every business, actually!). But, there is one BIG mistake advertisers frequently do and this mistake could cost you a bundle!What is it?The fact that you don't analyze what type of advertising is working for you and which are not doing so well!Analyzing the results of your advertising campaigns will help you determine where your money should go. If you skip this task, then you'd probably spending too much money on a lousy campaign! Of course you don't want that to happen do you?I know that this task is very time consuming and boring, that's why most advertisers always neglect this one. The fact is, it becomes time consuming and boring if you don't create a system for that. This system should inform you the performance of all of your adve
Good Alignment When all three of these are in alignment with each other you have the best situation. They are all good, but they must have good alignment. They may not be in balance, but should be in alignment. For example the message must reach the market. To do this you must study and know your market. Who are you reaching for and who is available for you to reach.
How well do you communicate what you are to your church? How well do you communicate what you are to your community?
Image is what others think you are. Identity is what you know you are. Try to merge image and identity so that others really know what you are all about.
Step One - Inspire commitment from your staff or board. Step two - Develop a self-awareness. Ask yourself what is the dominant theme for out church now? Use a five year maximum time frame. What moments from my church's past and present are emblematic of our vision? What do we want to say about our church and to whom? If you try to appeal to everyone, you will not appeal to anyone. Which truth about my church will I choose to represent us? Pick only one and go forward with it. The one you pick is your identity and the one you go forward with is your image.
Marketing strategy Be careful not to sell what you cannot deliver! You may not understand who you are. Why do tag-lines matter? Think of it as your bumper sticker. It tells who you are and how you want to be seen.
A large southern church that has just come out of a long successful revival and is now trying to get back to being a church again, has picked a tag-line ( Explore Life Now ). Their market is a large geographical area that the past revival reached and the congregation usually spends the weekend when coming to the church. With beaches nearby, the message is to come, attend church and enjoy the beaches.
A few bad tag-lines: "It's not your father's Oldsmobile", Oldsmobile is no longer around, they drove off their older market by insulting the older drivers.
"Brown and Buddy", Pepsi Cola tag-line and it only ran one week. They were aiming for the black community and it drew all kinds of negative feedback.
A few good tag-lines: "Just Do It" and "Where's The Beef?" This one lasted about 5 years in the 80's and was only dropped during the 90's due to weight becoming a public issue.
Look for a good advertisement company for your church, they will know how to make use of the subliminal messages in the selection of color fonts and graphics in your ads.
Avoid using real people from your congregation in your ads, you never know what may happen to them and you may have to pull an expensive ad.
If you ever blame a consumer, you have lost them. Blame is the result of negative guilt. Not all guilt is negative.
Remember that all non-profits require funding.
People will develop an image about ur church, but will it be what we want? Let's give them our image!
Orientation What is the magnet north for your Church? If you shake a compass it will always return back to the same direction. What ever your church goes through, the direction it returns to is your orientation.
Examples of Church orientation:
Worship Music
Preaching
Small Groups
Christian Education
Relationships
Growth
Children
Youth
Fill in the blank. As it is right now my church is ___________, orientated.
What is your church's message?
What is your church's medium?
What is your church's market?
What was the size of your congregation 2 years ago?
What was the size of your congregation 5 years ago?
What is the average age of your congregation?
Has your revenue increased, decreased or remained the same?
Are you closing the door to visitors? Example: Private jokes known only to the congregation can turn visitors away. Do you make it sound like you must have problems to become a member?
Values of your Church Clarify the values of your church, values are a policing factor. Select the three top important values in your church.
Example:
1. Personal relationships
2. Spiritual life
3. Authority of Scripture
After the top three, the rest are just what people want to hear. List the things that are important in your church and score them in order of importance 1 to 10.
Example:
Growth - 3
Service - 8
Pastoral - 7
Evangelism -3
Events - 2
Social Work - 2
Facilities - 1
Finances - 4
Compare what you feel is important with the values you have selected for your church. Are you being truthful in what you say your values are and what you place importance on. For example if you place growth as a value and you are not growing, then growth is not a value.
In the example above, do you think that these are true values with the low importance plac
As a nation we in the UK are becoming wealthier. With the rise in our overall wealth has come a desire to spend our money on certain luxuries we enjoy. And one of the boom industries when it comes to spending this money is on the second home – the cottage in the countryside where we can spend the weekends. However, as this is considered your second home, and not your principal residence, the home insurance is going to cost you more than it will do for your principal residential home. To avoid this expense becoming burdensome, however, you may want to consider taking the following steps:SecurityThe Number 1 reason why your second home will cost you more to insure than your principal home is because you are not there as often. As such, your lack of presence providers potential thieves with more of an opportu
Marketing strategy Be careful not to sell what you cannot deliver! You may not understand who you are. Why do tag-lines matter? Think of it as your bumper sticker. It tells who you are and how you want to be seen.
A large southern church that has just come out of a long successful revival and is now trying to get back to being a church again, has picked a tag-line ( Explore Life Now ). Their market is a large geographical area that the past revival reached and the congregation usually spends the weekend when coming to the church. With beaches nearby, the message is to come, attend church and enjoy the beaches.
A few bad tag-lines: "It's not your father's Oldsmobile", Oldsmobile is no longer around, they drove off their older market by insulting the older drivers.
"Brown and Buddy", Pepsi Cola tag-line and it only ran one week. They were aiming for the black community and it drew all kinds of negative feedback.
A few good tag-lines: "Just Do It" and "Where's The Beef?" This one lasted about 5 years in the 80's and was only dropped during the 90's due to weight becoming a public issue.
Look for a good advertisement company for your church, they will know how to make use of the subliminal messages in the selection of color fonts and graphics in your ads.
Avoid using real people from your congregation in your ads, you never know what may happen to them and you may have to pull an expensive ad.
If you ever blame a consumer, you have lost them. Blame is the result of negative guilt. Not all guilt is negative.
Remember that all non-profits require funding.
People will develop an image about ur church, but will it be what we want? Let's give them our image!
Orientation What is the magnet north for your Church? If you shake a compass it will always return back to the same direction. What ever your church goes through, the direction it returns to is your orientation.
Examples of Church orientation:
Worship Music
Preaching
Small Groups
Christian Education
Relationships
Growth
Children
Youth
Fill in the blank. As it is right now my church is ___________, orientated.
What is your church's message?
What is your church's medium?
What is your church's market?
What was the size of your congregation 2 years ago?
What was the size of your congregation 5 years ago?
What is the average age of your congregation?
Has your revenue increased, decreased or remained the same?
Are you closing the door to visitors? Example: Private jokes known only to the congregation can turn visitors away. Do you make it sound like you must have problems to become a member?
Values of your Church Clarify the values of your church, values are a policing factor. Select the three top important values in your church.
Example:
1. Personal relationships
2. Spiritual life
3. Authority of Scripture
After the top three, the rest are just what people want to hear. List the things that are important in your church and score them in order of importance 1 to 10.
Example:
Growth - 3
Service - 8
Pastoral - 7
Evangelism -3
Events - 2
Social Work - 2
Facilities - 1
Finances - 4
Compare what you feel is important with the values you have selected for your church. Are you being truthful in what you say your values are and what you place importance on. For example if you place growth as a value and you are not growing, then growth is not a value.
In the example above, do you think that these are true values with the low importance plac
A concise plan of action is needed in order to find a family health insurance plan that is affordable. It can be quite a job to evaluate the various companies that provide health insurance and the plans that they offer. One good idea is to conduct a market survey on the internet, and ask for free health insurance coats from the websites of the insurance companies.Shopping for health insurance online is very easy. All you need to do is go to the website that offers free quotes. You may run a search on popular search engines like Google to locate such websites. Almost all of these websites offer free quotes. You are required to fill up a form, which rarely takes more than 30 seconds. They may ask for your zip code. Within moments quotes from multiple companies that offer coverage on health care within your zip code area
Look for a good advertisement company for your church, they will know how to make use of the subliminal messages in the selection of color fonts and graphics in your ads.
Avoid using real people from your congregation in your ads, you never know what may happen to them and you may have to pull an expensive ad.
If you ever blame a consumer, you have lost them. Blame is the result of negative guilt. Not all guilt is negative.
Remember that all non-profits require funding.
People will develop an image about ur church, but will it be what we want? Let's give them our image!
Orientation What is the magnet north for your Church? If you shake a compass it will always return back to the same direction. What ever your church goes through, the direction it returns to is your orientation.
Examples of Church orientation:
Worship Music
Preaching
Small Groups
Christian Education
Relationships
Growth
Children
Youth
Fill in the blank. As it is right now my church is ___________, orientated.
What is your church's message?
What is your church's medium?
What is your church's market?
What was the size of your congregation 2 years ago?
What was the size of your congregation 5 years ago?
What is the average age of your congregation?
Has your revenue increased, decreased or remained the same?
Are you closing the door to visitors? Example: Private jokes known only to the congregation can turn visitors away. Do you make it sound like you must have problems to become a member?
Values of your Church Clarify the values of your church, values are a policing factor. Select the three top important values in your church.
Example:
1. Personal relationships
2. Spiritual life
3. Authority of Scripture
After the top three, the rest are just what people want to hear. List the things that are important in your church and score them in order of importance 1 to 10.
Example:
Growth - 3
Service - 8
Pastoral - 7
Evangelism -3
Events - 2
Social Work - 2
Facilities - 1
Finances - 4
Compare what you feel is important with the values you have selected for your church. Are you being truthful in what you say your values are and what you place importance on. For example if you place growth as a value and you are not growing, then growth is not a value.
In the example above, do you think that these are true values with the low importance plac
These loans do not require long credit verification processes or income verification processes as opposed to personal loans which approval process can take from a couple of days up to a week. Instead, with just a few details and just a few clicks you can get approved immediately for a 24 Hs. Loan so you can worry about solving your problem. Loan Approval Requirements The requirements for approval are rather simple. Your credit score or history are not an issue since there is no time to check this. What you’ll need is to show proof of a steady job (income). Some lenders require that you send a copy of your paycheck by fax. Others do not require faxing at all.The other requirement is simple too: you need to have a bank account where the money will be deposited and from where the loan amount and the
What is the average age of your congregation?
Has your revenue increased, decreased or remained the same?
Are you closing the door to visitors? Example: Private jokes known only to the congregation can turn visitors away. Do you make it sound like you must have problems to become a member?
Values of your Church Clarify the values of your church, values are a policing factor. Select the three top important values in your church.
Example:
1. Personal relationships
2. Spiritual life
3. Authority of Scripture
After the top three, the rest are just what people want to hear. List the things that are important in your church and score them in order of importance 1 to 10.
Example:
Growth - 3
Service - 8
Pastoral - 7
Evangelism -3
Events - 2
Social Work - 2
Facilities - 1
Finances - 4
Compare what you feel is important with the values you have selected for your church. Are you being truthful in what you say your values are and what you place importance on. For example if you place growth as a value and you are not growing, then growth is not a value.
In the example above, do you think that these are true values with the low importance placed on some of the items?
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