Category: Communications
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Church Plant Postal Permit Filing Tips
Here are things I’ve learned over several years of coaching church planters through dealing with the US Postal Service. If you’re using direct mail as part of your Grand Opening announcement strategy, use these church plant postal permit filing tips: Apply Early It can take a couple of trips to your local USPS and a couple […]
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Name Your Church Plant
Part 3 in the 7-part series, Open a Church Checking Account What to Name Your Church Plant Now that you’ve done the hard work to contextualize your church, it’s time to brainstorm a list of names that communicate your mission, values, personality, etc… to your community. The church name plays a significant role in shaping […]
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Church Plant Freebie Friday: Amazon Smile
Amazon is donating money to non-profit organizations when shoppers register through Amazon Smile. Once the regulars at your church plant register, ½% of all their (qualified) purchases automatically come to your church. Or better yet, get all of your regulars to register for the nonprofit in town that your church partners with. Do it as […]
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Church Plant Freebie Friday – Signup Genius
Signup Genius is a great FREE tool for organizing your church plant prayer team and/or volunteers around events, projects, etc. Here are a couple of ways you could use it: Church Plant Outreach Events Your launch team is participating in a local community event and you need people to take 1-hour shifts during a 6-hour […]
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Don’t Let Your Buddy Do Your Church Plant Website
Publishing your church plant website has become an important part of the planting process here in the States. Everyone is going to check out who you are and what you’re about through your website, and usually very early in their relationship with you. Having a website establishes you in the community, helps you communicate, and […]
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Does Direct Mail Still Work?
I asked several of my church planters recently, “Does direct mail still work?” and here are their real-world experiences: We have had a GREAT responses to mailers, and we have had a so-so responses to mailers. Here is the key: send 5 pieces of mail per house for the response you want. If you have […]
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Throw a Church Plant Launch Celebration!
The Launch of weekly services at your church plant is a celebration in itself, but a lot of people have worked hard to make it a reality. What are you doing to celebrate the church plant launch and honor all that hard work your team put in? Throw an After-Party Plan in advance to […]