November 2005

National Magazine Needs 'Secret Shoppers' to attend churches

by Drew Goodmanson|05 November 200505 November 2005|Church

A National Christian Magazine asked me if I had people who are interested in contributing to an article they are writing. It would require that a person attends a church in their area and perform a 'secret shopper' role to...

Youth Pastors as Second Class Citizens

by Drew Goodmanson|04 November 200504 November 2005|Church

As I walked the Exhibition floor of the National Outreach Convention, I browsed the exhibits. One exhibitor, who sold services to 'pastors' said, "Oh, this is really more for pastors." I replied, "I am a pastor." She responded, "Oh, a...

Picture from New York

by Drew Goodmanson|04 November 200504 November 2005|Church

I just uploaded this picture from my trip to New York. I wanted to upload a bunch more and integrate them into my blog. Any recommendations on a gallery system. A friend recommended Gallery2 and I saw someone had integrated...

National Outreach Convention

by Drew Goodmanson|03 November 200503 November 2005|Church, Church Technology, Ekklesia, Monk Dev, Sheep&Goats

I spent today at the National Outreach Convention. I will dedicate a post to each session I attend to share what I learned. Here are the sessions I plan or have to attended: Breaking Attendance Barriers Do you desire to...

MySpace Oversaturated

by Drew Goodmanson|02 November 200502 November 2005|Culture

Anyone else tired of MySpace? It seems like it's no longer 'my' space but 5,602,234 marketing opportunities to promote stuff to you.

Anonymous Confessions of a Modern Day American Christian

by Drew Goodmanson|02 November 200502 November 2005|Church

I don't know how to talk to people one-on-one. I only join groups to be entertained so I fumble at how to get to know people. So when I go places after an event is done, I leave. I don't...

Ekklesia Systems – Church Content Management, Assimilation, Contact Management and Event Management

by Drew Goodmanson|02 November 200502 November 2005|Church, Church Technology, Ekklesia

Redesigned Site v2.0 Now Ekklesia Systems is a web-based application built for churches. Ekklesia combines a Content Management System (CMS), Contact Management System, Assimilation/Member Management System and Event/Registration Management System in one system. Ekklesia was created by church planters who...

Twelve Tribes : The Commonwealth of Israel

by Drew Goodmanson|02 November 200502 November 2005|Church Technology, Sheep&Goats

"If a Christian is a true seeker of God, they are better off reading the word of God at face value than buying into the traditions of mainstream churches. When a believer sincerely cries out to God, God will lead...

Is the Twelve Tribes a Cult?

by Drew Goodmanson|02 November 200502 November 2005|Church, Church Technology, Sheep&Goats

There are many 'anti-cult' sites (Rick Ross Twelve Tribes resources, Twelve Tribes-EX) that attack the Twelve Tribes for being a cult. Their claims often attack positions the Twelve Tribes takes on discipline, lifestyle and Biblical authority. I've had a couple...

The Reality of Christian Teenage Years

by Drew Goodmanson|02 November 200502 November 2005|Church

My youth group experience (at least the way I perceived it) seemed focused more on what not to do. Don't drink, don't smoke, don't have sex. In fact, I think it was in my church high school group that I...

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