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Goodmanson.com Relaunch, Update and Redesign
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Some of you may have noticed my blog has been down (or infected with Malware) through a Wordpress exploit of TimThumb an image re-sizer plugin. Well after a few days of work I've finally got it back and running. First...
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Non-Profit Functional Board of Directors and Elders for Churches
How do you get the most out of your Board? How do you avoid the awkward Board Meetings where issues are presented and members address surface layers because they aren't involved in the challenges being discussed? How do you go...
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The Permanent Revolution: The Need
Alan Hirsch argues that the church is in need to return back to the state of a permanent revolution. Christianity has become a civil religion that has lost it's vibrancy (p 26) and moved from the apostolic people-movement Jesus created....
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The Permanent Revolution: Apostolic Imagination and Practice for the 21st Century Church
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I’ve just begun The Permanent Revolution: Apostolic Imagination and Practice for the 21st Century Church and to say I’m excited about it is an understatement. (The book is scheduled to be released February 28th, 2012, you can pre-order it now)....
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Conclave Sessions – Gathering Church Communicators
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Earlier this year, we launched the Conclave Sessions in Dallas. It was such a success that we have begun to schedule more of these. Our next Roundtable will be this Fall 2011 (October 26th & 27th) in the Windy City...
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6 Ways Churches Fail with their Website
Over the last 5 years I've had the privilege of serving numerous churches and organizations to help them translate their mission into a web strategy. We've met with the key leadership of some of the largest, fastest growing churches in...
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An Exclusive Opportunity for Church Communicators
We’ve been silently working behind the scenes for the past few months at MonkDev, talking with some of the best and brightest in the church communications space. We’ve been planning our latest project, the Church Communicator Roundtable. It’s launching in...
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Gospel Communities on Mission Conference
Attend the annual Gospel Communities on Mission Conference in Huntsville, AL. September 14-16, 2011 The GCM Collective hosts our inaugural conference focused on the three vital components of effective ministry today: Gospel, Community and Mission. You will get to hear...
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Faith & Technology
I had the opportunity on Easter Sunday to appear on CBS Sunday Morning for a segment on Faith & Technology (link to video). The segment discussed how technology is impacting faith. CBS filmed at the Christian Web Conference, did a...
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Ministry CIO & IT Roundtable
Join Jim Finwick Vice President of Information Technology - Compassion Intl. & me as we present the session Ministry CIO & IT Roundtable at CLA Ministry Internet & Tech Summit in Dallas April 26-28 http://bit.ly/eacK03 You won’t want to miss...
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