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	<title>A New Vision For Churches and Congregations &#187; Evangelism</title>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t know much religion?  You&#8217;re not alone, study finds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Results from new Pew religion quiz&#8230; http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/28/dont-know-much-about-religion-youre-not-alone-study-finds/]]></description>
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		<title>Ways to Keep Church Attendance Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Churches sometimes put barriers in place to keep visitors from easily finding or connecting with them. The reality is that most people are probably not going to attend your church if they can’t find any information about it beforehand.   If they do manage to find and attend your church, are there also barriors that will thwart them in their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saving the Titanic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Stephen Gray On April 15, 1912, the unthinkable happened when White Star Lines unsinkable ship, the Titanic, sank. The sinking resulted in the deaths of 1,517 of the 2,223 people on board, making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. Could the Titanic have been saved? Could this disaster have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Ways to Prepare Your Church for Company This Advent Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[10)  Take a look around your narthex and hallways.  Make sure old papers are down, plants look fresh, and bulletin boards are updated. 9)  Make sure current information booklets of your church are readily available and easy to see, and pew cards are current. 8)  Make sure the Bible the pastor is reading from is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus Doesn&#8217;t Go On Vacation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have previously mentioned the idea that while churches seem to go on a siesta during the summer months, attendance is low and we may want to do something about the mindset that it&#8217;s okay to miss a lot of what goes on in the church in the summer.  I still agree with all of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Has The Meaning of Evangelism Changed Today?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’re sitting in your local church, wondering what you can do to help your church grow or even how to help it survive.  How can people understand your church, your church family, and your missions unless they somehow hear of you in the first place?  We think our neighbors are choosing not to attend our church, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Personal Instruction For A New Vision</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, &#8220;All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Strategies for the 21st Century</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As churches try to maintain membership and maybe even expand in the 21st century, church leaders are increasingly finding that aggressive strategies are necessary to preserve the church. As churchgoers find themselves more rushed, under higher pressure and lacking time to commit to worship, a new approach may be necessary for 21st century congregations.   Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Ways You Know You&#8217;re A Presbyterian&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[10.) You can tell non-Presbyterians who some famous Presbyterians are (i.e., Mr. Rogers);   9.) You form a committee, then a sub-committee, and then a sub-committee for the sub-committee just to try to figure out where to go for lunch;   8.) You have used the phrase “It’s okay, I’m Presbyterian” to justify any stupid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Joy of Dreaming</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I am not going to stop dreaming of a new kind of faith for the millions of us who need it. I am not going to stop dreaming of new kinds of communities that put the love of God and the brilliance of Jesus on display in honest, compelling ways. I am not going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What People Are Saying&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The cook out and ice cream social that we had last week with our summer rec attendees was awesome. That event came about as a result of your initial visit. All of us were floating high for several days. Thank you for helping us get out of a box and improve something we were doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sunny Side of God</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you think of evangelism, what comes to mind? Usually people will have at least one story of setting a dog off on someone, or not being able to get rid of “them” while the dinner is burning in the kitchen. These stories are usually about being evangelized to, not about doing the evangelizing ourselves. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome Workshop Participants!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to A New Vision for Churches and Congregations! We are dedicated to helping make your church more visible to your neighborhood. Here you&#8217;ll find ideas and tools you can use to help your church go &#8220;outside the box&#8221; with evangelism, outreach, and missions, both in your communities and online. Do you sometimes get frustrated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evangelism Styles and Your Personality</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting study, and could be used as a Sunday School class or series of Wednesday discussions. There are different styles of evangelism connected with your personality.  This material came from Becoming a Contagious Christian by Bill Hybels and Mark Mittleberg. Peter’s Confrontational Approach — Acts 2:22-41 If Peter was convinced he was right, there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discovering Your God-Given Visions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Answer these questions to help you get closer to your personal vision… 1) What one thing bothers you most about the world? 2) If you knew you couldn’t fail, what one thing would you pursue for God? 3) What do you tend to pray for the most? 4) What gives you energy? 5) What have you [...]]]></description>
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