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Several people have asked me to tell the story of our church. I have changed the About Chuck Warnock page to a summary of what has happened here at Chatham Baptist Church in the 3 years I have been pastor. I've included links to articles, photos, and other
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Well, I'm a week late, but here it is finally! All my friends, or at least the ones who have commented on my blog and who have blogs/sites of their own. Pretty amazing stuff you guys are doing and here's to lots more from all
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Outreach, Inc. has invited me to lead a workshop on the missional small-church at their annual National Outreach Convention -- NOC07 --November 7-10, in San Diego. The workshop is Small Church, Big Impact: Creating Missional Partnerships in Your Community. In addition to sharing the story of our church's
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The Homeless Camera Adventure, photo by Troy. Isn't the internet wonderful? I'm surfing Technorati for missional stuff, and I find my friend Jerry's blog, Becoming Missional. His latest post is about The Homeless Camera Adventure. These folks give homeless people disposable cameras, then post
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The top two posts for the past 30-days are: 1. The Day I Went To A Strip Club, and 2. This Easter Outreach Idea Works I'll let you figure out how these two are related. :)
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CELEBRATE: We're over 10,000 page-views, so thanks to each of you for tuning in on a regular basis. Keep telling your friends about this blog, because I think we're on to something here! REVIEWS: I've posted reviews of two books on my missional
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Sometime between now and 34 more page views, Confessions of a Small-Church Pastor will pass the 10,000 page view milestone! Break out the funny hats and noisemakers, cause we're celebrating! In only three short months, our little chats have become "a gathering place for the small
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Small churches usually don't have an advertising budget, or if they do it's too small to be effective. But, relax my small-church friend because you don't need an ad budget. Here's why: 1. Trendwatching.com says that only 13% of consumers admit
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Rick Warren talks about preaching for "life change." Others speak of "transformational" preaching. The goal of every preacher I know is to bring an effective message, engaging the worshippers and leading them to a new encounter with God. It's the "how-to" part
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Tom Holland and I have been emailing back-and-forth about how small churches keep their members. Tom and I have both experienced families leaving our churches to go to larger churches where the programs are a draw. If the two of us are dealing with this issue of "closing the
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The next time someone says, "I'm just playing the devil's advocate" use this quote from Seth Godin: "The devil doesn't need an advocate. The brave need supporters, not critics." -- Seth Godin, posted January 25, 2007, on Seth's
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"I imagine our congregations becoming smaller, not bigger, yet teeming with the life of his body. And I hope there are more of them, so many of them in fact, that they become the alternative to the Starbucks of our day. I hope our churches become known for servanthood