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		<title>2008 Medium-Sized Church Report: Deluxe Edition (Now Available)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As always, the valuable resources and research that results from surveying 66 churches is more than one Christian Standard issue can hold. The 2008 Medium Sized Church Report: Deluxe Edition contains complete survey findings that will enhance your ministry evaluation and strengthen your church. Topics covered in the report include:

Attendance and growth trends
Baptism ratios and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3strandsconsulting.com/resources/blog/2009/09/11/2008-medium-sized-church-report-deluxe-edition-now-available/</link>
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		<title>Is Your Church Gray Friendly?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is your church gray friendly?  At a time when people and churches are focused on “going green” to protect the environment and be more efficient with natural resources, our U.S. population is going “gray.”  The aging of baby boomers makes the pre-seniors (aged 55 to 64) this decade’s fastest-growing age group, expanding nearly 50 percent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3strandsconsulting.com/resources/blog/2009/05/27/is-your-church-gray-friendly/</link>
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		<title>Interactive Map of the 117 Christian church/church of Christ Megachurches</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ben Simms, 3:STRANDS Research Consultant, developed a very interesting, interactive Google map that shows the location of the 117 Christian church/church of Christ megachurches and emerging megachurches featured in our recent 2008 Megachurch Report with Christian Standard.  It&#8217;s fun and informative to see the location and clusters of churches across the country. 
Check out the interactive map here.
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		<link>http://www.3strandsconsulting.com/resources/blog/2009/04/19/interactive-map-of-the-117-christian-churchchurch-of-christ-megachurches/</link>
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		<title>Megachurch Branding Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Bracketology” is one of my favorite newly minted words. In the world of college basketball, there is no Bowl Championship Series committee, but only the brackets filled with exciting games and Cinderella stories. “Bracketologists” like me from across the country try to predict the March Madness that culminates with the celebration of a national champion.
This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3strandsconsulting.com/resources/blog/2009/04/15/megachurch-branding-competition/</link>
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		<title>2008 Megachurch Report: Deluxe Edition Now Available!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the fourth year, 3:STRANDS has partnered with Christian Standard to produce the Megachurch Report chronicling 117 megachurches and emerging megachurches.  The articles from the Christian Standard issue are available on the Linked Articles page, but for additional articles, special features and more, follow this link to order your personal or church copy of the 2008 Megachurch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3strandsconsulting.com/resources/blog/2009/04/15/2008-megachurch-report-deluxe-edition-now-available/</link>
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		<title>Leaders in Denial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Richard S. Tedlow, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School has a forthcoming book entitled Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face.  Harvard Business Review (July-August 2008) included a few thoughts on denial that were applicable to churches and church leaders. 
“Sigmund Freud described denial as a state of ‘knowing-but-not-knowing.’  The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3strandsconsulting.com/resources/blog/2008/11/10/leaders-in-denial/</link>
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		<title>Good Intentions Aren&#8217;t Enough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Growing up in the church and serving as a minister on staff in several local churches, most of the people I have encountered along the way have had good intentions.  They mean well.  They really care.  They love God and do their best to love others.  They read their Bible.  They pray.  They show up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3strandsconsulting.com/resources/blog/2008/11/05/good-intentions-arent-enough/</link>
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		<title>Accurately Evaluating Your Ministries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now is the time when many churches and church leaders evaluate the year to date and discuss ministry needs and goals for the future.  A growing trend in churches is to simplify their ministry offerings using the mantra, “Less is more.”


When this chant begins to gain momentum, the conversation typically results in discussing the various [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3strandsconsulting.com/resources/blog/2008/11/03/accurately-evaluating-your-ministries/</link>
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		<title>Ministry Evaluation + Planning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is time to start developing your ministry plans for next year. One often forgotten, but key element in planning is evaluation. Spend time with your team reviewing your ministry events year to date and identify the &#8220;wins&#8221; you have experienced. In addition to the wins, examine the losses and determine what changes or adjustments [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3strandsconsulting.com/resources/blog/2008/10/31/ministry-evaluation-planning/</link>
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		<title>The whole world is watching</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote, &#8220;When everyone has a blog, a MySpace page or Facebook entry, everyone is a publisher. When everyone has a cell phone with a camera in it, everyone is a paparazzo. When everyone can upload video on YouTube, everyone is a filmmaker. When everyone is a publisher, paparazzo or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.3strandsconsulting.com/resources/blog/2008/09/18/the-whole-world-is-watching/</link>
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