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Crossroads Church: Make Yourself at Home

Janna Firestone -
“We have worked very intentionally to create a family home feel as we have grown from 300 to now 3,000.” -Pastor Matt Thrasher
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City Church: ‘It’s Worth Being a Little Uncomfortable’

Janna Firestone -
Because we have been a church plant with steady growth, we have always had to be very openhanded and very open to change.
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Venture Church: Community for First-Timers

Janna Firestone -
“If people don’t make a single friend at your church, they’re not going to stay.” ~Pastor Di Beals
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Connection Point Church: Connect, Grow, Go

Janna Firestone -
"We knew that if we were going to follow Jesus’ command to go and reach the one, we were going to have to change our methodology." -Pastor Chris Vaught
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Finding the Balance with Personal Engagement

Heather Schnese -
Our guest engagement journey centers on personal engagement before they even think about going to church.
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From Attraction to Connection

Heather Schnese -
We do old-school visitations. Once a month we will go and make a home visit in teams of two or three. We bring a gift bag to the door of someone who has already visited our church.
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Rocket Pops and Disciples

Heather Schnese -
Every Sunday is different. We celebrate Rocket Pops and Disciples as part of our community rituals, including cupcakes or cookies on Sunday mornings.
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Start With Serving

Heather Schnese -
Start with serving: We’re very intentional about providing quality opportunities for people to serve and to make a difference in our community. Through that we have a lot of success in getting new people connected to the life of the church.
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‘Together We Church’

Heather Schnese -
The Lord gave me two words: together we. After that, we penned our mission statement out of Together We: Together we are a reaching, discipling, sending church impacting generations for Christ. This sentiment shapes our identity as a together we church.
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3 Online Strategies to Convert Seekers Into Visitors

Ashley White -
A beautiful and well-designed website is a great thing to have, but more important than that is a website that functions to help people understand who you are, what you believe, and how to convert seekers to visitors.
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Take Hold of the Vision

Jessica Hanewinckel -
With all the racial tension in the last couple years, we decided this is an opportunity for us to take a stand and be clear about who we want to be as a church.
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