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		<title>Increasing Member Retention, Part 2 The Evangelical Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt W.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the spirit of the 13th Article of Faith, I would like to spend some time looking at retention strategies in the Evangelical church, and especially those of Nelson Searcy as outlined in “Fusion: Turning First-Time Gests into Fully-Engaged Members of Your Church” Nelson Searcy is an evangelical Minister and founder of the Journey Church, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing Member Retention, Part 1 The Problem with the Current Model</title>
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		<comments>http://www.newcoolthang.com/index.php/2010/07/building-a-better-mouse-trap-part-1-the-problem-with-the-current-trap/2256/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt W.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago, we were told our ward was the top baptizing ward in the top baptizing stake in Texas. “Good Job!” we were told. “It’s because you are such a loving and welcoming ward.” We were told. We had 20+ baptisms. We retained 1 person. As a very dedicated convert to the Church of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Population and God</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 20:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff J</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As far as I can tell our scriptures don&#8217;t say anything specifically relating to world population. But don&#8217;t worry because wikipedia does. Here are a couple of interesting graphs from the world population wiki: As you can see, there are a LOT more humans living on this planet now than ever before. In the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Dude Abides</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff J</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Happiness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My 40th birthday is coming up this Tuesday. These birthdays that end with a zero are landmarks so I figured I should post something. (Plus I realized I haven&#8217;t written very many posts here this year.) I was 34 when I started this blog. That doesn&#8217;t seem all that long ago but in some important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Week left to take Survey: Invite your friends</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt W.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently our survey has 802 responses, but has only picked up about 10 a day for the past week or so. So this is my last pitch. Next week we will take the survey down and start analyzing the results, so if you have anyone you think might be interested in taking the survey, pitch [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>New Survey: Mormon Culture and Belief</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt W.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so here is our new survey, which focuses on Mormon culture and beliefs. The triple focus of this survey is to measure faith commitment, church engagement, as well as cultural belief on a variety of topics. The survey is 60 questions in length, and so may take as long as 6 minutes to complete. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>56</slash:comments>
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		<title>Epiphany</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen J</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did it.  I finally pulled the trigger.  I have enrolled in a class at Mesa Community College.  It is TEC 111, or “Clothing Construction”.  I&#8217;ve been thinking about enrolling in a college class for quite a few years now, and I have actually enrolled several times both at ASU and MCC.  Each time I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Overheard in Young Men’s Today</title>
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		<comments>http://www.newcoolthang.com/index.php/2010/03/overheard-in-young-men%e2%80%99s-today/2005/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt W.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leader: Sin and Death separate us from God. YM1: Even God sins, just look at the flood. Leader: God doesn’t really sin, we’ll talk about it in a minute. YM2: I thought was like the God before our God who did all that stuff. Leader: There was no God before our God. YM1: Yes there [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Review:Ignite, How to Spur Immediate Growth in Your Church</title>
		<link>http://www.newcoolthang.com/index.php/2010/02/reviewignite-how-to-spur-immediate-growth-in-your-church/1925/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newcoolthang.com/index.php/2010/02/reviewignite-how-to-spur-immediate-growth-in-your-church/1925/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt W.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nelson Searcy&#8217;s new book for Evangelical churches on achieving rapid growth should be of interest to any Latter-day Saint. One of the stated purposes of our church has always been to &#8220;Proclaim the Gospel&#8221;. In order to effectively do this, one basic necessity is getting people to come to church. And that is what Searcy&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Engagement Survey Results</title>
		<link>http://www.newcoolthang.com/index.php/2010/02/engagement-survey-results/1866/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newcoolthang.com/index.php/2010/02/engagement-survey-results/1866/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt W.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Firmographics First, we ran the survey from February 2-February 6 and had a total of 218 Responses. 4 responses were unusable due to bad data, which left 214 responses. The survey was only presented through this blog, and all respondents came to the survey via this blog, so we can safely say the responses of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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