On this episode of the Church Growth Magazine podcast, we welcome Hobby Lobby founder David Green and Vyne Legacy CEO Bill High - who collaborated on the new book release "Leadership Not by the Book", now available for purchase.

You can find out more about Leadership Not by the Book by visiting https://LeadershipNotByTheBook.com

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Today we focus on fake or impostor accounts on Social media. You may have this issue and not even be aware of the severity. Brian interviews Kevin Long of SocialImpostor.com.

Kevin Long is the founder and CEO of Social Impostor, a company that solves problems for people, businesses and ministries on social media.

Primarily focused on finding and removing impostor social media accounts that pretend to be high-profile people or brands, Social impostor also can assist with account verification, username requests, recovering hacked accounts, and more.

Kevin is a serial entrepreneur who has founded three tech companies and two communications firms after working for more than a decade as a Congressional press secretary and senior professional staff member on a Congressional Committee.

Kevin is a 1992 graduate of Purdue University with degrees in political science, history and a minor in English.

You can find out more about Social Impostor by visiting https://www.socialimpostor.com or email Kevin directly at kl@socialimpostor.com

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Welcome to season two of the Church Growth Magazine Podcast! Today, Rev.com co-founder Dave Abrameto - info: https://rev.com - joins us to discuss the history and future of transcriptions, captions, and multi-language support for the church and your non-profit. From sermon transcriptions, podcast transcriptions to closed captions - hear from this industry leader where AI is headed.

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Author Julia Golding, Director of https://ProjectNorthmoor.Org joins our podcast to discuss the impact authors J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis had on each other and even the church. Julia also shares from her perspective as an author the challenges (and successes) authors face when publishing books in today's environment.

Learn more about the quest to acquire J.R.R. Tolkien's home at https://ProjectNorthmoor.org. To contact Julia visit http://goldinggateway.com.

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Almost 10,000 churches each year close their doors - and this doesn't have to be the case. Today CGM talks with Ron McCoy and Scot Camden of The ROGO Foundation (https://rogofoundation.com). Based in Southern California, the ROGO Foundation helps struggling churches through people, technology, process, and more - breathing new life into the church and their community. Ron and Scot open up about the challenges facing pastors and church leaders on today's podcast.

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Welcome to season 2! Today we talk with author & blogger Susanna Aughtmon. Sign up for her "Good Things Newsletter" here: http://sfaughtmon.com

Author/speaker, Susanna Foth Aughtmon loves encouraging her readers through her books and blog, Confessions of a Tired Supergirl. Using humor and the focus of how Jesus’ grace intersects our daily lives, her mission is to uplift her people. (You can be one of them!) To connect, visit her Facebook page, sign up for her Good Things Newsletter or pre-order Guideposts’ Mornings with Jesus 2021 Devotions, where she contributes.

SQuire Rushnell and wife Louise DuArt join us today to share the origins of Godwinks - the series of worldwide best selling books, which spun off two Hallmark Channel movies ("Godwink Christmas"). We also spent time talking about resources for your church, (http://PrayStay.org) where SQuire and Louise have worked with churches around the world developing programs related to prayer.

One of the creators of ABC's "Schoolhouse Rock", you'll love the time we spent together today. Tell a friend!

More information on Godwinks: https://godwinks.com Pray Together/Stay Together: https://praystay.org

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Dr. David Curry is the President and CEO of Open Doors USA (OpenDoorsUSA.org) - the leading organization worldwide who advocates for the persecuted Christian (over 250 million). Founders of the World Watch List - Open Doors facilitates knowledge and resources for churches in the USA to educate on this very important issue.

-What are the top countries with persecuted Christians? -How can my church get involved? -What similarities are there between quarantine/social distancing and being 'persecuted' (you'd be surprised)

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