Church Marketing Sucks

The Golden Rule

This has little directly to do with marketing, but I love the story. It’s about Rev. Frank Santora, the senior pastor of a Faith Church in New Milford, Conn. Santora ...

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Google Church Map

Check it out: All the churches in a 500 mile radius of my zip code with a Dallas Theological Seminary graduate as pastor. Well, sort of. It appears to be ...

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Vacation Bible School

I think Vacation Bible School has to be one of the more interesting events churches do. In some circles it’s a no-brainer, an event that happens every year as if ...

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The Hats That Broke the Church

There’s an interesting article over at Christianity Today about a Montana church nearly torn apart by hats. It started when a couple high school students wore ball caps to the ...

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I Want to Be With Your Spouse

This sounds ridiculous, but I don’t think I have ever seen my pastor’s wife with him in any service I have attended. I’ve been going for nearly three years. I ...

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Immutable Laws of Church Branding

The latest issue of Church Executive magazine applies 10 of The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding (by marketing experts Al & Lara Reis) to the church. Some of the branding lessons ...

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Web Site or Web Ministry?

Does your church have a web site or a web ministry? Silas Partners is a company that helps ministries with web solutions and they’ve put together an article exploring the ...

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Cleaning Toilets for Jesus

When 10 people in matching blue T-shirts show up at a local shopping center, armed with brooms, towels and squeegees, and volunteer to wash windows and clean bathrooms, well, they’re ...

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National HIV Testing Day

Today is National HIV Testing Day, a day designed to encourage voluntary HIV testing and counseling. St. Timothy Community Church in Gary, Ind. decided to get involved and hosted a ...

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Billy Graham’s Publicity Man

We’ve talked before about Billy Graham’s marketing man, but how about his publicity man? Larry Ross has covered Billy Graham’s public relations efforts since 1981, and he’ll be especially busy ...

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Affinity Churches for Bikers & Cowboys

Gary Davis rides his Harley Davidson to church. Don Martin might not ride a horse to church, but he just as well with his Western-style shirt, cowboy hat and boots. ...

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Online Donations Justify the Web

Tim Bednar makes the connection between online donations and web sites, building off our earlier conversation about paying church webmasters. He notes some surprising facts about online donations: Online donations increased ...

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It Takes People to Make People

In business, most are familiar with the adage that it takes money to make money. If I’m going to build a million widgets and sell them for a profit, then ...

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Barna’s State of the Church

The Next-Wave online magazine has an interesting article on George Barna’s State of the Church 2005. The piece dives into Barna’s latest findings about the church, compares them with his ...

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Church Bulletins That Don’t Suck

Church Central has an article about getting the most out of your church bulletins. Is your church bulletin just another chance to spread the word about upcoming events? Does it ...

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