Archive for 2006

multimedia Article
April 7, 2006

How Your Church Can Use Video

Part 4 in a continuing series on What Web 2.0 Means for Your Church Online video is the latest tech fad. There are TV shows for sale from Apple, you can ...

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off-the-wall Article
April 6, 2006

Rejected Church Slogans

Dean Lusk, worship leader at Wall Highway Baptist Church in Madison, Ala., was recently working on a new slogan for the church when inspiration struck: “I originally thought of this ...

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evangelism-outreach Article
April 6, 2006

Episcopal Church Online Visitor’s Center

The Episcopal Church has an online visitor’s center that serves as a first step for anyone considering checking out an Episcopal church. It’s another way denominations can help drive people ...

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technology Article
April 6, 2006

How Your Church Can Use MySpace

Part 3 in a continuing series on What Web 2.0 Means for Your Church Let’s just open that can of worms called MySpace. If you haven’t heard about MySpace, you’ve surely ...

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news-updates Article
April 5, 2006

Support Church Marketing Sucks

Ever since we started we’ve been trying to help the church communicate the gospel. It’s no easy task. We need your help. There are three big ways you can help us ...

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technology Article
April 5, 2006

How Your Church Can Use Flickr

Part 2 in a continuing series on What Web 2.0 Means for Your Church Let’s start with the photo-sharing site Flickr. It’s the media darling that began as an online game ...

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resources Article
April 4, 2006

More Downloadable Church Resources

LifeChurch.tv isn’t the only church giving away their sermon series resources–The Vine, the young adult service of Southeast Christian church in Louisville, Ky., has also made their sermon series resources ...

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technology Article
April 4, 2006

What Web 2.0 Means for Your Church

Web 2.0 is the latest rage. It’s on the cover of Newsweek and everyone is speculating if it’s the revenge of the dot com boom. This is the beginning of ...

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resources Article
April 4, 2006

LifeChurch.tv Downloadable Resources

LifeChurch.tv, a multi-location church with sites in Oklahoma, Texas and Arizona, is making their sermon series resources available to other churches for free. You can download video, layered graphics files ...

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promotion Article
April 3, 2006

No One Reads Your Church Brochure

Marketing guru Seth Godin recently talked about brochures and said the one thing no marketer wants to hear: Nobody reads brochures. I didn’t say it wasn’t important. I just said it ...

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advertising Article
April 3, 2006

Church Advertising is a Waste of Time

Here’s a confession: I’m not a fan of big churches, and by “big churches” I mean weekly attendance over 20. I think that churches should meet in homes and that ...

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poll-results Article
April 3, 2006

Public Relations Poll

Last week’s poll asked about church press releases and offers some interesting numbers. Half of churches haven’t even tried press releases, but 31% have tried them and scored some free ...

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peer-review Article
March 31, 2006

Church Marketing Lab Round Up #1

Yesterday we announced the new Church Marketing Lab, a place where you can help churches improve their communications. So let’s do it. Here’s a round up of church marketing samples ...

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church-business Article
March 31, 2006

Is Leadership Spiritual?

Christianity Today has an interesting debate between North Point Community Church’s Andy Stanley and the author of Good to Great, Jim Collins. Well, it’s not so much a debate. Both ...

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news-updates Article
March 30, 2006

The Church Marketing Lab

It’s time for better church marketing. Want to help? Step into the lab and help churches improve their marketing and communications by taking part in our new Flickr group, the Church ...

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