Church Marketing Sucks

Church Marketing via eBay

Here’s a new way to bring in visitors: eBay. Atheist Hemant Mehta sold his soul on eBay, offering to attend an hour of church for each $10 of the final ...

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CMS Mentioned in Advertising Age

If you’re a subscriber to Advertising Age magazine, flip to page 24 of the Feb. 20, 2006 issue and Ken Wheaton’s Adages column for a brief mention of your favorite ...

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The Cross as Advertising

Dudley Wood Methodist Church in the UK just moved to a new location and wanted to erect a cross so people would know their new location was a church. Not ...

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Lent Poll

Last week we asked what you gave up for Lent, and the majority don’t seem to be familiar with the practice of giving something up for Lent. Not too surprising. ...

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Church Newsletter Gone to the Dogs

OK, that title was too easy. That guy who draws cartoons on business cards, Hugh Macleod, has posted a PDF of a revamped church newsletter. It’s called Hotspur and is the ...

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Go to Church, Get Free Chicken

I thought the whole church and business marketing tie-in thing would die down, but it just keeps coming. This time it’s from the business side, with a Chick-fill-A restaurant offering ...

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McPassion: The Church Marketing Parody

Just in time for Lent, the McPassion is here. For the 40 days of Lent you can screen the 4-minutes church marketing parody video online. “[Mel] Gibson’s film was the spark ...

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MyLameSexLife Follow Up

As a follow up to the billboards of the MyLameSexLife.com campaign of Granger Community Church, you can look to the news articles or to the numbers. NewsThe local media loves ...

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Worship Technology Poll

Last week we asked about worship technology–specifically how the lyrics to worship songs are made available to the congregation. A whopping 69% use a big screen with fancy slides. Other ...

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Drive-In Church

We’ve seen drive-thru church before, but a drive-in church, well that’s something new. It’s the Daytona Beach Drive-In Christian Church in Daytona Beach Shores, Fla. Apparently it goes back to ...

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Church Franchising Gone Amuck

And while we’re doing satire, how about some more from Lark News: For 12 years Evergreen Christian Center was just another mega-church in Tennessee. Then the church radically changed its ministry ...

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Corporate Sponsorship for Churches

Put your pitchforks down, it’s just a spoof from a Lark News article, “Corporate Sponsorship a Boon to Church Budgets”: “This [offer] couldn’t have come at a better time,” says Jacob ...

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Church Marketing Without Money

Granger Community Church Communications Director Kem Meyer shares eight ways to improve church communications with little or no budget: Have conversations. Lots of them. Create a style guide. Identify your specific audience. Document your ...

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21 Easter Outreach Ideas

Outreach magazine offers 21 Easter outreach ideas, including: Instead of decorating the church with flowers, donate them to local hospitals. Offer yard signs (think election year) to church members to invite neighbors ...

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How Churches Use Technology

Last week I spoke with Jesse Noyes from the Boston Herald about how churches use technology for his article, “Lord Works in High Tech Ways,” which basically explores how churches ...

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