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Chasing Justice with Mark Van Steenwyk

More and more churches are trying to do the right thing, beyond simple evangelism. They’re reimagining everything they do and each step in their processes to see if they’re glorifying ...

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How Important Is Your Church Logo?

Here’s some interesting research that looks at Apple’s branding and its impact on viewers: [Researchers at Duke University] found that exposing people to a brand’s logo for 30 milliseconds will make ...

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Free WordPress Blog Installs for Church Leaders

56% of you pastors out there haven’t started blogging yet, according to a super scientific poll done by the Church Marketing Sucks Polling & Research Department. Now, a lot of ...

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Heathen Marketing Poll Results

A few of you were very excited to see the poll results this week, and that’s exactly what Tuesdays are about–hanging out at your computer, constantly refreshing Church Marketing Sucks ...

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Q in New York

I’m heading to New York this week for the Q conference. Last year was the debut of this event and I really enjoyed it so I’m going again. This year ...

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Brands Are Bigger Than Logos

If you read Church Marketing Sucks often, then you’ll see the word “brand” come up here and there. It’s used as a noun, meaning the collection of your logo, letterhead, ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Worship Guides to Breakfast Designs

Church Marketing Lab time. If you’re not getting involved over there, you’re missing out on a ton. There’s discussions on church directories, Local Labs, purpose statements and more, as well ...

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Branding Faith

Over the last several weeks I’ve been working my way through Phil Cooke‘s latest book, Branding Faith: Why Some Churches and Nonprofits Impact Culture and Others Don’t. I’ve known Phil ...

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Church Greeting Poll Results

Some people hate to love them; other people love to hate them; still others could care less. Church greeters. Honestly, to me, it seems like a pretty tough gig. You have ...

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One Prayer

LifeChurch.tv announced yesterday a bold idea to bring churches together this summer around a series called One Prayer. It’s a call to churches around the world to rally around a ...

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Awaken 2008 This Week

I’m looking forward to popping in and out of the Awaken conference this week in Pasadena, Calif. Aside from it taking place in my backyard (10 miles from my office), ...

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Best Practices for Internet Ministry: Part 3

This is the last of my three guest posts here at Church Marketing Sucks on the best practices for Internet ministry. In my first post, I explained how my research ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Welcome Displays, Bulletins and More

As the Church Marketing Lab nears 2,000 members, we want to remind you that anyone can take part. Whether you’re a designer, a person with a question or someone with ...

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Church Marketing in South Africa

Finishing up (to the best of my knowledge) a whirlwind tour around the world from England to Belgium to Australia, we’ve now got Norman Clack from the Republic of South ...

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Responding to Attacks

You’ve probably seen a raving, ranting black preacher talking about racism and “God damn America” with a fiery anger on just about every TV channel. The news media found some ...

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