Church Marketing Sucks

Praying for Rain on Obama & Saying No to Money

Here we have two case studies in why Church Marketing Sucks still sucks: Church Rejects Donation from Lottery WinnerThe title pretty much says it all. $600,000 could do a heck of ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Capturing Great Ideas

We take a break from our typical Church Marketing Lab updates to show you a different way you can use the Flickr group. Usually, folks post their designs, and other ...

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Merlin Mann Calls Out Branding

Productivity guru Merlin Mann has this to say about branding, via Twitter: If you’re really worried about your “branding,” try to stop thinking about life as a press release and ...

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Church Taglines Poll Results

In the Church Marketing Lab, a discussion fired up on how to choose a church tagline. So we wanted to know just how your church went about it. The majority of ...

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Be Your Own Church

This week Craig Groeschel of LifeChurch.tv is talking about his journey to “find his voice” as a leader: “Many leaders lack originality. One reason is that they’re learning from other great ...

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Shawn Wood’s Pomegranates

In case you’ve been hibernating the past year, or are new to this conversation about church communication, Shawn Wood‘s first book is out today, 200 Pomegranates and an Audience of ...

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Death to the Church Bulletin

"June 22 was a sad day at Park Community Church, we lost a dearly beloved friend ... our weekly program."

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Bridge to Bikers, the Homeless and Prison Alumni

I was in Fort Wayne, Ind., this past weekend for a site survey and setup trip for an upcoming Foursquare simulcast later this fall. It’s always a treat for me ...

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Special Guests Poll Results

Just how special does your church treat visitors? Well, for nearly a third of you, the answer is not special at all. They get a pat on the back, a bulletin ...

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Alltop and the Church

For those of you who haven’t used Alltop, now there’s a reason to check it out—they’ve added a church section. Alltop is an categorically organized aggregate of the greatest information sources ...

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Jesus for President

Superstition Springs Community Church gets the prize here. They were the first link we received of a church to tying a marketing campaign to the presidential campaign, and thus the ...

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Design Site NOTCOT.org on Church Marketing Sucks

The design inspiration site NOTCOT.org recently featured Church Marketing Sucks. NOTCOT.org is basically a collection of eye-candy for “your visual filtration of ideas + aesthetics + amusements.” We’re glad we can ...

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Bastards with Bibles, Part 4

This is the fourth and final post in a series about how our impending identity crisis is funking our souls. You can read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 ...

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Creating a Church Style Guide, Part 2

This is part two of an irregular and indefinite journey. Follow Associate Editor Joshua Cody as he works to get a style guide together for his church. Last time we talked, ...

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Bastards with Bibles, Part 3

This is part three in a series about how our impending identity crisis is funking our souls. You can read Part 1 and Part 2 to catch up. Organization as Soul ...

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