Archive for 2009

social-justice Article
March 27, 2009

Sustainable Farming Lessons From Churches

Your church doesn’t have to lead the entire country of Cambodia to Christ. I’d like to go ahead and extend you that permission. Perhaps your church doesn’t have the money ...

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first-impressions-beyond Article
March 27, 2009

Worthy is the…Labrador?

Here’s another one for the “And We Wonder Why We’re Hated” conversation… Matthew Paul Turner, the recovering churched boy, wrote a post earlier this week about an imaginary conversation between mother ...

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peer-review Article
March 26, 2009

Church Marketing Lab: Easter, Moving and More

Coming up in two weeks, we have one of the biggest holidays for churches and church marketers. More people are willing to come to church on Easter than any other ...

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poll-results Article
March 24, 2009

Passing the Plate Poll Results

Treasurers love it, and visitors dread it. There are tons of problems with passing the plate: what the heck do you do to fill that time from the stage? What ...

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examples Article
March 20, 2009

Reacting When the Recession Hits Hardest

NPR has the story of one church’s reaction to the recession. Despite being themselves affected by layoffs and cutbacks, one church decided what really mattered was making a difference in the ...

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peer-review Article
March 19, 2009

Church Marketing Lab: Aliens, Hong Kong Graphics and More

We’ve heard from church marketers in South Africa, England, Belgium and Australia before. In the Church Marketing Lab, we see British art and discussion pass through from time-to-time. But this ...

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poll-results Article
March 18, 2009

Church Marketing Fears Poll Results

Many of you who are reading this are involved in churches where marketing isn’t ever approached. And when it is approached, it’s with about as much caution as is humanly ...

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church-business Article
March 16, 2009

The Message of Giving

Christian History has an interesting little article exploring the recent history of the offering in church services. The article covers government-supported churches (that’s right, here in the U.S. of A. ...

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graphic-design Article
March 13, 2009

Why Criticism Is A Good Thing

One of the challenges to working with the church is some of the very opinionated feedback you receive from the pastor, committee, etc. When you get criticism what do you ...

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examples Article
March 12, 2009

Lose Your Job, Get Your Offering Back

Generous News has the story of one church who is making a guarantee: If you lose your job, we’ll give your offering back. It’s reminiscent of the Hyundai Assurance, if ...

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technology Article
March 11, 2009

To Text or Not to Text?

Text messaging has changed the way we communicate. I text message people more than I actually talk with them. In fact, my cell phone plan has the lowest amount of ...

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poll-results Article
March 11, 2009

Worldy Words Poll Results

From time to time, we hear arguments that church marketing is bad, evil or sinful. Most of these folks posit that marketing is inherently a bad thing as it supports ...

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the-christian-walk Article
March 10, 2009

Mark Batterson: Church is a Tag-Team Sport

I love wild-goose-chaser and National Community Church pastor Mark Batterson’s blog entry this morning: Church is a Tag-Team Sport. It’s a good reminder of the powerful word of mouth, person ...

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technology Article
March 9, 2009

Next-Gen Church Sites

Alright church communicators, what do you think the future of church web sites looks like? The Chapel is asking that very question in a quick-hitting, single-serving site. It will take ...

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peer-review Article
March 6, 2009

Church Marketing Lab: 1000 Followers & Easter Fun

About a month and a half ago, we let you know that the Church Marketing Lab was on Twitter. Well, momentum has come quickly, and the Twitter feed already has ...

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