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5 Tools Church Designers Need: Confidence

This is part two in a six-part series exploring the tools graphic designers who work for churches need to succeed. You can go back and start with part one. Without training, ...

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CFCC 2009 Annual Report

Our nonprofit parent, the Center for Church Communication, has released their 2009 annual report. The report offers an overview of CFCC, including the purpose, history, projects, leadership team and an ...

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Good Friday Film

Mars Hill Church in Seattle is pulling out all the stops this spring, but it’s not for Easter. It’s for Good Friday. Their creative team is putting together a 30-minute film ...

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Spring Ahead Poll Results

Daylight Saving Time has come and gone, to the anger of most of the churched world. It meant waking up an hour earlier to get the service ready, show up ...

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5 Tools Church Designers Need: Introduction

This is part one in a six-part series exploring the tools graphic designers who work for churches need to succeed. There you are on a slow Monday morning, a freshly ...

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Church Marketing at SXSW

The SXSW (for the uninitiated, it’s pronounced ‘South by Southwest’) Film, Music and Interactive Festival has taken over Austin, Texas, in case you couldn’t tell from your Twitter feed. Last ...

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Check out the Church Marketing Directory

Hey, hey! Check out the Church Marketing Directory, the latest project from our nonprofit parent, the Center for Church Communication. The Directory is a list of tools, resources and companies ...

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Lenten Events Poll Results

It’s that time of year. “What time of year?” ask the Baptists. (I couldn’t resist that joke, too easy.) It’s Lent, or, according to Wikipedia: “…the period of the liturgical year ...

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Social Media Boot Camp for Pastors

There are currently 400 million active users on Facebook. They’re sharing 3 billion photos each month, 5 billion pieces of content each week and 60 million status updates every single ...

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Arguing for Atheist Bus Ads

You might remember St. Matthew-in-the-City from their Mary and Joseph billboard a few months back. They’re making headlines again, but this time, I’m a little more sold on what they’re ...

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Pastors and Designers Poll Results

Erik Germesin recently wrote a gap-bridging piece for pastors and designers. It’s no secret that pastors can find designers to be troublesome to work with, and vice-versa. For whatever reason, ...

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The Church as a Dream Factory or a Do Factory?

Last month I read a blog post from Mark Batterson, pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C. He said that the church ought to be a dream factory. Yes! ...

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Follow the Leader: More Jesus, Less Personality Pastor

Every church’s brand has a face. And that face belongs to its head pastor. Yes, other components help define the brand: its logo, its graphic standards, its facility, its style ...

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Jobs and Freelance Gigs in the New Year

The New Year has brought plenty of jobs and freelance opportunities to the Job Lab and Freelance Lab. If you’re in the market to help the church communicate and make ...

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Social Marketing Strategy Poll Results

The Smithsonian Institution made some waves a few months ago with their social media strategy. It’s hard to know if they were being frustrating over-achievers or meticulously-documented marketers, but it ...

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