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Church Marketing Sucks Books Poll Results
A couple of months ago, we asked for some help from book reviewers, and we got a great response. As a result, we’ve been able to kick up our book ...
Finding Your Focus
Recently, Brad Abare asked you to pick one. Richard Reising had the same thing to say in different words in a post on Beyond Relevance. The article is a great ...
I am a Christian
The various “I am/We are [fill in your denomination]” ad campaigns that we mentioned last week (Southern Baptist, Foursquare, Episcopal) got me thinking: Who cares? I understand denominations needing to differentiate ...
Church Marketing Lab: Logos, Motorcycles and More
We see anything and everything in the Church Marketing Lab. Whether your church is hosting a motorcycle ride, a summer-long series or a “bring your gun to church” event, you ...
You Can’t Advertise Problems Away: Ad Campaigns of the Mainline Denominations
U.S. News & World Report covers the shrinking mainline denominations and their desperate attempts to re-brand. It’s pretty much the same story we’ve heard for a while now, but a ...
Pick One
You can’t be the urban church and the rural church.You can’t be the men-friendly church and the women-friendly church.You can’t be the advocate and the antagonist.You can’t be the funny ...
Bring Your Gun to Church Day
Pastor Ken Pagano of New Bethel Church in Louisville, Ky., is encouraging members to bring their handguns to church for an “Open Carry Celebration” Sunday. The event will include patriotic ...
Your Advertising Poll Results
I originate from the deep south. The suburbs mind you, but I’m only about 10 miles–or two generations–from south so deep that even the word “south” has three syllables. Down ...
How Technology Can Help Your Church
I’m a fan of cool technology. I like Twitter. I watch Lost on my laptop. I don’t have a landline. Seeing the church take advantage of new technologies to spread ...
Less Clutter, Less Noise: Beyond Bulletins, Brochures and Bake Sales
As soon as I read the title, I knew that this was a book I needed to read. Kem Meyer, communication director at Granger Community Church, gives practical and simple ...
Is Christmas Dreams a Church Marketing Nightmare?
It looks like Covenant Community Church is up to some big business in Christmas, Fla. They want to open Christmas Dreams, a Santa-themed park for terminally ill children and their ...
Ed Young: The Cussing Pastor
Fellowship Church’s Ed Young sparked a conversation about pastors using profanity in this video. Before you get completely shocked, his definition of profanity is pretty broad, including words like “crap,” ...
Lessons from Stale Lake
This video created by Eagle Brook Church in Minnesota watches like a laundry list of church communication screw-ups. The video, entitled A Visit to Stale Lake, positions itself to poke fun ...
Being Sticky Poll Results
A while ago, we talked about the book Sticky Church, but we never really answered what churches are practically doing to “close the back door” in the context of guests. ...
Blogging Church Members on Your Site
North Haven Church has a blog called Fresh Blog, focusing on daily insights from the Bible and a quick prayer you could offer up to God. This is a really neat ...
Church Marketing Lab: This One’s for the Dads
It’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve clued you in on what’s been going on in the Church Marketing Lab, so we thought we’d give you a special Father’s ...
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
Maybe Tribes is the book that all of us involved in church marketing have been looking for, the book that acknowledges that we are trying to do more than just ...