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Holy Week Poll Results
Last week, we asked which of the Holy Week festivities your church would be observing this year. Here’s what you had to say: Coming up first was, of course, Easter Sunday. ...
SoulWow…Wow
Watch out Billy Mays, here comes Father Vic. The Roman Catholic Church of Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island (That’s the RCCoBQLI) created the video and soulwow.com to go along with ...
Church Marketing Lab: A Lesson Learned in Copyright
In the lead-up to Easter, we saw some really phenomenal work come through the Church Marketing Lab. You can see one example to the right of this entry. One church, ...
Twittering the Passion of Christ
With all the headlines Twitter has received lately, it’s cool to see a church get some ink for an innovative approach to Twitter. Wall Street’s Trinity Church will be posting ...
Terry O’Reilly on Selling God
Recently, the Canada Broadcasting Company published an episode of The Age of Persuasion entitled “Selling God.” Of course, this is a natural fit for us. Terry O’Reilly takes a look at ...
Don’t Go to Church on Easter!
It looks like Easter ’09 will go down as “that one where those churches got tired of helicopter egg drops and went totally nuts.” This one comes to you from ...
The Argument Against Social Media
Our own Brad Abare frequently muses on constant connectivity and social media over on his personal blog (e.g. Conundrums of Connectivity). And recently, Matt Haughey extrapolated some of these same ...
Pastor in a Box Poll Results
At the risk of igniting another comment firestorm, we asked you if you were ready to put your pastor in a box. In our earlier article, comments ranged from thought-provoking ...
Creative Solutions: Sharing Buildings
In this economy we’re in need of creative solutions. And I love it when the church is a part of those creative solutions. Intermedia Arts is a local nonprofit in ...
Church Marketing Lab: Hebrews, Bulletins and More
Another week wanes in the Church Marketing Lab. Discussions have ranged from how churches are using social media to ADD among designers to portable outdoor church signage. And, of course, ...
No Time Like the Present
No, seriously, there is no time like the present. USA Today is reporting that people are going to the church for help in record numbers. Here are some highlights from ...
Seth Godin Says: Learn Some Design!
All right church marketing professionals, Seth Godin is calling out you and your secular brethren. He makes this argument: Ten years ago, you had a wide range of excuses for being ...
Your Role Poll Results
We’re always curious to know exactly what you do as we plan and discuss our scope and content. We’ve asked this question three times before, and we wanted to see ...
We Hate Church Too … As Usual
There’s a story that caught my attention, raises some questions and points to a trend in some church circles. A church has launched a campaign that includes billboards that read “We ...
10 Things to Fix on Your Church Web Site
Kem Meyer recently linked to the WebDrivenChurch.com’s entry on why church web sites can suck. As they looked through thousands of church web sites while updating a database, they came ...
Would You Put Your Pastor in a Box?
One church would, and they’re even aiming too. In a David Blaine-esque stunt, they’ve promised to suspend their pastor in a box for three days if 4,000 people show up ...
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 ...