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Mass Communication Poll Results
There are a thousand ways to communicate these days. Back when my parents’ grandparents’ grandparents’ parents’ were kids, there was only one: hitch up a wagon, get your machete and ...
You Know You’re in Church Communications If…
Admit it, if you’re reading this site, you have a little indention in your head from all the times you’ve smashed it against your desk in frustration. You’re sick and ...
Sticky Church, Close the Back Door
Earlier this summer, our friends at the Leadership Network sent us a pre-galley of Larry Osborne’s latest book, Sticky Church. It comes out next month and you’re going to want ...
Churches in Action
We get on churches a lot. We give them a tough time, and we point out when they seem foolish or ill-prepared. So I’m glad Outreach magazine is out there. ...
Freebies Poll Results
Like it or not, we’ve all been to church at least once before for the free stuff. For me, it was free Chick-fil-a that started my journey of faith. So ...
Social Media, Stories and Your Church
I love my blog. Some days, I stay up until midnight working on it. Quite honestly, I tend to obsess over it. Yet, I know it’s worth the time investment ...
Church Marketing Lab: All in Who You Know
The Church Marketing Lab, for those of you that don’t know, has two facets: the photo pool and the discussion board. It’s great to see when both get used. That ...
Spend Less, Reach More
In Spend Less, Reach More: A Pastor’s Guide to Reaching the Most People for the Least Amount of Money, David Jones takes a rare look at marketing and its costs. ...
Coming Soon in the Events Lab
Last time we let you know the latest in the Events Lab, it was for August and September. But now it’s time to take a look at October, the biggest ...
Planning Lessons From South Park
When someone from my team e-mailed me this South Park clip, I knew this would both incite and resonate with so many well-intentioned church leaders. The 37-second clip is a ...
UnChristian Poll Results
Something you probably don’t know is that the folks behind Church Marketing Sucks are huge fans of the book UnChristian. Heck, you might not even know about UnChristian. It’s subtitled ...
Talking Politics
About three months ago, we posted a friendly reminder about politics and your church during the election season. Things have been mostly quiet, except for one former-pastor who prayed for ...
Quit Stealing Designs
Yesterday, I received in the mail an event advertisement from a rather large youth ministry organization. On the cover, I recognized a tutorial from PSDTUTS.com. You might think, “Oh, that’s ...
And We Wonder Why We’re Hated
Havens Corners Church in Blacklick, Ohio (just outside of Columbus) is getting a little flack for their sign out front. Borrowing from Katy Perry’s hit song “I Kissed A Girl,” ...
Hire These Guys
You’ll need to wait until they get out of trouble with the law, but we’ve got some guys your church probably needs to hire. From March to May, the two ...
Advice for Soul Searching
In the midst of all my “soul searching” rants of recent weeks, most notably the Bastards With Bibles series, I’m getting a decent amount of inquiries asking “How do we ...
Why I’ve Run From Churches
Let me start by saying that I have been planted in my current church for over 10 years. I deeply believe in the value of staying in the church that ...