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Our Don’t Suck List Still Sucks
For those counting–you know who you are–it’s been 31 months since our last update about the infamous Don’t Suck list. Lots of people have made suggestions publicly on this site, ...
Small Churches Should Embrace Cheap Technology
Last week’s poll/quiz revealed the encouraging stat that 62% of churches have a web site, up from 57% in 2005 and 34% in 2000. The results come from a recent ...
Quiz Time Poll Results
The most recent Barna poll asked about church technology usage, comparing the results across the years 2000, 2005 and 2007. We decided to quiz you and see how well you ...
People Gotta Know
Earlier this week my wife and I were part of a conversation with a handful of churches brought together in Northeast Los Angeles. Those present were about as eclectic as ...
Job Lab and Freelance Lab Roundup
We’ve seen some good action in our Freelance Lab and Job Lab since our announcement that they’re free forever. If you haven’t been checking them out, here are some opportunities ...
Church Marketing Lab: Stages, Shirts and Summer Fun
Let’s talk numbers here for a minute. We’re only 52 members away from the 2,000 mark in the Church Marketing Lab, and the conversations just get better and better. Last ...
Flickr Goes Video, So Does the Church Marketing Lab
If you haven’t heard, Flickr added video capabilities to their photo-sharing site. And if you didn’t know, the Church Marketing Lab runs on Flickr. What does that mean to you? Well ...
Quality Church Resources for Free (or Cheap)
The folks at Muddy River Media got in touch with us to let us know about their new and free church resource site. So we got to thinking, why not ...
Local Labs Poll Results
Local Labs have really been taking off. They’ve been organic and exponential so far, so we wanted to see how an average reader would feel about a Local Lab in ...
Church Marketing Lab: Flickr Gets Video
If you’re familiar with our Church Marketing Lab, you know it runs as a Flickr group. And if you’re familiar with Flickr, you know they recently started allowing the upload ...
Socially Just Poll Results
As we launched our new Social Justice category, we wanted to know whether your church puts a priority on social justice. Here’s the breakdown of what you had to say: 31% ...
Facebook for Pastors
Chris Forbes just released a free 32-page e-book, Facebook for Pastors. The booklet can help you make the most of Facebook for your church (beyond just playing Scrabble). Check it ...
The Church & Earth Day
Today’s Earth Day and Jason Boyett reminds us that the church can still care about creation. He points to Tri Robinson, a pastor who wrote the book Saving God’s Green ...
What To Do When Someone Steals Your Church
Kinetic Church got in touch with us to tell us a story about themselves, which you may or may not have heard about. One weekend in early March, our portable church ...
Going From Corporate to Non-Profit
I’m sure we’ve got at least a few readers out there who are in the corporate world and thinking of dabbling in the realm of churches. If you’re thinking of ...
Local Labs: How it Worked for Tulsa
I’m sure some of you have heard the buzz surrounding Local Labs, and you’re even considering getting involved, but it’s a little intimidating. What will they do there? Will I ...
Just Ideas: Make That Coffee Fair Trade
This is part four of a four-part series called “Just Ideas,” looking at ways your church can commit itself to fighting for justice and righteousness in the society around you. The ...