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Church Marketing Lab: New Web Sites and Beyond
The Church Marketing Lab is growing leaps and bounds–over 1,600 members and over 3,700 submissions now. And that’s not even counting all of the phenomenal discussion topics. If you just ...
Church Marketing Lessons From Haiti, Part 2
This is part two in a three-part series about church marketing lessons learned from my recent trip to Haiti. A Holistic Approach to Church Works WellAlthough commonplace in third-world countries, it ...
Church Marketing Lessons From Haiti, Part 1
I just recently returned from being in Haiti with my wife and family. It was a part of our alternate holiday plans as we continue to re-imagine what Christmas is ...
Church Bulletin Poll Results
Last week, we asked exactly what you do with the church bulletin when you get it. You spoke out in big numbers, and it looks like the bulletin is staying. 62% ...
Lessons Learned: Being Banned From Church
The article “Banned from church” appeared on the front page of the “Weekend Journal” section of a recent Wall Street Journal. The piece is about churches that are reviving the ...
Twitter for Churches
The mini-blog application Twitter seems to be the new shiny tech toy of late (which means it’s already old news). So what is Twitter? Basically you send out 140-character to ...
CFCC MeetUps Anyone?
Are you a designer who likes to meet other awesome designers? Or maybe you’re an Average Joe with a voracious appetite for organizing large groups of people to meet together? ...
Seth Godin on Church Marketing
Scott Magdalein had the opportunity to ask blog marketing god Seth Godin three questions. Two of them were about church marketing. Although the questions and answers are somewhat basic and ...
Church Marketing Lab: Banners, Logos and More
It’s time for your once-weekly dose of Church Marketing Lab. Here’s a little snippet of what’s been going on, but make sure to get over there and check out the ...
Shopping for God: Denominations and Megas
This is the fourth and final part in a series from the book by James B. Twitchell titled Shopping for God: How Christianity Went From In Your Heart To In ...
Your Church, the Wifi Sharer
The geek world has been abuzz lately regarding Ars Technica’s look at the ethics of stealing wifi. At Church Marketing Sucks, we don’t make too much of an effort to ...
Awaken 2008
The Mosaic Alliance is hosting the Awaken 2008 conference this April 1-3 in Pasadena, Calif. They invited a handful of people to do some guest blogging leading up to the ...
(Not) Celebrating MLK Day
This is an open question to local churches everywhere, specifically predominantly-white congregations: Where were the MLK Day celebrations? Firsthand, I heard of none*. A news search led me to the celebration ...
Extra! Extra! Poll Results
There’s a thousand ways to distribute news–blogs, mailers, e-mails, Twitter, Bat Symbols, etc. We wanted to know what works for your church and how you distribute your news. Here’s what ...
Jesus Billboard is an Eyesore
This is fun: A Minnesota newspaper does a story about the city cracking down on “eyesores” and the accompanying front-page photo features a billboard for a local church with “Jesus” ...
Shopping for God: Great Awakenings?
This is part three in a series from the book by James B. Twitchell titled Shopping for God: How Christianity Went From In Your Heart To In Your Face. Twitchell suggests ...
Church Marketing Lab: Waffle Thermals to Revolutions
The Church Marketing Lab has been bustling with activity as people get ready for everything from Valentine’s Day to Easter. Here’s a taste of what we’ve seen this week: Here’s a ...