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The Ageing MySpace Population
We’ve talked before about how your church can use MySpace and other social networking sites to connect with people, whether it’s connecting your congregants or giving visitors a preview, but ...
Church Newsletter Poll
Last week we asked about church newsletters, the sanctuary for modern clipart. But apparently it’s the church newsletter that’s endangered. 35% said had no church newsletter. The remainder cited the ...
Sheep, More Mars Hill, Buildings & More
All We Like Sheep – “This god of consumerism shows no resemblance to the Consuming Fire described in Scripture. People may say they believe in Jesus, but the archaic Lord, ...
A Slimmer Sinner: Does Your Brand Match Your Message?
I think HP has gone off the deep end with their latest attempt to market the Photosmart line of digital cameras. They are promoting a “slimming” feature on the camera ...
More Church Web 2.0: MyChurch.org
The church web 2.0 trend continues with another new site and some media attention. This time around it’s MyChurch.org, founded by recent guest blogger Joe Suh. And the media attention ...
Church Marketing Lab Round Up #15
It’s been a while since we’ve had a round up, but there has been a lot happening in the Church Marketing Lab. We have nearly 700 images in the ...
Communication Events Poll
With MinistryCom 2006 over and the Innovative Church Conference coming up this week we decided to ask about church communications conferences and what matters most when you decide to attend ...
Have a Pint with Jesus
The face of Jesus has shown up in some mysterious places, but now it will appear in the frothy remains of a pint of beer as a part of the ...
Church Plants, 88% Drop Out Rate & (gasp) Sex
How the Internet is Changing Denominations – Minimal design, but some interesting thoughts about technology changing the church. (link via Drew Goodmanson) Come As You Are – “To say that ...
When Church Signs Suck
One of the first impressions that a church gives a passer-by is its church sign or marquee. In recent years, it has become chic for churches to quote presumably ...
MinistryCom 2006 Recap
“Definitely a home run!” sums up the overall reaction of attendees at this past week’s MinistryCom Conference in Phoenix. The second annual conference hosted speakers from all over the ...
Church Safety Poll
Last week we asked about church safety, prompted by news of a church hiring sex offenders. 71% were up on safety, with 40% focusing on what safety communicates and 31% ...
Making the Most of Your Sermons
The sermon is the bread and butter of church life. We get a new one every week. 52 per year. Start adding up the years your church has been around ...
8 Lessons from My Secret
An Internet confessional booth? That’s what LifeChurch.tv has provided web surfers with their Internet site MySecret.tv–an online drop box of sorts where people can anonymously post their secret sins. Right out of ...
Free T-shirts
While I usually work more hours on Church Marketing Sucks then I’m compensated for (one of the things you can learn from the ‘heart and soul’ series–OK, I’ll stop flogging ...
We’re Pioneers: Final ‘Heart & Soul’ Post
Yesterday we posted the final entry in our ‘heart and soul’ series over at the Center for Church Communication blog. Guest blogger Kem Meyer stepped up to give her thoughts ...
Heart and Soul Poll
Last week we asked if people are checking out the ‘heart and soul’ series we’re doing over on the Center for Church Communication blog. The results aren’t exactly encouraging. 62% aren’t ...