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Hiring a Sex Offender
Here’s a public relations nightmare in the works: A church hires a registered sex offender to do janitorial work. The local paper covers the story with some bias. A ...
Good to Great
Can a good company become a great company? And if so, how? That’s the premise of Jim Collins’ Good to Great, and he answers that question with five years worth ...
Whoring Pastors, Church Name Changes & More
This Guys is Angry at Pastors – Eugene Peterson says pastors have “gone whoring after other gods.” It’s the epitome of church marketing that sucks: “The marketing strategies of the ...
DJ Chuang on CMS
The ‘heart and soul’ series marches on. This week we have special guest blogger DJ Chuang, stepping in to offer his perspective on Church Marketing Sucks: Communicating Any and Every ...
The Importance of Church Bulletins
Last week we asked about the importance of the old standby in church communication, the bulletin. Half said the bulletin is helpful, but it’s not everything. 28% said it was ...
The Power of the Blog
Everyone reading this blog knows the benefits of church blogging. Sometimes the soft touch of a personal story convicts us of its power. We’ve heard the same old talking points ...
Dreaming Big Dreams
The ‘heart and soul’ series continues this week over at the Center for Church Communication blog with Brad Abare sharing our dreams and big ideas for the future of CFCC. I ...
What’s Broken Poll
Last week we asked what’s broken in your church. The responses varied, though the poor church web site got the most votes with 21%. The lack of outreach came in ...
My Church is in the Newspaper
You know what’s weird? Seeing your own church mentioned in the newspaper. My church landed in the St. Paul Pioneer Press on Monday, and I stumbled across it today thanks ...
Churches use Technology!
Yet another story appeared this week on how churches are utilizing technology. “‘Godcasts’ Spread the Gospel” appeared in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Sunday. I’m amazed that this continues to be ...
How Far We’ve Come
We’re in the midst of our ‘heart and soul’ series over at the Center for Church Communication, exploring our vision and dreams for how we can help the church matter. This ...
How Often Poll Results
Last week we asked how often you visit Church Marketing Sucks. The most common response was ‘whenever I think of it’ with 28%. Those first timers came in next at ...
What’s Broken in Church?
Watch Seth Godin riff on what’s broken (watching a Seth Godin riff is as good as reading one!). It all comes from the site This is Broken, which has loads ...
Church Attrition
Earlier this year we did a series on church growth which hinted (or at least the comments did) at an idea Bob Franquiz of Calvary Fellowship in Florida elaborates on: ...
Mark Batterson on CMS
Our ‘heart and soul’ series continues this week on the Center for Church Communication blog with a special guest entry by Mark Batterson: A Tribute to Church Marketing Sucks. It’s almost ...
More Lessons in Church Planting
Last week we pointed to Gary Lamb’s 21 Lessons from Two Years of Church Planting, and now Russell Knight from Stonebridge Church in Morgantown, W.V. has followed suit with his ...
How Long Have You Checked Out CMS?
Last week we wanted to learn more about our audience so we asked how long everyone has been checking out Church Marketing Sucks. To my complete surprise a full third ...