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Marketing a Church Plant
Ridge Stone Church in Canton, Ga., has launched Ridge Stone Backstage, a blog to share some of the lessons they’ve learned as a church plant that held their first service ...
Money and the Church
Money is always a touchy issue, especially for churches. There can easily be issues, whether actual or perceived. And while actual abuses cause enormous problems, I’d guess it’s the perceived ...
Would Jesus Discriminate?
2,000 yard signs, four newspaper ads, 650 bumper stickers, 720 T-shirts and 25,000 door hangers have appeared in the Indianapolis area, all promoting Jesus Metropolitan Community Church as a part ...
Church Lessons from Six Flags
Tony McCollum of Churchwerx offers four lessons for churches from Six Flags amusement parks: Signage – show then you care Broken rides – deliver what you promise Stupid rules – people are more ...
The Ins and Outs of Sponsorship for Churches
I was browsing the web site for T.D. Jakes’ 2006 MegaFest Conference and noticed something quite interesting: Coca-Cola, Pine-Sol and Clorox have signed on as sponsors of the larger than ...
Stock Photography Sucks
In the Church Marketing Lab I’m always applauding people for using original photography. This is why. Jason Kottke points us to some of the drawbacks of stock photography. Like the same ...
Pastors Overworked; Numbers Underchecked
Everybody and their brother is linking to a post by Mark Driscoll about how pastors are overworked. Amen. We’ve said this before and it’s definitely true. Driscoll offers some good ...
Top 50 Most Influential Churches
The Church Report has released their list of the Top 50 Most Influential Churches. By “influential” they mean the fastest growing churches and those with more than 2,000 in attendance ...
Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith
“The thought of the word church and the word marketing in the same sentence makes me sick.” That’s from page 99 of Rob Bell’s Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith. So ...
Reporter & Pastor Attend DaVinci Code
The L.A. Times has a column from Joel Stein about his experience attending The DaVinci Code with a pastor (registration required). Ken Baugh of Coast Hills Community Church in Aliso ...
What’s Your Role Poll
Last week we asked what you do for your church, and 89% are either on staff or volunteer for their church. I guess that high number shouldn’t be surprising–why else ...
Breaking Growth Barriers
Reaching more people often means changing how we do things, and that’s not always easy. John Jackson, pastor of Carson Valley Christian Center in Minden, Nev., offers the PDF Breaking ...
Church Marketing Lab Round Up #9
It’s your turn. Step up and offer feedback and suggestions in the Church Marketing Lab. If you’re not sure how to start, check out our guidelines for helpful instructions. Where Jesus ...
Relevance, Tech Matters & -onomics, Church
In the recent weeks I’ve stumbled across a few more church resources you may want to add to your list. Church RelevanceWritten by Kent Schaffer of Bombay Creative, Church Relevance covers ...
24/7 Church
Whenever one is down there seems to be a supply of 24/7 places to help you out with a snack and coffee. Why can’t this be the case with the church? ...
Non-Profit Pricing from Adobe
When it comes to graphic design software, Adobe’s Creative Suite is pretty much the industry standard. But it doesn’t come cheap ($900 list price). So ChurchMedia.net has started a petition asking ...
Poddy Talk
Earlier this month, a colleague and I toured the facilities of a church in Los Angeles County. The church property was tucked away in a residential area, had decent parking, ...