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Church Marketing Without Money
Granger Community Church Communications Director Kem Meyer shares eight ways to improve church communications with little or no budget: Have conversations. Lots of them. Create a style guide. Identify your specific audience. Document your ...
21 Easter Outreach Ideas
Outreach magazine offers 21 Easter outreach ideas, including: Instead of decorating the church with flowers, donate them to local hospitals. Offer yard signs (think election year) to church members to invite neighbors ...
How Churches Use Technology
Last week I spoke with Jesse Noyes from the Boston Herald about how churches use technology for his article, “Lord Works in High Tech Ways,” which basically explores how churches ...
Multiple Church Services Poll
Last week our poll covered multiple church services. 70% of churches offer multiple services, employing either multiple times, days or locations. Not quite half (45%) stick with multiple services on ...
Naked Conversations
When Robert Scoble and Shel Israel sat down to write a book on blogging, they started with a blog. They posted chapters of the book online as they wrote them ...
Monster Truck Church Ad
“This Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! It’s a sacramental showdown at St. Andrew’s Episcopal…” So begins a 60-second ad that’s making the rounds among Episcopalians. It advertises St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in ...
Church Sells Out to DaVinci
In other DaVinci Code news, there’s the story of the Winchester Cathedral selling out. First the cathedral opened its doors to the film-makers for almost $35,000 after Westminster Abbey refused. ...
DaVinci Code Marketing
The DaVinci Code hits theaters May 19 and the movie marketing machine is rolling full steam ahead. Including an effort to rope in Christians and keep them from crashing the ...
I’m Ready to Something Remarkable With You
It looks like that New Year’s resolution to proofread everyting twice isn’t going so well. Here’s more proof. Earlier today marketing guru Seth Godin pointed to a young graduate looking for ...
Stripper Outreach
You’ve probably heard of the porn ministry XXXChurch, but have you heard of the stripper ministry JC’s Girls Girls Girls? Started by a former stripper and supported by Sandals Church ...
Church Press Release Basics
The basic rule in getting media attention is to do something newsworthy. Those crazy MyLameSexLife.com guys at Granger Community Church know a thing or two about that. And I promise ...
Church Surveys
A church survey is a great way to get input from your congregation and find out what’s working and what’s not. Tony Morgan from Granger Community Church (yes, they’re the ...
Church Signs Poll
Last week we asked for your opinion on those church signs with the “clever” slogans, and I think it’s fair to say this crowd isn’t down with the church sign. ...
Technology and Trends Changing Your Church
Tim Bednar over at e-Church (yes, he’s the same guy who brought us Mega-Church: The Game) is blogging about the 20 memes changing your congregation from the year 2005. Don’t ...
Is Your Church Buzz Worthy?
Our very own Brad Abare will be speaking at the upcoming Buzz Conference, an event where church leaders can share ideas and best practices. It’s being hosted by the National ...
Experience Church, Stripped Down
I am often asked by pastors how far is too far. From big screens and big hair to modern worship and candlelight services, there are so many ways to do, ...
Arizona Church Borrows Xbox Logo
We’ve received a few e-mails from folks pointing us to a postcard advertising a Phoenix-area church that’s raising some eyebrows in the gaming world, thanks to the design that’s, well, ...