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Pastor Uses Pepper Spray to Stop Fight
A Memphis pastor had to bust out the pepper spray when a church house brawl between kids carried over to the church bus Wednesday night. I’m going to go out on ...
Mega-Church: The Game
Imagine if you could create the church you wanted, any way you wanted. Put together a worship service exactly the way YOU want: hymns, no hymns, drums, no drums. Are you ...
Xbox: Granny Get Your Gun
In a meeting this morning at work, I was pleasantly surprised to learn of an idea that that is sure to be a hit. Next spring, during a denominational retreat ...
Congrats to Kevin Hendricks
As you’ve probably read by now, our very own Kevin Hendricks and his wife Abby had their first baby earlier this week. Madeleine Alexis Hendricks is already learning about what ...
Having a Baby
A week ago we posted our poll results about how to celebrate the birth of our chief blogger’s first child, and it seems the least favorite answer, no blogging for ...
Two Rivers E-Marketing
This week we look at the online marketing of a Nashville church. Samples: Traditional Service Web Site: (tworivers.org) Contemporary Service Web Site: (eleven01online.com) E-mail Newsletter:…
Favorite Marketing Book
I was sitting down to write some new polls today and I had a good one about favorite marketing books. But then I realized a poll listing four books wouldn’t ...
Baby Poll
Last week we went with a fun poll, asking how to celebrate the coming birth of my first child. The idea was that the kid would be out by now ...
Church Marketing 101
OK, let’s get it out of the way: Worst. Title. Ever. But we’ll forgive Richard Reising for calling his book Church Marketing 101: Preparing Your Church for Greater Growth, because despite the ...
The Big Moo
So what’s the big fuss with The Big Moo? It’s the marketing strategy of being remarkable. Come up with something so great that it does the work for you. The ...
The Art of Evangelism
Guy Kawasaki, a former evangelist for Apple computers, talks about the art of evangelism. In a nutshell, what used to be a religious term has been borrowed by business. In ...
EKG Easter Poster
It’s been a while since we’ve had a peer review, but never fear–they’re still here. This week we’re taking a look at an Easter poster, which is a good reminder ...
Non-Christian Marketers Poll
Last week we asked the touchy question of whether or not churches should hire non-Christian marketers. It’s a debate we’ve had before, are having now and will probably have again. More ...
You Will Be Judged Mighty Webmaster
Pastor Jeff Hamilton of The Cornerstone Foursquare Church points us to a study released about the amount of time someone spends looking at a web site before making a judgment ...
Secular Marketers Try to Promote Church Attendance
In this week’s survey we’re asking whether or not non-Christian marketers can successfully market the church. So far just over half say yes. Coincidentally, we were pointed to an article ...
Lessons from a German Movie Theater
This past Christmas my wife and I spent nearly two weeks in Germany, traveling the country visiting friends, seeing the sights, and getting up close and personal with events from ...
Reaching Out to Teen Moms
In the January/February issue of Outreach magazine, Koshy Muthalaly draws our attention to two southern California churches, Soulfarers Community and Epic Church. Each month, 15 to 20 volunteers “shower love ...