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Outsourcing the Drive-Thru?
Listening to the news today (I love talk radio), I learn that McDonald’s is re-thinking their approach to the drive-thru. Instead of having orders radioed a few feet ahead to ...
Easter Advertising
Easter is the one day out of the year when people who never go to church actually think about going. What are you doing to make sure people pick your ...
Washington Post Covers Church Marketers
Church marketing received a boost from the Washington Post on Sunday with the story “The Business of Filling Pews.” The story covers the church consulting company The Alban Institute, which ...
It’s Time To Catch Up: iPod Church Finder
In a well written, pithy press release, the “Irish Pubs Directory” people announced that you can now download the iPod version of their list and ratings: “You won’t always have access ...
Improving Your Church Web Site
Mike Atkinson presents a series of articles on how to improve your church web site. Mike’s got plenty of experience and wisdom worth gleaning.…
Missionary Blogging
I love blogs. This is why. It’s the blog of a medical missionary in Kenya. It used to be that missionary updates came during furloughs or Missionary Sunday or maybe ...
N.C. Church Marketing Seminar
Apparently we’re not the only ones pushing church marketing. Brunswick Community College in North Carolina held a marketing seminar for area churches last week. “It has to be a little ...
Solidarity Doesn’t Suck
I love this story. Kevin Burkhart, pastor of United Methodist Church in Curtis, Neb.—known as “Rev. Kev”—shaved his head to show solidarity with two members of the congregation who are ...
Church Marketing Sucks Provides Alternative Address
Today we sent our second press release announcing an alternate address, ChurchMarketingStinks.com. It’s an effort to serve Christian publications that have a policy against printing controversial language (you can also ...
Why We Use ‘Sucks’
Some people take issue with our use of the word ‘sucks’, and we understand their concerns. Growing up, some on our team weren’t even allowed to use the word, and ...
Church Offers Free U2 Tickets
You could win tickets to a sold-out U2 concert from a church. Christ’s Church of the Valley in Peoria, Ariz. is giving away the free tickets on their web site. ...
The Relevant Church
The twentysomethings hipster publisher Relevant brings us The Relevant Church, a look at 15 different churches across the country that are definitely not the parish next door. Written by a ...
The $14,000 Sermon
Loud gasps were heard in the 125-member Newsong Church in Grove, Okla. when Pastor Steve Dyer handed out $14,000 in cash. Adults received $100 bills and children $50 bills, and ...
Supporting Pastors Is Good For Marketing
Recently stats have been floating around the Internet that point to the difficulty of being a pastor, including numbers like the following: “80% of pastors say that ministry has negatively affected ...
A Cool Jesus Sucks
Don Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz and Searching For God Knows What, hits the nail on the head in this interview with the Wittenburg Door. Trying to make Jesus ...
Designing Web Sites For Teens
Not all teens are techno-geniuses, according to the latest study from usability guru Jakob Nielsen. Youth workers designing sites for teens should pay attention to the results: Design – While teens ...
10 Easter Outreach Ideas
Rev magazine offers 10 Easter Outreach Ideas. I especially like their introduction which hints at the idea that many churches will be doing Easter outreaches and we don’t need to ...