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Pastor as Manager
Managing a team can be one of the many roles forced on a pastor that they’re sometimes not prepared to handle. Business management isn’t always a skill taught in seminary. ...
Billy Graham Preaches to the Choir
I’ve been seeing Billy Graham’s face on some of the web sites I regularly visit: ChristianityToday.com and Crosswalk.com. Both are Christian sites and both are carrying ads for a Billy ...
Web Sites Hook Young Families
An article in Church Executive Magazine is a good reminder of the value of web sites, especially in hooking tech-friendly young families. The author takes his time getting to the ...
Are Unsolicited Church E-mails Considered Spam?
Several sites have discussed the question of whether or not church e-mail is considered spam. The short answer is no. The Federal CAN SPAM Act went into effect January 1, ...
Youth Group Computer Lab
The youth group at Simi Valley Presbyterian Church has opened a public computer lab to help students with their homework (read the article in the Ventura County Star, registration required). ...
Different… ahem… Strokes
Murray Qualitative Research (MQR), a marketing research and consulting service, has just released the results of a study that show how women and men respond differently, in terms of romance, ...
Easter Outreach
Breakthrough Media offers a few resources and tools for evangelizing this Easter: Why Easter Outreach No Longer Works 18 Factors That Can Really Impact Easter The Most Overlooked Church Growth Factor…
Homeless Man, Here’s A Home
Danny Westneat of The Seattle Times wrote an article earlier this week about “tent city,” a traveling collection of up to 30 homeless men who plant themselves in church parking ...
Web Pages That Suck
Web Pages That Suck presents the Biggest Web Design Mistakes of 2004. It includes some great pointers, including the reminder that your web site exists to meet people’s needs–not yours. ...
Missions=Marketing
“The church exists for mission, and … a church that is only inward looking is not truly the church.” -Samuel Escobar, The New Global Mission (via CT)…
Valentine’s Day, Church Marketing Style
There’s a neat article by Jim Trippon over at the PRWeb on Valentine’s Day Tips: “Does Saying ‘I Love You’ Mean Maxing Out Your Credit Cards?” He’s got some truly ...
Time’s 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America
This week’s issue (February 7) of Time magazine featured the cover story “The 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America”. Considering the Time team were measuring influence politically, I think they ...
The SpongeBob Aftermath
The continuing controversy of SpongeBob SquarePants versus Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family just keeps getting messier, proving the advice of our own Andy Havens to not pick ...
More Web Site Advice
Sometimes you have to hear it a second, third or fourth time, so here’s more church web site tips from TheosLogic Productions. (thanks to Chris Taylor for the link)…
Rolling Stone Accepts Bible Ad
After tons of media attention Rolling Stone has reversed their decision and agreed to run the Zondervan Bible ad they originally rejected. It doesn’t always work out this nicely, but ...
The Church & Technology
A recent study shows a deep gap between large and small churches when it comes using technology. Only 52% of Protestant churches have a web site, but the numbers vary ...
Don’t Spar with the Sponge
Earlier this week, Dr. James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family, launched a diatribe at SpongeBob SquarePants. The lovable sponge, along with a cast of other children’s characters, ...