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Wings, Short Shorts & God
Pamela Anderson teaching Sunday school is one thing, but a Bible study in Hooters? Organized by Christian Focus Atlanta, the Christian singles group meets every Wednesday night to discuss the ...
Poaching from Another Flock
A Charlotte Observer columnist wonders why churches get excited about church growth based on recruiting members from other churches instead of attracting people who’ve never gone to church. (free registration ...
Video Killed the Preacher Man
The Washington Post reports on churches that are switching from a real live preacher man to a canned video sermon. The approach allows churches to expand to multiple locations without ...
Taking Sermons Beyond Sunday
With the spread of iPods and MP3 players listening to audio is no longer restricted to a music collection. Sermons, speeches and books are actually becoming popular in audio format. ...
Church Promo Videos That Don’t Suck
The homemade promotional video is a time-honored marketing tool of the church, especially among youth groups with tech savvy teens. But with digital video cameras and cheap editing software, those ...
Newsflash: Church is for Sinners; Pamela Anderson Teaches Sunday School
Christianity Today’s weblog is linking to an interesting item about former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson teaching Sunday school. A potentially risky Google search reveals that it’s old news, a story ...
AKMA: Why Churches Should Have Web Sites / Nielsen: Simplicity
Ordained priest and blogger AKMA offers four reasons churches should have web sites, which includes a healthy discussion in the comments section. (link via e-vangelism.com) Andrew over at e-vangelism.com also offers ...
Getting Your Church Council On Board
I had a conversation with a pastor friend of mine a few weeks back. He is a big believer in church marketing that doesn’t suck. He doesn’t have a big ...
Comic Sans is NOT Okay
Trust me on this one. Neither is using any other crazy font to spice up your flyers, newsletter or anything you print. Typography is an art, and if you’re no ...
Church Web Site Suck? Try a Blog!
Church web sites can be a cemetery for outdated information and worse – spinning barrels and other animated graphics that shouldn’t be. Perhaps a blog can be the cure for ...
Punctuation Makes All the Difference
While editing announcements for my youth group’s newsletter I came across this line in a blurb about fall Sunday school classes: Parents’ sex will be discussed with the junior high Sunday ...
The Farmers Market: Is Your Church There?
I’ve been to a handful of local “farmers markets” around the U.S. and all of them are the same. Blocked-off streets in the heart of a small town, local merchants ...
Church: Why Bother?
Philip Yancey asks the question we’re all wondering in his booklet Church: Why Bother? My Personal Pilgrimage. The first chapter starts with this quote from J.F. Powers’ Wheat That Springeth ...
After these Messages… from God
Mainstream denominations are turning to TV commercials to bring people back to church. The United Methodist Church, the United Church of Christ, Presbyterians and Episcopalians are all exploring TV advertising, ...
“Have a Nice Day” at a Church Near You
Churches should adopt the ‘meet and greet’ style hospitality of the commercial world to welcome new visitors, according to Rev. Alison Gilchrist, a Church of England priest and her book ...
Free Valet Parking Doesn’t Suck
When construction made parking a headache at Abundant Life Church in Grapevine, Texas, church members started a free valet parking service. It began with the eldery and disabled, but now ...
10 Technologies to Watch in 2004
In November of 2003, Business 2.0 released their hot list of “10 Technologies to Watch in 2004.” Here we are in August, nearly two-thirds of the way through the year ...