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The Divine Commodity
The Divine Commodity is not for wimps. If you choose to read the latest literary offering by the managing editor of the Leadership Journal, know that you'll most ...
Packing My Brain at Q & SOBcon
Last week I had the opportunity to go to two very different, but incredible conferences, Q and SOBcon. Takeaways included providing solutions instead of criticism and the power of community.
Texas Giveaway Poll Results
You’ve heard it a thousand times, and it’s probably nails on a chalkboard at this point. But here goes, anyways: everything’s bigger in Texas. One church is doing their best ...
When Church Gets Weird
A few weeks ago, we ran across a couple stories that could only be described as disturbing. One was The Big Picture’s photographic look at Holy Week. The second was ...
Church Marketing Directory: Consulting, Teaching, WordPress and More
It’s nice to sit by and watch the Church Marketing Directory fill out and grow up. We like to see big numbers next to our category listings, because that means ...
5 Tools Poll Results
Recently, Paul Armstrong wrapped up a thoughtful series for graphic designers in service of churches: 5 Tools Every Church Designer Needs. It’s a six-part repertoire of high-level skills every designer ...
Doubt & Church Marketing: An Interview with Jason Boyett
We don’t talk a lot about doubt in the church. Except maybe when we tell the pastor we doubt parachuting onto the platform would be feasible. But doubt has a ...
Church for Church Leaders
I do not have the research to back this up, but I’ve been observing what appears to be a growing trend in the number of church leaders who work and ...
Job and Freelance Labs: The Latest Opportunities
If you use the Center for Church Communication’s Job Lab and Freelance Lab as your indicator of our nation’s economy, then you’re in pretty high spirits lately. We’ve seen a ...
Who Is Your Competition?
At some point in the life of almost anyone attending or running churches, a strange thing happens. We become confused. We forget the unique business that we’re in, and we ...
Thou Shall Twitter in Church
“Thou Shall Not Twitter in Church.” Says who?! I haven’t seen that anywhere in the Bible. But I have seen Twitter in the Bible: “Like a swallow, like a crane, ...
What Kind Poll Results
We’re going to talk about advertising. Six years into the journey that is Church Marketing Sucks, we’ll still have people who have tuned out after that introductory sentence. Jon Acuff ...
An Imaginary Church for the Greater Good
Andrew Pautler, a senior graphic design major at the University of Notre Dame, e-mailed us to let us know about a little project he’s been working on: I believe that if ...
Catalyst West Creatives Tweetup
I had the pleasure of hosting a tweetup at the Catalyst West conference this past week in Southern California as the area Regional Network Coordinator for the Center for Church ...
Thinking About What Others Will Think
From AZCentral.com: Surprise [The city, not the imperative] Police Chief Dan Hughes says he never meant to offend anyone when he appeared in a church video. Hughes, an elder in a non-denominational ...
Internet Evangelism Day
When I first heard about Internet Evangelism Day which is this Sunday, April 25, my critical sensors came alive and I may have even sneered a little, “Here we go ...
Tech Wishes Poll Results
Gizmos, gadgets, and technological marvels abound today. From touchable pads to particle smashers, we’re living in an age of marvels. Your church likely has some sort of magical projector system, ...