Brad Abare

Brad Abare is the founder of the Center for Church Communication. He consults with companies and organizations, helping them figure out why in the world they exist, why anyone should care and what to do about it.

Brad Abare's Posts:

first-impressions-beyond Article
January 25, 2008

Seth Godin on Church Marketing

Scott Magdalein had the opportunity to ask blog marketing god Seth Godin three questions. Two of them were about church marketing. Although the questions and answers are somewhat basic and ...

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reviews Article
January 24, 2008

Shopping for God: Denominations and Megas

This is the fourth and final part in a series from the book by James B. Twitchell titled Shopping for God: How Christianity Went From In Your Heart To In ...

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events Article
January 23, 2008

Awaken 2008

The Mosaic Alliance is hosting the Awaken 2008 conference this April 1-3 in Pasadena, Calif. They invited a handful of people to do some guest blogging leading up to the ...

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reviews Article
January 21, 2008

Shopping for God: Great Awakenings?

This is part three in a series from the book by James B. Twitchell titled Shopping for God: How Christianity Went From In Your Heart To In Your Face. Twitchell suggests ...

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reviews Article
January 17, 2008

Shopping For God: The Spiritual Marketplace

This is part two in a series from the book by James B. Twitchell titled Shopping for God: How Christianity Went From In Your Heart To In Your Face. Twitchell starts ...

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reviews Article
January 16, 2008

Shopping for God: The Book

Over the Christmas break I took a couple of days and read James B. Twitchell’s latest book, Shopping for God: How Christianity Went From In Your Heart To In Your ...

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philosophy Article
January 15, 2008

Mission, Vision, People

I blogged an entry recently on Personality‘s site about knowing the mission, doing the vision and treating people really well. It’s an approach I learned a few years ago from Jared ...

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philosophy Article
January 9, 2008

Pray for Competition

As we pursue the unique calling that God has for each one of us individually and collectively, both as ministers and as ministries, we are foolish if we care not ...

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philosophy Article
January 8, 2008

You Get What You Preach For

When you preach salvation, people come to know Jesus.When you preach about loving Jesus, people become better lovers of Jesus.When you preach prosperity, people want to be prosperous.When you preach ...

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events Article
December 28, 2007

Foursquare NextGen Summit

I’m here in Anaheim, Calif. through January 1 for the Foursquare NextGen Summit. It’s an event with 3,500 students centered around three causes: poverty, orphans and human trafficking. My role ...

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advertising Article
December 26, 2007

Christmas Rap

Just before the Christmas break, Robin Stansbury from the Hartford Courant called me about a story she was doing on Rev. Bill Keane of First Baptist Church, Branford, Conn. Keane ...

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evangelism-outreach Article
December 14, 2007

Marketing Via Christmas Carolers

I love Christmas carols. Every year it seems like the words become more and more meaningful to me. It’s amazing how much the gospel is sung in these songs! So why ...

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news-updates Article
November 30, 2007

Lessons In Not Sucking Wrap-Up

I just finished up the series on “Lessons In Not Sucking.” In case you missed it, here is a handy little linked index of each of the topics: Communication: Online Communication: In ...

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reviews Article
November 29, 2007

Lessons In Not Sucking: 9 Must-Read Books

This is part nine in a series on Lessons In Not Sucking. Today I give you nine books that are must-read when it comes to not sucking. I admit, it ...

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church-business Article
November 27, 2007

Lessons In Not Sucking: Working With Firms & Freelancers

This is part eight in a series on Lessons In Not Sucking. Today we discuss working with freelancers and firms. Having both owned my own creative firm in the past ...

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