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Joshua Blankenship on Copying
If you’re not familiar with Joshua Blankenship, he’s the web guru behind the scenes at NewSpring Church in Anderson, S.C. A couple times recently, he’s tackled the difficult question of churches, ...
Boon or Bust Poll Results
Just yesterday, Michael Buckingham said, The Internet isn’t powerful because it connects you to information, but because it connects you to other people. And that’s what social media aims to do. In ...
Other Churches Suck: How Not to Market Your Church
We’ve covered plenty of churches who are trying to be edgy, stay relevant and communicate in a way that’s never been done before. Satan hates [insert church here] The 30-day sex challenge Che ...
Five Ways to Sabotage Creativity Poll Results
Our pals over at Media Salt recently penned an article on five ways to kill the creative process at your church. But what’s the best way? Well, only your collective ...
Church Marketing Lab: Message Series, Winter Retreats & More
As Christmas approaches, the Church Marketing Lab is heating up. One of the busiest times of the year means lots of mailers, web sites and more as churches plan for ...
Church Apps Poll Results
We recently wrote on churches developing iPhone applications. The article spawned some great discussion, and we wanted to know what the Church Marketing Sucks community thought–too techno-centric? A great idea? ...
Church Marketing Lab: Story Books, Retreat Promos & More
When folks in the Church Marketing Lab haven’t been chatting about the Christmas hall of fame, Twittering tools for churches and effective versus original, they’ve been helping one another through ...
Wambulance Poll Results
Crying babies in church services can be a downright pain in the backside. Partly because they’re crying, loudly, in church. But even more so due to the inevitable mental gymnastics ...
Your Church: Is There an App for That?
You might have heard the old news that Mars Hill in Seattle has developed an iPhone application. As has The Reaction, a movement in Denver. And a couple weeks ago, ...
Invitations Poll Results
The question is a little bit awkward, and it can feel like you’re about to get in trouble. “Have you invited anyone to church recently?” For me, memories of youth ...
Nov. 8th: Orphan Sunday
In October, we didn’t really get any church holidays. In all fairness, it’s a busy season. With fall festivals, trunk or treats, harvest fairs and tribulation trails, there’s very little ...
Church Marketing Lab: Themed Lobbies & Christmas Coming Early
It’s been awhile since we’ve rounded up all the shenanigans going on in the Church Marketing Lab, so we thought we’d let you know what’s been going on. Discussions have ...
CMS on Twitter Poll Results
I’m sure most of you have noticed, but in case you haven’t: Church Marketing Sucks recently joined the Twitter party. Since then, we’ve made tons of new friends, shared some ...
Boycotting Poll Results
If you follow us on Twitter, you might have noticed a story we linked to about a church from Florida who was removing all of their Pepsi machines to protest ...
We’re Sorry, One More Time
Recently, I gave a little bit of a rough time to Christian apologists. All too often, I’ve found myself wanting to apologize because it’s the cool thing to do in ...
