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Archive for the ‘Examples’ Category
Church Marketing: What Not to Do
I’ve been collecting a few links over the past few weeks as church stories caught my attention, and in case anyone wasn’t quite sure, here are three ways not to ...
Chick-fil-A and Church Marketing
Some of you out west might have no idea what I’m talking about. My Church Marketing Sucks colleagues probably don’t have a strong idea of what I’m talking about. But ...
Ownership, Not Membership
Earlier, we highlighted The Church at Pembrook Pines’ interesting marketing strategy of church seven days a week. Today, we have a new move for you. Vintage21, a church in Raleigh, N.C., ...
Church Seven Nights A Week
The Church of Pembroke Pines in Pembroke Pines, Fla. has a pretty interesting strategy. You’ve heard of multiple services. Sometimes two on Sunday. Sometimes one on Saturday. Heck, sometimes even ...
How To Achieve 277% Growth
OK, so the title isn’t fully accurate. But it is how one church did it. Eastpoint Community Church in Middletown, Del. had an incredibly simple, strategic and successful marketing campaign, ...
Amarillo Church Wins Addy Award
An Amarillo, Texas church snagged a best in show (registration requried) at the Addy Awards for the second year in a row. Trinity Fellowship Church won the local division of ...
The Anti-Anti-Semitic Church Ad that was Anti-Semitic
Despite our title, it’s not often that we rag on specific churches for their marketing efforts. We’ve yet to offer a ‘worst church marketing blunders of the year’ list, but ...
More Lessons in Church Planting
Last week we pointed to Gary Lamb’s 21 Lessons from Two Years of Church Planting, and now Russell Knight from Stonebridge Church in Morgantown, W.V. has followed suit with his ...
Fastest Growing U.S. Churches in 2006
We know how much you love lists ranking churches, so how about the top 100 Fastest Growing U.S. Churches in 2006? Outreach magazine offers the list, compiled from a Church ...
Greg Boyd, Megachurch Anomaly
Woodland Hills Church in Maplewood, Minn. and its pastor, Greg Boyd, are getting loads of attention from the New York Times article, “Disowning Conservative Politics, Evangelical Pastor Rattles Flock” (registration ...
50 Most Influential Churches for 2006
The Church Report has released their list of the 50 Most Influential Churches for 2006 (1.9 MB PDF, 9 pages). The list is compiled by recommendations from leaders of 2,000 ...
Even Nuns Need Marketing
Lots of folks are coming around to the idea that churches need marketing help, including what is quite possibly the least likely group to use marketing–nuns: “Whether you’re doing branding for ...
Marketing a Church Plant
Ridge Stone Church in Canton, Ga., has launched Ridge Stone Backstage, a blog to share some of the lessons they’ve learned as a church plant that held their first service ...
Would Jesus Discriminate?
2,000 yard signs, four newspaper ads, 650 bumper stickers, 720 T-shirts and 25,000 door hangers have appeared in the Indianapolis area, all promoting Jesus Metropolitan Community Church as a part ...
Top 50 Most Influential Churches
The Church Report has released their list of the Top 50 Most Influential Churches. By “influential” they mean the fastest growing churches and those with more than 2,000 in attendance ...
