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Church Newsletter Gone to the Dogs
OK, that title was too easy. That guy who draws cartoons on business cards, Hugh Macleod, has posted a PDF of a revamped church newsletter. It’s called Hotspur and is the ...
MyLameSexLife Follow Up
As a follow up to the billboards of the MyLameSexLife.com campaign of Granger Community Church, you can look to the news articles or to the numbers. NewsThe local media loves ...
Drive-In Church
We’ve seen drive-thru church before, but a drive-in church, well that’s something new. It’s the Daytona Beach Drive-In Christian Church in Daytona Beach Shores, Fla. Apparently it goes back to ...
Monster Truck Church Ad
“This Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! It’s a sacramental showdown at St. Andrew’s Episcopal…” So begins a 60-second ad that’s making the rounds among Episcopalians. It advertises St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in ...
Arizona Church Borrows Xbox Logo
We’ve received a few e-mails from folks pointing us to a postcard advertising a Phoenix-area church that’s raising some eyebrows in the gaming world, thanks to the design that’s, well, ...
My Lame Sex Life Campaign
This entry isn’t an apology, but it is all about sex. That famous simply strategic church in South Bend, Ind., Granger Community Church, has launched a new campaign to promote ...
Lessons in Shortsightedness: Cutting the Marketing Budget
Last week my church had the infamous church business meeting (which I credit with pushing my wife into labor). Before we got to the real issues, we took care of ...
Reaching Out to Teen Moms
In the January/February issue of Outreach magazine, Koshy Muthalaly draws our attention to two southern California churches, Soulfarers Community and Epic Church. Each month, 15 to 20 volunteers “shower love ...
Go to Church, Win a House
We’ve seen churches give away Hummers and Harleys before, but a house really takes the cake. The critics aren’t impressed: “It’s a publicity stunt. It’s a gimmick and like most gimmicks, it’s ...
Communicating Through Desktop Wallpapers
I love cheap and easy ideas. They don’t cost much time or money, and while the benefits may not be enormous, it only takes a small return to make a ...
Lingerie, Dodgeball and Golf Bring People to Church
More and more churches are turning to creative programming to attract people, trying to offer something outside the Sunday morning worship experience to interest visitors. The Washington Post covers a ...
Free Gas for First Time Church Visitors
With gas approaching $3 per gallon (I just paid $2.99 in St. Paul, Minn.) Clearview Community Church in Sioux City, Iowa is offering free gas to get visitors in the ...
Church Ice Cream Truck
Thanks to the USA Today tip, we heard about New Life Christian Church in Centreville, Va. and their ice cream truck. They spent $10,000 on an ice cream truck and ...
The Incredible Shrinking Megachurch
NPR covers the satellite efforts of megachurches, that have them shrinking back to smaller sizes. “It’s our desire to be a local neighborhood church again,” says Jim Tomberlin, the regional pastor ...
Church Marketing Case Study: The Perfect Job
Graphic designer Corey Witt recently e-mailed us about a church marketing case study he posted on his site. Richfield Community Church in Yorba Linda, Calif. was the client and they ...
