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Archive for the ‘Philosophy’ Category
Barbara Boxer on Being Authentic
If you’ve been a part of the Church Marketing Sucks conversation for any amount of time, you know a basic tenet of good marketing philosophy comes down to churches being ...
Marketing the Church is like Marketing the Pope
When some people think of church marketing, I think they’re closer to the peddling of trinkets and other lame aspects of marketing. Like this story about the sales of new ...
Pope John Paul II on Communications
I don’t know much about the Pope. But I am learning quickly. Despite growing up Baptist where we didn’t give much heed to the Pope, I do respect his love ...
A Cool Jesus Sucks
Don Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz and Searching For God Knows What, hits the nail on the head in this interview with the Wittenburg Door. Trying to make Jesus ...
Think Young(er)
In the December 2004 issue of Fast Company magazine, staff writer Ryan Underwood does a “Fast Talk” with Zean Nielsen, director of marketing for Bang & Olufsen America, the way-too-expensive ...
What is Marketing?
Ask most people about marketing and they’ll talk about advertising. Why? Because advertising is the end result of a long marketing process and the only part that is actually observed ...
Marketing Happens
“To some degree all that marketing means is communication. If we’re communicating in public, I suppose that could be called marketing. Is it being done intentionally, or accidentally, wisely or ...
A Generous Orthodoxy
Christianity today is incredibly fragmented, with Baptists and Lutherans and Presbyterians and Methodists and Pentecostals and Catholics and every other group. Some are liberal, some are conservative, and we just ...
Evangelism & Marketing
“Any religion that believes in evangelism at its core believes in marketing,” notes the Rev. Dan Webster, spokesman for the Episcopal Diocese of Utah. Wow. Couldn’t have said it better myself. ...
They Should Lash Us To Our Pews
Some thoughts on the ridiculousness of our efforts in church from the Annie Dillard essay “An Expedition to the Pole,” which can be found in the book Teaching a Stone ...
Old and Boring with a Big Future
I just spent the last hour on a conference call with a development team I am a part of for a ministry organization that has been around over 125 ...
Unmarketing the Church
Texas blogger Rob Stewart mentioned us in a recent post, noting that we take issue with marketing the church. While I love the post, I did want to point out ...
Is Marketing a Dirty Word?
Marketing gets a bad rap. With telemarketers, pushy sales people, and lousy marketing tactics it’s no wonder people bristle at the word. But the concept itself isn’t the problem. Marketing ...
Church Marketing Needs Authenticity
There’s a new approach: church buildings that match church people – broken. Hurricane Frances tore the steeple off the First Baptist Church in Cocoa Beach, Fla, only to impale it ...
Newsflash: Church is for Sinners; Pamela Anderson Teaches Sunday School
Christianity Today’s weblog is linking to an interesting item about former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson teaching Sunday school. A potentially risky Google search reveals that it’s old news, a story ...
