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The Come Back Effect: How Hospitality Can Compel Your Church’s Guests to Return by Jason Young & Jonathan Malm
In The Comeback Effect, we are asked to think about the connections we make with guests through their experiences. What exactly is hospitality? How do we practice it intentionally? And why is this so important for church growth?
December 17, 2019
Time to Dream It All up Again
We’re taking a break to go away and dream it all up again. But the archives are here and we've got other helpful initiatives.
Thank you. Keep telling the greatest story ever told.
Why We Do What We Do
I tend to get nostalgic around important dates and since Church Marketing Sucks just turned two we thought it would be a good time to share what’s on our hearts. ...
Happy Birthday CMS!
This past weekend Church Marketing Sucks turned two years old. To celebrate we’ve given the site a little sprucing (sorry, no T-shirts… yet). You’ll notice the design has some minor ...
Jesus Beer Billboard Prank
OK, this isn’t strictly church marketing, but it made me laugh. Someone covered up a billboard in downtown Houston with their own billboard featuring a picture of Jesus holding a ...
How Not to do Public Relations
Public relations can be quite the minefield. It’s easy to say something that when quoted on the front page of the newspaper doesn’t look so good. Like when the chief ...
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 ...
5 Lists for Graphic Designers
Everybody loves lists! So we present our own list of lists to help graphic designers. 1. 50 Ways to Become a Better Designer – Loads of ideas, best practices and general ...
Washington Post on Church Bloggers
The Washington Post dove into church blogging this weekend and offers a few good quotes: “John Wesley [a prominent 18th-century evangelist] had to travel 250,000 miles on horseback to reach people, ...
Church Marketing Lab Round Up #14
It’s that time again. Get in there and help the church matter. Creative Arts – poster design.…
The Statue of Liberation Through Christ
You just can’t make this stuff up. 72 feet tall. Cross instead of a torch. 10 Commandments in her arm. Total cost: $260,000. It’s not quite Lady Liberty; it’s the ...
The Paradox of Copywriting
Church Relevance looks at the paradox of copywriting and explores the difficulty of writing good copy for churches. It should be short and sweet, but don’t be afraid to write ...
Support CMS with Squidoo
You can now support our non-profit parent, the Center for Church Communication (and by extension Church Marketing Sucks) through the web 2.0 site Squidoo. The site lets you earn income ...
Church Marketing Lab Round Up #13
The Church Marketing Lab on Flickr has grown to over 300 members with more than 400 pieces posted. Wow. Get in there and offer your feedback. Help church marketing to ...
We’re Looking for a Few Good Interns
Well, one intern actually, but we’ll take all the help we can get. In addition, the Center for Church Communication, our non-profit parent, is also looking for graphic design, tech ...
Most Important 9-Word Sentence in Marketing History
How’s that for a teaser? Scott Aughtmon offers this 9-word doozie from elite copywriter Gary Bencivenga and applies it to the church.…
Church Growth Series Wrap Up
I’ve wanted to talk about numbers and church growth for a long time, and this month we finally dove into it with this series. I said at the beginning that ...
