Posts Tagged ‘Martin Luther King Jr.’

MLK Day Tips & Tweets
January 10, 2018

MLK Day Tips & Tweets

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a chance for your church to celebrate a hero who also happened to be a pastor. We've got tips and sample social posts to ...

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Embracing MLK Day
January 16, 2016

Embracing MLK Day

Every year I'm a little bit amazed we have a national holiday for a pastor. And every year I'm a little bit amazed the church doesn't embrace it more fully. ...

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Why & How Your Church Should Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 7, 2015

Why & How Your Church Should Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day

A holiday celebrating a pastor? Martin Luther King Jr. Day should be big in the church. Why and how to do it, including free social media graphics.

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The March on Washington 50 Years Later
August 26, 2013

The March on Washington 50 Years Later

We talk with a group of church communicators about the civil rights movement on the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington.

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The March on Washington, Racism & Church Diversity With Trillia Newbell
August 21, 2013

The March on Washington, Racism & Church Diversity With Trillia Newbell

On the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington we talk with Trillia Newbell about racism, diversity and the church.

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Church Communication Hero: The Dream of MLK
January 25, 2013

Church Communication Hero: The Dream of MLK

Martin Luther King Jr. gave the I have a dream speech, not the I have a plan speech. Inspiring people is more effective than informing them.

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quotes Article
January 22, 2013

Martin Luther King Jr. on Time

"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."

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Church Communication Hero: The Work of MLK
January 17, 2013

Church Communication Hero: The Work of MLK

Martin Luther King Jr. took action: “One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying.”

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Church Communication Hero: The Words of MLK
January 16, 2013

Church Communication Hero: The Words of MLK

Encouragement and inspiration for church communicators from the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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The Last of a Generation: Church Hero Fred Shuttlesworth
October 11, 2011

The Last of a Generation: Church Hero Fred Shuttlesworth

Remembering civil rights leader Fred Shuttlesworth, a pastor who was bombed, beaten and imprisoned in his quest to end segregation.

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poll-results Article
July 8, 2011

Diversity Poll Results

A full third of churches are doing nothing to address diversity, but 43% have diversity in photos and materials, 37% have diverse worship and 30% have diversity in leadership.

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Church Diversity: Sunday the Most Segregated Day of the Week
June 27, 2011

Church Diversity: Sunday the Most Segregated Day of the Week

Only 7.5% of American churches are racially diverse and the biggest problem is that we don't see that as a problem.

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MLK: Church Communication Hero
January 17, 2011

MLK: Church Communication Hero

I like the idea of Dr. King as church communication hero because what we do is not all discarded bulletins, forgotten Facebook updates or unappreciated graphics.

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social-justice Article
January 19, 2009

Reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr.

One of the great lessons of the radical we celebrate today, Martin Luther King Jr., is that change requires action: “One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom ...

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first-impressions-beyond Article
January 22, 2008

(Not) Celebrating MLK Day

This is an open question to local churches everywhere, specifically predominantly-white congregations: Where were the MLK Day celebrations? Firsthand, I heard of none*. A news search led me to the celebration ...

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