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Archive for September 2004
I Can’t Afford Marketing That Doesn’t Suck
Working with hundreds of churches over the years, I get so frustrated with the “we don’t have any money” excuse so prevalent with today’s pastors and church councils. I understand ...
Jamming Cell Phones in Church
Churches in Mexico are using high-tech jammers to keep cell phones from ringing in the midst of services. It’s illegal, but no one seems to care. As interesting as that ...
Subway in the House of God
Speaking of business ventures as church advertising, how about opening a Subway in the house of God? Seems a bit more commercial than many of us prefer, though it also sounds ...
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 ...
Sunday Morning Dress Code
The Ann Arbor News has a balanced article about the casual trend in church attire. The piece includes both the pragmatic and anti-legalism pro that God cares more about the ...
If You Don’t Build It, They Will Come
Isaiah Church has no building, but that’s okay. Rev. Troy Benton plans to build his church by forming a congregation first, and worrying about a building later. It’s a common ...
Money Grubbing
Stewardship has to be one of the touchiest subjects in the church. Until churches start charging a cover and collecting it at the door, offerings and pledge drives are a ...
It’s the End of the Church As We Know It
A couple interesting tidbits from Will Samson, who just spent two days hanging out with George Barna and Leonard Sweet talking about the future of the church: “Currently only 65% of ...
Making Sense of Church
Spencer Burke, creator of the TheOoze.com, wrote Making Sense of Church, a book that dives into a lot of the post-modern/emergent conversations about the church. While the book is more ...
Church Shopping
Fall is back to school time, but it’s also back to church time, according to an article in The Christian Science Monitor, as more people tend to return to church ...
Business Ventures as Church Advertising
Starting businesses, providing jobs, and generating an economic turn around for a depressed area of Portland: It’s advertising without advertising. “People have lost faith in the church because the church isn’t ...
E-mail and the Youth Pastor
Youth Specialties offers some advice for how youth workers can make the most of e-mail. The basic lesson is e-mail won’t replace mailings or phone calls as the communication vehicle ...
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 ...
One Church – One Commercial
Texas blogger Rob Stewart writes: “The McDonald’s at 50th St. and Quaker Ave. doesn’t have its own commercial separate from commercials for the McDonald’s at 19th and University. There’s an ad ...
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 ...
