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Archive for February 2005
Church Offers Free U2 Tickets
You could win tickets to a sold-out U2 concert from a church. Christ’s Church of the Valley in Peoria, Ariz. is giving away the free tickets on their web site. ...
The Relevant Church
The twentysomethings hipster publisher Relevant brings us The Relevant Church, a look at 15 different churches across the country that are definitely not the parish next door. Written by a ...
The $14,000 Sermon
Loud gasps were heard in the 125-member Newsong Church in Grove, Okla. when Pastor Steve Dyer handed out $14,000 in cash. Adults received $100 bills and children $50 bills, and ...
Supporting Pastors Is Good For Marketing
Recently stats have been floating around the Internet that point to the difficulty of being a pastor, including numbers like the following: “80% of pastors say that ministry has negatively affected ...
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 ...
Designing Web Sites For Teens
Not all teens are techno-geniuses, according to the latest study from usability guru Jakob Nielsen. Youth workers designing sites for teens should pay attention to the results: Design – While teens ...
10 Easter Outreach Ideas
Rev magazine offers 10 Easter Outreach Ideas. I especially like their introduction which hints at the idea that many churches will be doing Easter outreaches and we don’t need to ...
Now 17% Less Judgmental
A few months back we had a post about a church T-shirt that included the statement “We suck.” Chris Mikesell (aka Rhinoguy) of Blachly, Ore. commented that a better slogan ...
Pastor as Manager
Managing a team can be one of the many roles forced on a pastor that they’re sometimes not prepared to handle. Business management isn’t always a skill taught in seminary. ...
Billy Graham Preaches to the Choir
I’ve been seeing Billy Graham’s face on some of the web sites I regularly visit: ChristianityToday.com and Crosswalk.com. Both are Christian sites and both are carrying ads for a Billy ...
Web Sites Hook Young Families
An article in Church Executive Magazine is a good reminder of the value of web sites, especially in hooking tech-friendly young families. The author takes his time getting to the ...
Are Unsolicited Church E-mails Considered Spam?
Several sites have discussed the question of whether or not church e-mail is considered spam. The short answer is no. The Federal CAN SPAM Act went into effect January 1, ...
Youth Group Computer Lab
The youth group at Simi Valley Presbyterian Church has opened a public computer lab to help students with their homework (read the article in the Ventura County Star, registration required). ...
Different… ahem… Strokes
Murray Qualitative Research (MQR), a marketing research and consulting service, has just released the results of a study that show how women and men respond differently, in terms of romance, ...
Easter Outreach
Breakthrough Media offers a few resources and tools for evangelizing this Easter: Why Easter Outreach No Longer Works 18 Factors That Can Really Impact Easter The Most Overlooked Church Growth Factor…
