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Archive for September 2005
Port Adelaide Uniting Church Web Site
This week we continue our international peer review theme with a look at a church web site from Port Adelaide, Australia. Share your constructive feedback in the comments. Samples: Screenshot: (portadelaide.unitingchurch.org.au)…
Christians Aren’t the Only Immitators
We’re not the only ones. Today I opened my Time magazine and saw this “Islam Inside” T-shirt. It reminded me of an entry I wrote a while back lamenting the ...
Tony Morgan and Church Marketing Resources
This weekend is the fourth annual Innovative Church Conference at Granger Community Church in Granger, Ind. In 2002 Granger started WiredChurches.com, a resources and training arm of the church that ...
Philpott Church’s College Outreach Ad
A Canadian church (hey, we’ve gone international!) offers an ad for a campus directory—give your feedback in this week’s peer review. Samples:…
What’s Working in Church Results
You want visitors to come to church? Invite your friends. Overwhelmingly, word of mouh invites were the most effective marketing method for bringing new people to church with 65%. That’s ...
Event Guest Blogging from Kem Meyer
Say hello to Kem Meyer, the Communications Director at Granger Community Church, who has graciously stepped in with some event blogging from last week’s MinistryCOM church marketing conference in Houston. ...
Church Marketing is Not Easy
Churches are terrible at communicating. We know that. But I find a small measure of comfort in the fact that we’re dealing with a difficult message. God is amazing and mysterious ...
MinistryCOM 2005 in Review
Just got back from MinistryCOM 2005. I have to admit, I was somewhat of a skeptic going into it. As a matter of fact, if I wasn’t presenting two workshops, ...
New Guest Blogger Alex Seidel
You can wish a warm welcome to the newest guest blogger here at Church Marketing Sucks, Alex Seidel. He’s the Director of Communications for Timberlake Christian Fellowship in Redmond, Wash. ...
Making the Most of Technology for Churches
The body of Christ has traditionally been slow to implement technology to further kingdom objectives. Fear of change as well as fear of the unknown have definitely hindered work in ...
An Atheist Marketing Jesus
There’s an interesting story in The Australian about the Jesus: All About Life marketing campaign we covered last month. Apparently one of the guys behind the campaign is Angus Kinnaird, ...
Web & Blog eBooks from Seth Godin
The bald-headed marketing master Seth Godin (author of Purple Cow and Free Prize Inside) has released two free eBooks worth checking out: Knock Knock – It’s a 41-page PDF (and the ...
Church Branding Poll Results
In last week’s poll we asked if churches had a recognizable brand. 66% didn’t have one, though 27% are working on it. I guess I should expect churches to be ...
Church Advertising in the UK
There’s an odd flux of church advertising in the UK making the news this week, from secular firm Fallon to the Alpha program to Che Guevara. Che GuevaraThe Churches Advertising Network ...
New Song Fellowship Gift Tags
Check out the design for a gift tag that comes with a ‘welcome to the neighborhood’ gift from New Song Fellowship church and share your thoughts in this week’s peer ...
