Church Marketing Sucks

How Many Church Visitors Poll Results

Last week’s poll asked how many first-time visitors come to your church each week. 42% of churches have 1-5 visitors each week. 30% have more than 10 each week. But ...

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Sunday School Celebrates 225 Years

Reviewing one of the calendars from an organization I work for, I noticed that yesterday was the 225th celebration of Sunday School (first Sunday of every October). A quick Google ...

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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)…

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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:…

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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 ...

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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. ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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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. ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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