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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 ...

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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 ...

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Church + Technology = Barna Study

Barna released his report today about the extent to which churches are using technology. From a church’s website and e-mail blasts to its use of a projector and video clips, ...

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Poll Results: How Cool is Your Church Web Site?

Last week’s poll asked how cool your church web site is. The results can only confirm the common perception that the church just isn’t very cool. 22% were proud enough ...

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Poll Results: How Big Is Your Church?

A couple weeks ago we asked what size church you attend. 42% say the attend a “medium” size church, 32% attend a “mini” church and 19% attend a “mega” church. ...

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Blogging Church: The Book

This isn’t exactly breaking news anymore, but pastor/blogger Terry Storch and web guy/blogger Brian Bailey (both of Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas) are writing what looks to be the definitive ...

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A Sense of Humor is Great for Marketing

For more than 15 years I’ve driven past a church on the way to my parents’ house without ever really noticing that it was there. (Most likely because it’s located ...

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Why Working Together Works

What’s the great thing about a well thought-out outreach? The way that it can take on a life of its own and go from impacting hundreds to impacting thousands. What’s ...

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Seacoast Vineyard’s Logo

Check out this logo for a New Hampshire church plant in this week’s peer review. Samples: Main logo: Smaller logo:…

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Churches Mobilize in Katrina Aftermath

In the aftermath of Katrina I’m just baffled at the chaos. You’d think we could do better. The one tiny bit of consolation I have is the way churches and ministries ...

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Free Gas for First Time Church Visitors

With gas approaching $3 per gallon (I just paid $2.99 in St. Paul, Minn.) Clearview Community Church in Sioux City, Iowa is offering free gas to get visitors in the ...

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Making Sense Without Sense

While on the treadmill the other day at my local gym, a TV in the distance captivated me. I usually don’t care to watch the “devil box” (as my mother ...

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Can You Hear the Voice of the Church?

If you thought Pat Robertson brought the church to a new public relations low, you haven’t heard of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kans. Let’s just say if you haven’t ...

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Why People Leave Church

People leave church for the stupidest reasons. Nearly three-quarters of people left U.K. churches because of a “disagreement on a range of issues, from the way the organ is played ...

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Many Ways of Doing Church

You know what I love about the church? There’s no one right way of doing it. No where in the Bible do we find an order of service telling us ...

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