Archive for February 2006

examples Article
February 15, 2006

My Lame Sex Life Campaign

This entry isn’t an apology, but it is all about sex. That famous simply strategic church in South Bend, Ind., Granger Community Church, has launched a new campaign to promote ...

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news-updates Article
February 15, 2006

Comment Filtering Issues

To the 64 people with co.uk addresses who have tried to post comments since January 7 and been turned away, we apologize. You should be able to comment now. Spam filtering ...

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off-the-wall Article
February 14, 2006

Getting Wrapped Up in a Story

Whew. This whole Satan tagline and hackers story is pretty crazy. Turns out the tagline was a legitimate mistake. The hackers thing–not true. We’ve received comments from the church’s webmaster ...

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technology Article
February 14, 2006

Satan Tagline Church Not The Victim of Hackers

And this is why it’s a good idea to be a little skeptical and not jump on every bandwagon that rolls by. The Limerick, Penn. church that appeared to have ...

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brand-identity Article
February 13, 2006

A Successful Church Name Change

ChristianityToday.com has the story of how a pastor at Manhasset Baptist Church successfully changed the church’s name to Shelter Rock Church. It’s a good example of the right reasons to ...

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technology Article
February 13, 2006

Blind User Sues Target Over Web Accessibility

Bruce Sexton Jr. is a 24-year-old student at UC Berkeley. He’s also blind. And now he’s suing Target because their web site is completely inaccessible for blind users. “What I ...

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poll-results Article
February 13, 2006

Church Giveaways Poll

Last week we had a fun poll about church giveaways, asking how to up the ante beyond houses, Harleys and Hummers to some really cool giveaways. And it’s a tie: 15-minute ...

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off-the-wall Article
February 12, 2006

Letting Satan Speak For Your Church

I find this hard to believe. I keep thinking I’m missing the joke, like an Onion article you mistake for real news. St. James United Church of Christ in Limerick, ...

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think-ahead Article
February 10, 2006

10 Things You Should Know About People

Kem Meyer, a sometimes guest blogger here and communications director at Granger Community Church in South Bend, Ind., recently shared a list of lessons she’d learned about how to better ...

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demographicsresearch Article
February 10, 2006

Revamping Seniors Ministry

Changes in ministries to seniors are coming fast, especially as senior citizens aren’t thinking of themselves as seniors. Last week we heard about teaching seniors how to play Xbox, but ...

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examples Article
February 9, 2006

Lessons in Shortsightedness: Cutting the Marketing Budget

Last week my church had the infamous church business meeting (which I credit with pushing my wife into labor). Before we got to the real issues, we took care of ...

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technology Article
February 9, 2006

Miscommunication in Text

As we’ve recently seen, it’s easy for written text to be misunderstood, especially in blogs and e-mail. A new study from the University of Chicago confirms that fact. When reading ...

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philosophy Article
February 8, 2006

What’s Working in Churches

Jordon Cooper has an intersting blog entry about wanting to rediscover stories. He’s tired of talking about what’s wrong with the church and wants to hear more stories of what’s ...

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news-updates Article
February 8, 2006

Support CMS Through Amazon

Being a non-profit implies a certain lack of cash. Church Marketing Sucks has never been and never will be about getting rich, but we do still have bills to pay. ...

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technology Article
February 8, 2006

Blogging Can Burn Pastors

We like blogging. That’s fairly obvious, coming from a blog, but we definitely encourage churches and pastors to blog (and we’re just waiting for that book). But you have to ...

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