Archive for April 2006

promotion Article
April 12, 2006

How to Generate Grassroots Buzz

A few months ago, you may have found yourself pondering the veracity of a PC game called “Mega Church” for sale on Amazon. It was a parody; I created it ...

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news-updates Article
April 11, 2006

Be the First to Know: CMS E-mail Newsletters

If you want to be in the know, sign up for our e-mail newsletters. That’s where you can hear things first: Last week we told our e-mail subscribers about our plans ...

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poll-results Article
April 9, 2006

Podcast Poll

Last week we checked on the popularity among churches of the most popular tech trend in 2005, the podcast. 36% of churches are currently podcasting and another 20% are planning ...

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peer-review Article
April 7, 2006

Church Marketing Lab Round Up #2

We always talk about helping churches communicate better, so it’s time to make it happen. Below are the recent additions to the Church Marketing Lab. Check ’em out and offer ...

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events Article
April 7, 2006

Mark Batterson and Church Buzz

Mark Batterson is the lead pastor of Washington D.C.’s National Community Church, a unique church that meets in two movie theaters in the nation’s capital. Batterson is also behind the ...

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multimedia Article
April 7, 2006

How Your Church Can Use Video

Part 4 in a continuing series on What Web 2.0 Means for Your Church Online video is the latest tech fad. There are TV shows for sale from Apple, you can ...

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off-the-wall Article
April 6, 2006

Rejected Church Slogans

Dean Lusk, worship leader at Wall Highway Baptist Church in Madison, Ala., was recently working on a new slogan for the church when inspiration struck: “I originally thought of this ...

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evangelism-outreach Article
April 6, 2006

Episcopal Church Online Visitor’s Center

The Episcopal Church has an online visitor’s center that serves as a first step for anyone considering checking out an Episcopal church. It’s another way denominations can help drive people ...

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technology Article
April 6, 2006

How Your Church Can Use MySpace

Part 3 in a continuing series on What Web 2.0 Means for Your Church Let’s just open that can of worms called MySpace. If you haven’t heard about MySpace, you’ve surely ...

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news-updates Article
April 5, 2006

Support Church Marketing Sucks

Ever since we started we’ve been trying to help the church communicate the gospel. It’s no easy task. We need your help. There are three big ways you can help us ...

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technology Article
April 5, 2006

How Your Church Can Use Flickr

Part 2 in a continuing series on What Web 2.0 Means for Your Church Let’s start with the photo-sharing site Flickr. It’s the media darling that began as an online game ...

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resources Article
April 4, 2006

More Downloadable Church Resources

LifeChurch.tv isn’t the only church giving away their sermon series resources–The Vine, the young adult service of Southeast Christian church in Louisville, Ky., has also made their sermon series resources ...

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technology Article
April 4, 2006

What Web 2.0 Means for Your Church

Web 2.0 is the latest rage. It’s on the cover of Newsweek and everyone is speculating if it’s the revenge of the dot com boom. This is the beginning of ...

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resources Article
April 4, 2006

LifeChurch.tv Downloadable Resources

LifeChurch.tv, a multi-location church with sites in Oklahoma, Texas and Arizona, is making their sermon series resources available to other churches for free. You can download video, layered graphics files ...

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promotion Article
April 3, 2006

No One Reads Your Church Brochure

Marketing guru Seth Godin recently talked about brochures and said the one thing no marketer wants to hear: Nobody reads brochures. I didn’t say it wasn’t important. I just said it ...

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