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Archive for May 2007
3 Fundamental Rules of Church Marketing
Kent Shaffer of Church Relevance, in the February 2007 edition of their newsletter, covered the 3 Fundamental Rules of Church Marketing. Here’s a sampling of what he said, and head ...
The Blogging Church: Sharing the Story of Your Church Through Blogs
Brian Bailey and Terry Storch have put together a book that’s near and dear to our hearts. It lays out the why and the how of church blogging. We’re big ...
A Visionless Church
Over at the nakedpastor blog, there’s a two-part post entitled “My Vision is to Have No Vision.” Any feathers ruffled yet? He argues that vision is actually a killer. It crushes ...
Summer Church Worries Poll Results
This past week at the polls, you let us know what worries your church the most as summer approaches. Of course, there are some worries we didn’t provide, so let ...
Communications Linkfest
We just wanted to share a few links with you of communications stories cropping up the last few weeks. So get you mouse ready, and read what our friends have ...
Job and Freelance Lab Roundup
Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Ready for a change in the day-to-day? Well we’re here to help. Our Job Lab and Freelance Project Lab are ...
Chick-fil-A and Church Marketing
Some of you out west might have no idea what I’m talking about. My Church Marketing Sucks colleagues probably don’t have a strong idea of what I’m talking about. But ...
Church Marketing Lab: At the Beach
Over at the Church Marketing Lab, we’re seeing more and more graphics pertaining to Summer trips and events. So grab your floaties, snorkels, and flippers, because here’s a little sampling ...
Church Marketing Moves Poll Results
Last week, we asked you which of the church marketing moves we had highlighted lately was your favorite. We gave you a choice of five entries, and here’s how you ...
Buzz ’07 Interview with Mark Batterson
We here at Church Marketing Sucks are incredibly pleased to announce our second annual pre-Buzz Conference interview with Mark Batterson! Last year we introduced you to Batterson and Buzz, and ...
Historical Accuracy or Relatability?
In the Church Marketing Lab Discussion, user ‘wheres my sanity’ poses an interesting question. It’s one I’m sure many of you have wrestled with. Many of you have heard the ...
Church Marketing Lab: Summer Camp, Messy Faith and More…
This week in the Church Marketing Lab, everyone started getting ready for summer. The great dialogue continued, and more and more summer series and beach camp graphics are going up. ...
Church Building Sucks
Here’s a post with no answer. I was browsing through a list posted by Andy at Think Christian, and he linked to Neatorama’s post, 10 Divinely Designed Churches. This stirred ...
Environmental Ethics Poll
Last week, we asked what you thought about all this environmental ethics and going green. I’ll have to admit, I’m pleasantly surprised with the results. A true majority, 58% of you, ...
