July 4th Poll Results

July 11, 2007 by Joshua Cody

We at Church Marketing Sucks hope that you had a great 4th of July. That being said, last week, we asked you just how you would be celebrating. Here’s what you said:

39% of you are focusing on Jesus rather than the Fouth, ignoring the holiday altogether. I feel a controversy a-brewin’. How did this go over? Did you guys get some heat? Slightly less, 17%, went with a patriotic song. God Bless the USA, I’m Proud to Be an American or our national anthem, I’d presume.

11% of you went with the full-fledged emotionally stirring patriotic tribute during the service. Go big or go home, right? And 10% of you went with a picnic, grill-out extravaganza. On a pyrotechnically disappointing note, only 6% of you had fireworks.

8% of you decked out the sanctuary in red, white, and blue, and 6% opted to spend the day serving the community. Coming in last place was an outreach to troops and their families, with only 3% of churches taking that route.

Now that it’s a week later and hindsight is 20/20, how did it work out for you? Did you guys have successful Fouths? What would you change?

Don’t forget to head over and vote this week as we want to know what it would matter to you where a new church meets.

Isaac
July 11, 2007

Our church is a 39 percenter, and honestly, we didn’t hear any negative reactions to it.

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Jeremy
July 11, 2007

I voted “We’re not,” but it wasn’t an intentional move for the church – we just didn’t think about it.

Bill A.
July 11, 2007

We focus on Jesus, but we still mentioned the 4th in service and did “God bless America.”

Heidi B.
July 11, 2007

We did a huge Firework show, games, carnvial booths, Americana music, and passed out invitations to the church in the parking lot. 5000 people came, its one of our best outreaches to the community.

indie
July 11, 2007

Our church had an instrumental patriotic song and they carried the flag on the way out. I wish that they hadn’t done even that. That last thing that we need to do is mix the church up in patriotism. The church is universal and should speak prophetically about the empire rather than celebrating it.