Church Marketing Sucks

Ownership, Not Membership

Earlier, we highlighted The Church at Pembrook Pines’ interesting marketing strategy of church seven days a week. Today, we have a new move for you. Vintage21, a church in Raleigh, N.C., ...

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Who Are You Results

Last week, we asked the question, “Who are you?” 256 of you let us know. According to our calculations … 30% of you are on staff at a local church in ...

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Job Lab & Freelance Lab Now Open

Churches looking to fill marketing and communications positions or find help with short-term projects have a new place to go. Our non-profit parent, the Center for Church Communication, has just ...

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Church Seven Nights A Week

The Church of Pembroke Pines in Pembroke Pines, Fla. has a pretty interesting strategy. You’ve heard of multiple services. Sometimes two on Sunday. Sometimes one on Saturday. Heck, sometimes even ...

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Christians vs. Atheists on Nightline

Grab the popcorn and call your friends–ABC’s Nightline is staging a smackdown confrontation with eternal consequences. It’s a debate between Christians and atheists. In the atheists’ corner we have Brian ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Special Edition

It’s that time again. We want to give you a glimpse of all the great material being posted over in the Church Marketing Lab. This week, however, there’s a special ...

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Rate a Church

Just stumbled across the unique and somewhat tongue-in-cheek site ChurchRater from Off the Map (the guys who bought an atheist on eBay). It’s exactly what it sounds like, a site ...

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Environmental Ethics And Church Marketing

Creation care. Environmental ethics. Going green. All right, go ahead and pull your jaw off of the floor and calm the smoke from your ears. Many evangelical Christians hate the ...

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You Said It: Comment Roundup

Sometimes here at Church Marketing Sucks, you say something and we think, “Man, why didn’t we say that?” Sometimes it’s a great story of agreement. Sometimes it’s a sharp quip. ...

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Church Marketing Synonyms Poll

Last week, we asked you how you would describe church marketing. The majority of you, 56% actually, would describe it as “intentional communication.” That sounds to us like 56% of ...

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What Makes a Church Grow?

Wanting your church to grow isn’t enough. You have to take intentional action to make it happen. (Disclaimer: Yes, God makes it grow, not us. But God uses us to ...

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Q Conference Recap

Just finished a whirlwind week. It began with the National New Church Conference in Orlando and then ended, as it did for many others, with Q in Atlanta (Q, whew?). ...

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Notes on the National New Church Conference

I had a great time in Orlando on Tuesday of last week at the National New Church Conference. I flew from Los Angeles to Orlando and arrived late Monday night. ...

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Help Review A Web Site

We always love to give a little power to the people in the Church Marketing Lab. WheatonGuy18 wants you to step into action. He’s looking for feedback regarding his church’s ...

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Taking Outreach Lessons From Denny’s

I love what Denny’s restaurant is doing to try and attract the college crowd, via Nation’s Restaurant News (subscription required): Denny’s plan is to become a “social gathering” place for students ...

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