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Write a Church Tagline
We have a success story of sorts over in the discussion area of the Church Marketing Lab. User dorothea_holcomb posted a tagline her church was considering and she didn’t think ...
It Came From The Lab!
We’ve had a great week over at the Lab. Our members have been incredibly busy with tons of new material. Here’s a little bit of what’s been going on. Four Corners ...
Andy Crouch on Culture
Andy Crouch of The Christian Vision Project was recently interviewed on the Catalyst podcast. He made some interesting points which I’ll summarize for our loyal CMS readers. Essentially, Andy presents ...
Where’s the Church’s Ask a Ninja?
Online entertainment has been taking the world by storm. Homestar Runner. Ask a Ninja. lonelygirl15. ZeFrank. For the most part these were projects started by small groups of people with ...
WikiChurch
There’s been a little experiment going on over at the Swerve blog. They advertised a project to improve Wikipedia’s article on church planting. This was of particular interest to me. I’ve ...
Billboarding For God Results
This past week, we asked you to vote on which billboard method you thought was most effective. The big winner this week was that billboards are for truckers. 30% ...
Help Wanted: Good Editors
I couldn’t help but give everyone a good solid example of how little mistakes become big ones. The Dallas News Religion Blog reported on a press release blunder for a ...
Authenticity Wins Again
Values like transparency, authenticity and connectedness date back to some of our earliest entries when we started Church Marketing Sucks three years ago. When I’m given the opportunity to speak ...
T-Shirts Ain’t Cheap
Last week in the Church Marketing Lab, you suggested ideas for how to plan a creative meeting. Some of your feedback included nuggets like: Use rotating members to keep your meetings ...
It Came From The Lab!
I know you’ve been wondering, “What’s going on over in the Church Marketing Lab this week?” Luckily, I have the answer to that question for you. Check out some of ...
Church “Mascots” for Children’s Ministry?
Recently I was part of a team of people that used a store mascot to do some local marketing. OK, I was the guy dressed up as a giant A&W ...
Passion Poll Results
With five days left until Easter, we have our Passion Week poll hot of the press. Surprisingly, only 3% of your churches place their strongest focus on Good Friday. I ...
Understanding Attack Blogs
There’s a new and unfortunate trend in church disputes that you’ve likely heard of by now: the attack blog. Attack blogs are most commonly established by members within the ...
Palm Sunday, Going Green
I read a great article in the New York Times this morning about churches that have gone green for Palm Sunday by purchasing eco-palms. These palms are slightly more expensive, ...
How Do You Do Plan a Sermon Series?
A lot of helpful and interesting discussion happens in the Church Marketing Lab–it’s not all fancy designs and comments. We’d like to start highlighting some of those discussions and allow ...
