Church Marketing Sucks

Sexy Church

CNN is giving some church marketing love in their video top stories. It seems as if a church sent out 50,000 mailers entitled “Red Hot Sex” to their community. The ...

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Catalyst: The Feelings

Here it is, the good, bad and ugly about the Catalyst conference itself. I think churches can take plenty away from this in how the conference was executed. Most of ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Cubes, Tickets and More

I’m just going to be honest. Our Church Marketing Lab is awesome. I didn’t do a lab roundup last week because I was at the Catalyst Conference. I come back ...

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A Visitor’s Perspective: The Strangers Among Us

This is part 9 of a 9-part series on attending church from a visitor’s perspective. You can read the original post to get a better understanding of David’s experience visiting ...

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Moving Church Outside

Well, we’ve discussed whether church buildings suck before. We’ve talked about whether you put a little money or a lot of money into a building. Here’s a new one: Don’t ...

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Playing Hookie Poll Results

Nothing like a bad poll question to spice up the beginning of the week. Perhaps I should have asked something like “This site is named Church Marketing Sucks. True or ...

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Catalyst: The Facts

This year’s Catalyst conference was the biggest ever. Over 11,000 church leaders gathered to hear from the likes of Rick Warren, Francis Chan, Andy Stanley and more. I didn’t think ...

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A Visitor’s Perspective: A Visit from the Mystery Worshipper

This is part 8 of a 9-part series on attending church from a visitor’s perspective. You can read the original post to get a better understanding of David’s experience visiting ...

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Church Marketing Lessons from a Women’s Homemaking Course

So Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is offering college-level coursework in homemaking–sewing, cooking, parenting. It’s part of a humanities degree with a concentration in homemaking, and it’s only for women. While jaws ...

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A Visitor’s Perspective: One is the Loneliest Number

This is part 7 of a 9-part series on attending church from a visitor’s perspective. You can read the original post to get a better understanding of David’s experience visiting ...

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Fall Kickoff Poll Results

Last week, we asked whether or not your church was going to make waves with a fall kickoff service. Youth groups are starting back up, people are coming back from ...

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Don’t Be Afraid to Advertise

The Delmarva Daily Times recently discussed church marketing and included our very own Brad Abare. You should check it out. The article discusses religious leaders choosing “new” ways to advertise. And ...

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A Visitor’s Perspective: I Must Be in the Front Row!

This is part 6 of a 9-part series on attending church from a visitor’s perspective. You can read the original post to get a better understanding of David’s experience visiting ...

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Church Marketing Moderation

A lot of times, we talk about (obviously) how church marketing sucks. What churches have done wrong, what they could do better, how they could go farther, or where they ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Wonder, Family Life, and Kids’ Weekends

This week, we saw the first day of autumn. I checked the Church Marketing Lab for designs of foliage, football, and all fall colors, but I didn’t come up with ...

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