Church Marketing Sucks

Cheap, Fast and Good?

In the Church Marketing Lab, ‘shawncampbell’ asks the following question: The concept is simple–There are three choices for any project: budget, timeline, and quality, but only two can be a priority. ...

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Embracing Online Video

According to comScore, 75% of Internet users watched online video in May 2007, averaging 158 minutes per viewer. Nearly 8.4 billion videos were streamed online in the month of May. ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Barbecues and Coffee Shops

This week in the Church Marketing Lab, we did what we do best. Help change the world. Here’s some samples of how we saw that working this week: Here’s a sermon ...

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Grow Your Church By Asking People to Leave

Craig Groeschel at LifeChurch.tv has an interesting series of blog posts on getting people to leave your church. It seems completely counter-intuitive, but it makes sense. If people aren’t moving ...

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New Church Location Poll Results

For the first time at CMS, we decided to take our poll head to head with another poll. Last month, we asked the question, “Where should a new church meet?” ...

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Job Lab & Freelance Lab Roundup

Our Job Lab and Freelance Lab are still going strong, and we wanted to make sure all you churches and communicators are effectively connecting, so here’s a reminder and a ...

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New to the CFCC Ad Network

This month, we are pleased to welcome three new additions to the CFCC Ad Network: The Internet Ministry ConferenceTraining to improve your online ministry. Outreach CinemaEngage your community with feature films! Power2Show Media ...

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Contagious Joy, Use It

“When hundreds of you come flooding out of the church after services every weekend, your heads are high, your shoulders are back and your enthusiasm is obvious. Take that same ...

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Church Marketing Lab: Logos, Buttons, and More

Last week, we took a week off from our Church Marketing Lab to celebrate our big milestones of a thousand members and two thousand submissions. This week, we’re back to ...

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Why Your Fancy Web Site Sucks

Your web site really sucks when you try to be fancy. Yes, I’m talking to you, Mr. Front-Page-Guy with your blinking animations and scrolling text. But I’m also talking to ...

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Buzz Film Fest

The Buzz Conference wrapped up in Washington, D.C., a few weeks back and the results of their film festival are now online. You can watch the four top church films ...

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July 4th Poll Results

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 ...

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Oops: Mistakes in Church Leadership

Craig Groeschel is sharing four mistakes he’s made at LifeChurch.tv. I think it’s always helpful when people share their mistakes so you can learn from them and hopefully not make ...

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Turning Churches into Homeless Shelters

I stumbled on this satirical and presumably fictional piece last month. The fact that it quotes big-name mega-church pastors in the Twin Cities gives it an eerie feeling of authenticity. ...

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You Said It: June Comment Roundup

Around here, it’s 50% what we say, and 90% what you guys say that matters. Wait, no. Oh well. Without your comments, we couldn’t spread our message with nearly as ...

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