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Archive for January 2009
The Story of Rice Temple and Hooters
I personally grew up in a suburban, Bible-belt town. There was a big stink when Hooters came to town as local churches protested and tempers flared. Local churches and the ...
Sitepoint on Design in Modern Church Marketing
Recently, the online media organization Sitepoint (a secular organization) tackled the issue of design in modern church marketing. They hit heavily on topics of the overuse of grunge-style design, the ...
Brad Abare on Communication, Identity and the West Coast
Recently, our own Brad Abare was interviewed by the folks at Catalyst as they prepare for Catalyst West Coast. You can catch the entire interview at the Catablog: Part 1 – ...
Mad Church Disease: Burnout Among Church Staffers
A long time ago in a post far, far away we interviewed author and Church Marketing Sucks guest blogger Anne Jackson about her church burnout project, Mad Church Disease. At ...
Church Copyright Poll Results
Last week we asked about the sometimes prickly subject of copyright and how your church handles it. The majority of you, 43%, have someone on staff who makes sure copyrights ...
Interview with a Church Planter: David Payne
This is the final installment of a series where Church Marketing Sucks discusses marketing with successful church planters. Part 1 featured Pete Hixson of Vinings Lake Church, for part 2 ...
Church Marketing Lab: Ads, Sermon Art and More
It’s been awhile since we’ve updated you on the going-ons of the Church Marketing Lab, with the holiday break and wonderful food and all. As you settle back into the ...
Rethinking Church Conferences
The resident expert on church staff burnout, Anne Jackson, started a conversation this week about church conferences. It started with a Twitter post and turned into a blog entry that ...
Activity vs. Action
Once again marketing guru Seth Godin stirred up some thinking with this post that caused me to think about all the ministries churches are involved with. While Seth is talking ...
Next Christmas Poll
Last week we asked what you’d most like the Center for Church Communication (our nonprofit parent) to give you next Christmas. Surprisingly, more than a quarter of you (25%) wanted a ...
Jesus is Not a Brand: The Good
This is part two of a two-part post discussing the recent Christianity Today article Jesus is Not a Brand, by Tyler Wigg Stevenson, the author of Brand Jesus: Christianity in ...
Jesus is Not a Brand: The Bad
This is part one of a two-part post discussing the recent Christianity Today article Jesus is Not a Brand, by Tyler Wigg Stevenson, the author of Brand Christianity. We mentioned ...
Marketing Jesus: CMS in CT
The January 2009 issue of Christianity Today features a cover story on church marketing, “Jesus is Not a Brand” by Tyler Wigg-Stevenson (author of Brand Jesus: Christianity in a Consumerist ...
Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity
Reimagining Church is Frank Viola’s reconstructive sequel to the challenging, deconstructive critique of modern church practices, Pagan Christianity (co-authored with George Barna). The basic synopsis of the book is built around ...
