Archive for June 2009

advertising Article
June 11, 2009

You Can’t Advertise Problems Away: Ad Campaigns of the Mainline Denominations

U.S. News & World Report covers the shrinking mainline denominations and their desperate attempts to re-brand. It’s pretty much the same story we’ve heard for a while now, but a ...

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brand-identity Article
June 10, 2009

Pick One

You can’t be the urban church and the rural church.You can’t be the men-friendly church and the women-friendly church.You can’t be the advocate and the antagonist.You can’t be the funny ...

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off-the-wall Article
June 9, 2009

Bring Your Gun to Church Day

Pastor Ken Pagano of New Bethel Church in Louisville, Ky., is encouraging members to bring their handguns to church for an “Open Carry Celebration” Sunday. The event will include patriotic ...

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poll-results Article
June 9, 2009

Your Advertising Poll Results

I originate from the deep south. The suburbs mind you, but I’m only about 10 miles–or two generations–from south so deep that even the word “south” has three syllables. Down ...

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technology Article
June 8, 2009

How Technology Can Help Your Church

I’m a fan of cool technology. I like Twitter. I watch Lost on my laptop. I don’t have a landline. Seeing the church take advantage of new technologies to spread ...

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reviews Article
June 5, 2009

Less Clutter, Less Noise: Beyond Bulletins, Brochures and Bake Sales

As soon as I read the title, I knew that this was a book I needed to read. Kem Meyer, communication director at Granger Community Church, gives practical and simple ...

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evangelism-outreach Article
June 4, 2009

Is Christmas Dreams a Church Marketing Nightmare?

It looks like Covenant Community Church is up to some big business in Christmas, Fla. They want to open Christmas Dreams, a Santa-themed park for terminally ill children and their ...

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first-impressions-beyond Article
June 3, 2009

Ed Young: The Cussing Pastor

Fellowship Church’s Ed Young sparked a conversation about pastors using profanity in this video. Before you get completely shocked, his definition of profanity is pretty broad, including words like “crap,” ...

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off-the-wall Article
June 3, 2009

Lessons from Stale Lake

This video created by Eagle Brook Church in Minnesota watches like a laundry list of church communication screw-ups. The video, entitled A Visit to Stale Lake, positions itself to poke fun ...

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poll-results Article
June 2, 2009

Being Sticky Poll Results

A while ago, we talked about the book Sticky Church, but we never really answered what churches are practically doing to “close the back door” in the context of guests. ...

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technology Article
June 1, 2009

Blogging Church Members on Your Site

North Haven Church has a blog called Fresh Blog, focusing on daily insights from the Bible and a quick prayer you could offer up to God. This is a really neat ...

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