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Archive for September 2009
Purpose, Values, Vision & Mission
If you’re like me, whenever you hear words like “vision,” “values,” “purpose” and “mission,” your eyes start to glaze over. Then your ears start ringing with all of the vision/mission/purpose/values ...
Boycotting Poll Results
If you follow us on Twitter, you might have noticed a story we linked to about a church from Florida who was removing all of their Pepsi machines to protest ...
We’re Sorry, One More Time
Recently, I gave a little bit of a rough time to Christian apologists. All too often, I’ve found myself wanting to apologize because it’s the cool thing to do in ...
Lord, Save Us From Your Followers
This weekend, my wife and I ventured out to the Portland screening of Lord, Save Us From Your Followers after some high praises from our own Brad Abare and friend ...
Cultivate 2009: See you in Chicago!
I’ve said it before: The best part of conferences aren’t the speakers, it’s the relationships and conversations that happen at the conference. A new conference, Cultivate, has embraced that and ...
MinistryCOM 2009 Recap
Two weeks ago the MinistryCOM conference came together outside Chicago, kicking off the Fall church communication event schedule (seriously–have you checked out the fall line up?). Our own Brad Abare ...
Ramadan Poll Results
Recently, we discussed Brian McLaren’s celebration of Ramadan as an interesting way of him communicating love to his Muslim neighbors. As is always the case, some commenters agreed and some ...
Catholics Come Home: The Role of Denominations
It looks like the Catholic church is ramping up their “Catholics Come Home” campaign. The LA Times reported that the diocese of Sacramento is “preparing to air several thousand prime-time ...
The Case for a Communications Director
Tim Schraeder is exploring a simple question: should churches hire full-time communications staffers? Admittedly, he’s got a bit of a bias, being the director of communications at Park Community Church ...
Is Advertising a Silly Place to Spend?
Thousand of churches in Australia are about to embark in “Christianity’s largest ever Australian advertising push.” But one lecturer in consumer behavior and advertising says that this money is being spent ...
Follow-Up to the Rick Warren/Spec Work Debate
On Thursday evening we posted an entry trying to address the issue of spec work through the current example of Rick Warren’s book cover design contest. In less than 24 ...
An Open Letter to Rick Warren about Spec Work
Editor’s Note: We closed the comments on this post as they took a turn for the worse. We explained our reasoning for closing comments and the rationale for this post ...
Church Coaches & Reviewing the Pay-for-a-Mentor Model
Have you noticed what could be the latest trend in the church world? Coaching. Seems like all the big names have been drafted, including Kem Meyer, Tony Morgan, Greg Surratt ...
What Sucks Poll Results
You don’t have to read deep into our site to know that we think church marketing can suck. But you visit our site, so maybe you think it sucks, too. ...
We’re Sorry, Again and Again
Recently, Just Wallpaper published an open letter to those who have been burned by churches. I’ve either heard or seen similar apologies other places, and I just can’t decide how ...
