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Archive for October 2009
Cultivate & Story: Church Communication in Chicagoland
As the autumnal march of church conferences continues, this was a big week with Cultivate and Story in the Chicago area. Both conferences had different approaches–Cultivate was no frills, community-based ...
Church Apps Poll Results
We recently wrote on churches developing iPhone applications. The article spawned some great discussion, and we wanted to know what the Church Marketing Sucks community thought–too techno-centric? A great idea? ...
The Branding Process: Start to Finish
Designer Von Glitschka recently shared his experience doing a branding/identity project for Northwest Church in Shoreline, Wash. He shares the many iterations the design went through as well as some ...
Church Marketing Lab: Story Books, Retreat Promos & More
When folks in the Church Marketing Lab haven’t been chatting about the Christmas hall of fame, Twittering tools for churches and effective versus original, they’ve been helping one another through ...
Wambulance Poll Results
Crying babies in church services can be a downright pain in the backside. Partly because they’re crying, loudly, in church. But even more so due to the inevitable mental gymnastics ...
Deadly Viper Character Assassins
Editor’s Note: Due to an on-going controversy over culturally insensitive themes in the book’s design, the publisher of this book, Zondervan, has issued an apology and pulled the book from ...
Tell a Story That’s True
I keep coming across videos being passed around by Christians that are essentially video versions of debunked e-mail forwards. There’s the more professional “Does God Exist?” video featuring a childhood ...
Your Church: Is There an App for That?
You might have heard the old news that Mars Hill in Seattle has developed an iPhone application. As has The Reaction, a movement in Denver. And a couple weeks ago, ...
Donald Miller’s Million Miles
I think Donald Miller has finally written a book to compete with the attention from his last hit, Blue Like Jazz. I realize he has written other books since, but ...
$5 Million Bridge to Somewhere: Tie it to the Purpose
Church building campaigns can be hard for congregations to swallow. But how about building a $5 million bridge to ease parking congestion for a church? That’s what North Point Community ...
Invitations Poll Results
The question is a little bit awkward, and it can feel like you’re about to get in trouble. “Have you invited anyone to church recently?” For me, memories of youth ...
We’re on Facebook
We’ve recently been diving into the world of social media and content as status updates with our foray into Twitter. Now we’ve joined the Facebook bandwagon as well, utilizing much ...
Nov. 8th: Orphan Sunday
In October, we didn’t really get any church holidays. In all fairness, it’s a busy season. With fall festivals, trunk or treats, harvest fairs and tribulation trails, there’s very little ...
Church Marketing Lab: Themed Lobbies & Christmas Coming Early
It’s been awhile since we’ve rounded up all the shenanigans going on in the Church Marketing Lab, so we thought we’d let you know what’s been going on. Discussions have ...
America’s Giving Challenge
The Case Foundation just kicked off a month long fund raising effort with America’s Giving Challenge. They’re giving away $150,000 in prize money to charities that can mobilize the most ...
