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Archive for October 2010
Trick or Treat: What Message Does Your Church Send on Halloween?
This year Halloween falls on a Sunday, prompting churches to wrestle with that age-old question: Do we hand out candy with communion?
MinistryCOM 2010: Lessons from a Newbie
A church communications newbie attends MinistryCOM and walks away empowered, encouraged and equipped to be a better communicator.
Halloween Celebration Poll Results
Halloween is just around the corner—how will your church be celebrating? Embracing the fun? Lambasting the evil? Something in the middle? You let us know in last week's poll.
Get Your Geek On: The Tech Arts Network
“Tech has become an integral part of how we do weekend church,” says technical arts director Van Metschke. Learn more about the launch of the Tech Arts Network.
Church Marketing Directory: Help for Struggling Churches & Canadian Churches, Too
Plenty of new resources have been added to the Church Marketing Directory over the past few weeks. Check out a few of the latest additions.
Multi-Faith Dialogue Part 3: Addressing Major Roadblocks
We can’t share Jesus with people we don’t understand and even protest. We must overcome fears and stereotypes in order to reach people of other faiths with respect and love.
Church Marquee Poll Results
We've been talking about church signs for years. But what's your opinion on these marquees in front of churches across America? We asked you in last week's poll.
When Churches Keep Quiet: Others Fill the Void
When churches say nothing, others step in and fill the void. Paul Hickernell continues his "When Churches Keep Quiet" series to help churches avoid the pitfalls of silence.
Church Marketing Lab: More Than Pretty Pictures
The Church Marketing Lab is about a lot more than pretty pictures. It's about church communicators helping one another out and sharing life experiences.
Positive Picketing Poll Results
Are you ready to do some positive picketing? Our post on the idea stirred some excitement, but will that translate into poll results? We asked last week to find out.
5 Lessons from the Salvation of Blue Like Jazz
Recently, Blue Like Jazz made headlines with a grassroots campaign that raised $125,000 to save the film from extinction. What can churches learn from this? We explore that question.
Filling in the Gap: 4 Logo Lessons for Churches
Lessons in logo design from Gap’s redesign flub that turned a 20-year-old logo into an Internet joke.
Multi-Faith Dialogue Part 2: How Do We Communicate Something Big?
Inviting a Muslim to speak at your church is not exactly a popular move. But Bob Roberts Jr. did. He shares lessons in communicating big ideas to your congregation.
Job & Freelance Board: Finding Help at the End of the Year
As the year closes, what direction is your church headed? Check out opportunities on the Job and Freelance Board to find what you need.
Permission to Speak Freely by Anne Jackson
“The disconnect between what I’d read in the Bible and what people in the church would actually say or do became more apparent.” Now there’s a communication problem.
