Church Marketing Sucks

Bulletins are perhaps the most familiar and most common piece of church marketing. It can also be the bane of your existence. We’ve got a few tips, ideas, and resources to help you better your bulletin.

You might want to start with a little fun: Bulletin Bingo!

Bulletin Changes

Here’s some help on tweaking your bulletin:

• Evaluate the your bulletin’s purpose before you make any tweaks.
• How to transition your church to an online bulletin.
• How and why to switch your church to a monthly bulletin.
• 7 ways to kill your bulletin.
• Debunking some of the standard reasons for keeping bulletins
• Wait, don’t kill your bulletin. Make it better.
• Why one church is sticking with the print bulletin.
• How one church transitioned away from print bulletins and saved money.

Better Bulletins

Ready to improve your church bulletin?

We’ve got tips and ideas to help you improve your bulletin:

• Avoiding the exploding insert: How to decide what goes in your bulletin.
• Bulletin do’s and don’ts from a visitor’s perspective.
• Get specific tips for multi-site bulletins.
• Numbered help: 7 general tips , 4 tips pulled from 17 examples, and 20 insights gathered from the community.
• Use this standard copy template for bulletin announcements to streamline your content.
• Remember to offer inspiration over information.

“Churches are making the dangerous assumption that if it’s important to us, it must be important to the audience.” –Phil Bowdle

Sample Church Bulletins

Need some bulletin examples? Check out these samples from a range of churches:

• Brentwood Baptist Church (PDF)
• CityLife Church (PDF)
• Cottage Hill Baptist Church (PDF)
• Cross Point Church (online/mobile bulletin)
• Crossway Church
• Harvest Christian Fellowship (PDF)
• Lifechurch.tv (PDF)
• One Life Church
• Saddleback Church (PDF)
• Two Rivers Church (PDF)

Bulletin Podcast

Check out the Sunday Bulletin Episode of the Church Marketing Podcast for eight questions to consider about your bulletin.