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Erwin McManus Touches (Lightly) on Church Marketing
Erwin McManus has his thoughts about why churches are in decline. And it’s not bad design, bad web sites or poor use of technology. “My primary assessment would be because ...
Job Lab Roundup
The Job Lab and Freelance Lab are still going strong in 2008. It’s been two months since January; remember that time you resolved to find a new job? Well, don’t ...
Evangelism as an Ad Model: Part Two
Last time, we discussed Advertising Age’s review of Brands of Faith, and we looked at the problems that arise when churches over market and under deliver. But there’s a second ...
Give It Up for Lent Poll Results
We put together a little list, and we wanted to know which church marketing move you wanted your church to give up for Lent. Your results were all across the ...
Evangelism as an Ad Model
I’ll admit, I’m walking in to this conversation a bit late. Advertising Age recently ran a piece called When Evangelism is the Ad Model. It’s actually a book review, so ...
Church Marketing Lab: From Logos to Postcards
Last week, we took a week off from letting you know what was going on in the Church Marketing Lab. But now, we’re back in the full swing of things, ...
Church Marketing Down Under
Our international repertoire has been growing leaps and bound. We learned about church marketing in England and then we moved on to Belgium. (Anyone from South America, Africa or Asia? ...
Internet Minsitry Poll Results
This week, we asked how your church most often uses the Internet during ministry. We’ve certainly seen examples of churches doing all three, but when the vote went to the ...
No Time Like the Present
Church marketing. It’s a term that sends chills down the spines of some and puts warm fuzzies in the heart of this blog. Love it or hate it, it’s something ...
Gospel, Free of Charge
Reading what Paul had to say today was an interesting challenge to me as I look to share the gospel with others, and I think it will be a challenge ...
Lent as the Christian Ramadan
We’re playing telephone today: we got a link from the Cheapertising blog who highlighted the Get Religion blog who covered a story from the Telegraph. It takes a timely look ...
Starbucks’ 3-Hour Downtime
From 5:30-8:30 this evening, there’s going to be trouble. Feet will tap, heads will ache and sweat will trickle down restless foreheads. Starbucks is closing. 6 weeks ago, Howard Schultz took ...
NFL Gives in to Churches
Woohoo! Victory! Reports are surfacing (via my investigative reporting of the espn.com main page) that the NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is giving up the fight against religious organizations holding live showings ...
Sermon Formats Poll Results
There’s lots of different ways to make your sermons available. In a few years, you’ll probably just be able to stream them live to a chip in your members’ head ...
Church Marketing: Belgian Style
We had a lot of fun interviewing Drew from England a few weeks ago and hearing what he had to say about church marketing in the UK. So much fun, ...
