Joshua Cody

Josh Cody served as our associate editor for several years before moving on to bigger things. Like Texas. These days he lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, and you can find him online or on Twitter when he's not wrestling code.

Joshua Cody's Posts:

evangelism-outreach Article
March 13, 2008

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 ...

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news-updates Article

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 ...

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brand-identity Article
March 11, 2008

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 ...

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poll-results Article

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 ...

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brand-identity Article
March 10, 2008

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 ...

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peer-review Article
March 7, 2008

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, ...

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interviews Article
March 5, 2008

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? ...

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poll-results Article

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 ...

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demographicsresearch Article
March 3, 2008

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 ...

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the-christian-walk Article
February 29, 2008

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 ...

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evangelism-outreach Article
February 28, 2008

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 ...

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promotion Article
February 26, 2008

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 ...

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evangelism-outreach Article

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 ...

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poll-results Article

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 ...

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interviews Article
February 25, 2008

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, ...

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