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We’re on Twitter
After much suggesting and prodding we’ve finally joined the Twitter party as an organization. You can follow us here: @cmsucks. We’re hoping to share short-form content that doesn’t necessarily warrant ...
The Nines
The big buzz in the church world today is going to be the Nines. It’s a free, online conference that’s going to consist of some 75 speakers sharing nine minute ...
Communicating Hate Sucks
Steven Anderson, pastor of Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Ariz., recently preached a sermon titled, “Why I Hate Barack Obama.” Whether you’re for or against President Barack Obama isn’t ...
Adoption Over Abortion: We’ll Take Any Baby
One Atlanta church has a bold challenge to anyone considering abortion: “Peachtree Presbyterian Church will care for any newborn baby you bring to this church.” So says Pastor Vic Pentz in ...
Recession Squeezes Churches
The Wall Street Journal recently covered the financial strain churches are facing as the recession continues. It’s really the same story we’ve seen before with churches tightening budgets, laying folks ...
How Bad Is Your Children’s Ministry?
For a church in Utah it was apparently bad enough to prompt a 7-year-old to steal the family car and drive himself home. The boy told his father he didn’t ...
A Man Has Needs.
In my opinion the demographic that is ignored the most, or at least not considered as much in the what and how of church, is men. We say we want ...
The Future of Church
Today I stumbled across a Collide magazine article from last month that pondered the future of the church in 2034. It’s a lengthy piece that imagines what church may be ...
More Church Traffic Jams
National Community Church pastor Mark Batterson visited Woodlands Church in Texas this weekend and shared this perspective: “When I got to Woodlands Church I couldn’t believe how many cars were in ...
Five-Year Anniversary
On July 22, 2004 the first Church Marketing Sucks post appeared. It’s hard to believe we’ve been at this for five years. In Internet terms that makes us a dinosaur. ...
Preaching Zen
We’ve had a lot of comments on last week’s post about John Piper’s thoughts on video and mass media in sermons. Short recap: Piper doesn’t like them. You can read all ...
The Episcopal Church: Come Watch Us Argue Over Gay People
Forget I Am Episcopalian. The Episcopal Church has a new marketing slogan: “Come watch us argue over gay people.” OK, not really. But wouldn’t it be funny? I came across this ...
Why People Pick a Church
Here’s an oldie but a goodie: Over at Church Relevance Kent Shaffer answered a question about why people pick a church. He shares the results of three different studies, but ...
We Are Evangelists
A recent U.S. World News & Report article we already covered included a quote I’d glossed over. It comes from the director of communications for the Episcopal Church, Anne Rudig, ...
Quotes on Church Marketing
The Star Tribune recently offered a take on religious marketing, exploring whether or not religious groups are going overboard. The article has a token quote talking about consumerism and the ...
