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Kevin D. Hendricks's Posts:
Christianity Not a Default
Christianity is no longer the default faith for Americans, according to half the population. And apparently Christians are leading the charge in that belief. A Barna survey released back in January ...
Mark Batterson on Church Growth
The lion-wrestling, wild goose-chasing, Church Marketing Sucks-supporting Mark Batterson had some insightful comments to add to our recent discussion on church growth. He talked about outcomes vs inputs in a recent ...
Lessons from a Mosque: Dealing with Negative Stereotypes
In Minnesota, the heavily Muslim Somali community has been rocked by recent terrorist associations. In October, Shirwa Ahmed, a Somali man from Minneapolis, returned to Somalia and killed himself in ...
Dallas Willard on Church Growth
In a post last week we tried to generate some thinking and discussion on church growth. Ryan Guard offered this nugget from Dallas Willard’s The Divine Conspiracy: “We may not soon ...
Less Advertising, More People
Granger Community Church has realized they can reach more people with less advertising. Executive pastor Tim Stevens explains. Every month they used to mail out thousands of postcards to their ...
Are All Healthy Churches Growing?
So earlier this week Tony Morgan got all a twitter about a quick little post from the Out of Ur blog that poked fun at megachurches: “Is this helpful to the ...
If You Had a Free Conference Poll
Last week we asked which conference you’d attend if you had a free ride. The clear winner was the Catalyst conference with 25% of the vote (Don’t forget about 10% ...
Thinking Before Clicking: Returning to Graphic Design Basics
The New York Times offers a reflection on what graphic design looked like 30 years ago. It was all T-squares, X-Acto knives and rubber cement. You had to do it ...
Making Online Video Work for Your Church
Everyone talks about the allure of online video. But can it be useful for anything besides Super Bowl commercials and amateur video of a man getting hit in the groin ...
NFL Allows Church Super Bowl Parties
After banning church Super Bowl parties in the past, the NFL has relented and is allowing churches to show the big game, provided they don’t charge for the event or ...
Reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr.
One of the great lessons of the radical we celebrate today, Martin Luther King Jr., is that change requires action: “One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom ...
Mad Church Disease: Burnout Among Church Staffers
A long time ago in a post far, far away we interviewed author and Church Marketing Sucks guest blogger Anne Jackson about her church burnout project, Mad Church Disease. At ...
Church Copyright Poll Results
Last week we asked about the sometimes prickly subject of copyright and how your church handles it. The majority of you, 43%, have someone on staff who makes sure copyrights ...
Rethinking Church Conferences
The resident expert on church staff burnout, Anne Jackson, started a conversation this week about church conferences. It started with a Twitter post and turned into a blog entry that ...
Next Christmas Poll
Last week we asked what you’d most like the Center for Church Communication (our nonprofit parent) to give you next Christmas. Surprisingly, more than a quarter of you (25%) wanted a ...
