Kevin D. Hendricks

When Kevin isn't busy as the editor of Church Marketing Sucks, he runs his own writing and editing company, Monkey Outta Nowhere. Kevin has been blogging since 1998, runs the hyperlocal site West St. Paul Reader, and has published several books, including 137 Books in One Year: How to Fall in Love With Reading, The Stephanies and all of our church communication books.

Kevin D. Hendricks's Posts:

church-business Article
June 1, 2006

Money and the Church

Money is always a touchy issue, especially for churches. There can easily be issues, whether actual or perceived. And while actual abuses cause enormous problems, I’d guess it’s the perceived ...

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examples Article

Would Jesus Discriminate?

2,000 yard signs, four newspaper ads, 650 bumper stickers, 720 T-shirts and 25,000 door hangers have appeared in the Indianapolis area, all promoting Jesus Metropolitan Community Church as a part ...

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evangelism-outreach Article
May 31, 2006

Church Lessons from Six Flags

Tony McCollum of Churchwerx offers four lessons for churches from Six Flags amusement parks: Signage – show then you care Broken rides – deliver what you promise Stupid rules – people are more ...

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graphic-design Article
May 30, 2006

Stock Photography Sucks

In the Church Marketing Lab I’m always applauding people for using original photography. This is why. Jason Kottke points us to some of the drawbacks of stock photography. Like the same ...

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church-business Article

Pastors Overworked; Numbers Underchecked

Everybody and their brother is linking to a post by Mark Driscoll about how pastors are overworked. Amen. We’ve said this before and it’s definitely true. Driscoll offers some good ...

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examples Article

Top 50 Most Influential Churches

The Church Report has released their list of the Top 50 Most Influential Churches. By “influential” they mean the fastest growing churches and those with more than 2,000 in attendance ...

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reviews Article
May 29, 2006

Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith

“The thought of the word church and the word marketing in the same sentence makes me sick.” That’s from page 99 of Rob Bell’s Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith. So ...

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evangelism-outreach Article

Reporter & Pastor Attend DaVinci Code

The L.A. Times has a column from Joel Stein about his experience attending The DaVinci Code with a pastor (registration required). Ken Baugh of Coast Hills Community Church in Aliso ...

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poll-results Article
May 28, 2006

What’s Your Role Poll

Last week we asked what you do for your church, and 89% are either on staff or volunteer for their church. I guess that high number shouldn’t be surprising–why else ...

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evangelism-outreach Article
May 27, 2006

Breaking Growth Barriers

Reaching more people often means changing how we do things, and that’s not always easy. John Jackson, pastor of Carson Valley Christian Center in Minden, Nev., offers the PDF Breaking ...

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peer-review Article
May 26, 2006

Church Marketing Lab Round Up #9

It’s your turn. Step up and offer feedback and suggestions in the Church Marketing Lab. If you’re not sure how to start, check out our guidelines for helpful instructions. Where Jesus ...

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technology Article
May 25, 2006

Relevance, Tech Matters & -onomics, Church

In the recent weeks I’ve stumbled across a few more church resources you may want to add to your list. Church RelevanceWritten by Kent Schaffer of Bombay Creative, Church Relevance covers ...

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graphic-design Article
May 24, 2006

Non-Profit Pricing from Adobe

When it comes to graphic design software, Adobe’s Creative Suite is pretty much the industry standard. But it doesn’t come cheap ($900 list price). So ChurchMedia.net has started a petition asking ...

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reviews Article
May 22, 2006

The Multi-Site Church Revolution

The brick and mortar church building on the corner is not a concept you’ll find in the Bible—and the concept’s days may be numbered. Or at least no longer ubiquitous. ...

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poll-results Article

Fired, Tired or Wired Poll

Last week we asked you to describe your church in terms of outreach, communications and technology. 25% were wired but it didn’t seem to be doing any good. 23%, however, ...

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