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Kevin D. Hendricks's Posts:
Starting a Church Style Guide
If you have any sort of background with words you understand the importance of a style guide. Is it Gospel or gospel? Are pronouns referring to God capitalized? Is it ...
Ad Mission
Speaking of things that happened back in February, we missed a story about a collective of Wisconsin churches that pooled their resources and bought local Super Bowl ads. It’s part ...
Xbox Church Postcard Poll
In last week’s poll we asked about the Xbox church postcard we saw back in February. The majority weren’t impressed, with 60% saying it was lame. 28% liked the idea, ...
The Cross as a Giant Eyesore
West County Assembly of God Church in Town and Country, Mo. wants to put up a 99-foot cross to “give a Christian message to the people in the 164,655 vehicles ...
The History of the Church Pew
Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, Calif. just moved to a new building and they have a peculiar problem: Pews. Vintage Faith is an emergent church where pews and a ...
Church Marketing via eBay
Here’s a new way to bring in visitors: eBay. Atheist Hemant Mehta sold his soul on eBay, offering to attend an hour of church for each $10 of the final ...
CMS Mentioned in Advertising Age
If you’re a subscriber to Advertising Age magazine, flip to page 24 of the Feb. 20, 2006 issue and Ken Wheaton’s Adages column for a brief mention of your favorite ...
The Cross as Advertising
Dudley Wood Methodist Church in the UK just moved to a new location and wanted to erect a cross so people would know their new location was a church. Not ...
Lent Poll
Last week we asked what you gave up for Lent, and the majority don’t seem to be familiar with the practice of giving something up for Lent. Not too surprising. ...
Church Newsletter Gone to the Dogs
OK, that title was too easy. That guy who draws cartoons on business cards, Hugh Macleod, has posted a PDF of a revamped church newsletter. It’s called Hotspur and is the ...
Go to Church, Get Free Chicken
I thought the whole church and business marketing tie-in thing would die down, but it just keeps coming. This time it’s from the business side, with a Chick-fill-A restaurant offering ...
McPassion: The Church Marketing Parody
Just in time for Lent, the McPassion is here. For the 40 days of Lent you can screen the 4-minutes church marketing parody video online. “[Mel] Gibson’s film was the spark ...
MyLameSexLife Follow Up
As a follow up to the billboards of the MyLameSexLife.com campaign of Granger Community Church, you can look to the news articles or to the numbers. NewsThe local media loves ...
Worship Technology Poll
Last week we asked about worship technology–specifically how the lyrics to worship songs are made available to the congregation. A whopping 69% use a big screen with fancy slides. Other ...
Drive-In Church
We’ve seen drive-thru church before, but a drive-in church, well that’s something new. It’s the Daytona Beach Drive-In Christian Church in Daytona Beach Shores, Fla. Apparently it goes back to ...
