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:

technology Article
February 17, 2006

Technology and Trends Changing Your Church

Tim Bednar over at e-Church (yes, he’s the same guy who brought us Mega-Church: The Game) is blogging about the 20 memes changing your congregation from the year 2005. Don’t ...

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events Article

Is Your Church Buzz Worthy?

Our very own Brad Abare will be speaking at the upcoming Buzz Conference, an event where church leaders can share ideas and best practices. It’s being hosted by the National ...

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examples Article
February 16, 2006

Arizona Church Borrows Xbox Logo

We’ve received a few e-mails from folks pointing us to a postcard advertising a Phoenix-area church that’s raising some eyebrows in the gaming world, thanks to the design that’s, well, ...

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examples Article
February 15, 2006

My Lame Sex Life Campaign

This entry isn’t an apology, but it is all about sex. That famous simply strategic church in South Bend, Ind., Granger Community Church, has launched a new campaign to promote ...

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news-updates Article

Comment Filtering Issues

To the 64 people with co.uk addresses who have tried to post comments since January 7 and been turned away, we apologize. You should be able to comment now. Spam filtering ...

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off-the-wall Article
February 14, 2006

Getting Wrapped Up in a Story

Whew. This whole Satan tagline and hackers story is pretty crazy. Turns out the tagline was a legitimate mistake. The hackers thing–not true. We’ve received comments from the church’s webmaster ...

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technology Article

Satan Tagline Church Not The Victim of Hackers

And this is why it’s a good idea to be a little skeptical and not jump on every bandwagon that rolls by. The Limerick, Penn. church that appeared to have ...

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brand-identity Article
February 13, 2006

A Successful Church Name Change

ChristianityToday.com has the story of how a pastor at Manhasset Baptist Church successfully changed the church’s name to Shelter Rock Church. It’s a good example of the right reasons to ...

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technology Article

Blind User Sues Target Over Web Accessibility

Bruce Sexton Jr. is a 24-year-old student at UC Berkeley. He’s also blind. And now he’s suing Target because their web site is completely inaccessible for blind users. “What I ...

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poll-results Article

Church Giveaways Poll

Last week we had a fun poll about church giveaways, asking how to up the ante beyond houses, Harleys and Hummers to some really cool giveaways. And it’s a tie: 15-minute ...

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off-the-wall Article
February 12, 2006

Letting Satan Speak For Your Church

I find this hard to believe. I keep thinking I’m missing the joke, like an Onion article you mistake for real news. St. James United Church of Christ in Limerick, ...

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think-ahead Article
February 10, 2006

10 Things You Should Know About People

Kem Meyer, a sometimes guest blogger here and communications director at Granger Community Church in South Bend, Ind., recently shared a list of lessons she’d learned about how to better ...

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demographicsresearch Article

Revamping Seniors Ministry

Changes in ministries to seniors are coming fast, especially as senior citizens aren’t thinking of themselves as seniors. Last week we heard about teaching seniors how to play Xbox, but ...

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examples Article
February 9, 2006

Lessons in Shortsightedness: Cutting the Marketing Budget

Last week my church had the infamous church business meeting (which I credit with pushing my wife into labor). Before we got to the real issues, we took care of ...

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technology Article

Miscommunication in Text

As we’ve recently seen, it’s easy for written text to be misunderstood, especially in blogs and e-mail. A new study from the University of Chicago confirms that fact. When reading ...

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