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Kevin D. Hendricks's Posts:
Wearing Hats in Church
Last week’s poll asked whether or not it’s acceptable to wear hats during a church service, referring to an earlier post about a church upheaval caused by hats. 41% didn’t ...
Image Ministries Marketing Samples
These are a few random samples from Image Ministries and their various marketing efforts, mainly because I couldn’t pick just one. If you’d like your stuff to get the peer ...
Churches Using Advertising
The Boston Herald reports on churches using advertising, though the whopping two examples they give doesn’t illustrate the trend very well. They spend most of their time talking about the ...
Turning Buildings into Churches
We’re not exactly a church building blog, but I think this article about churches converting old buildings instead of building new ones is pretty cool. The main motivation is that ...
The Neighborhood Church
Growing churches can quickly draw the ire of surrounding neighbors, especially if churches neglect to be good neighbors—something that should be obvious for Christians. Church expansion plans can change the ...
The Church That I See
Brian Houston started a church in 1983 and one day sat down and imagined the church he’d love to pastor. That church is Hillsong, the largest independent church in Australia: Before ...
The Growth of Black Churches in the U.K.
A BBC article on black worshippers in the U.K. says that people of African or Caribbean origin make up 2% of the U.K. population, but account for 7% of church ...
Leadership Journal: Church Marketing Hoovers
If you check out the summer 2005 issue of Leadership Journal you’ll stumble across a little blurb about your favorite vacuum-themed web site. The piece, titled Church Marketing Hoovers, gives ...
Verdict on the Redesign
About ten days ago we celebrated our one-year anniversary and posted a significant redesign. Thanks to everyone who gave input on the design and wished us a happy birthday. We ...
The Christian Imitation
Have you ever seen a “got pepsi?” T-shirt? No. Do you know why? Because Pepsi—and any other company and organization worth their salt—is smart enough to come up with something original. They ...
Mega Churches: Act of God or Marketing?
A recent article looks at mega churches and asks why they’re growing. Is it God, as most of the churches would say, or is it marketing, like the academics say? ...
Marketing without Marketing
I came across this interview with David A. Anderson, Senior Pastor of Bridgeway Community Church in Columbia, Md., in Church Executive magazine in an article focusing on racial unity. This ...
The Case of the Missing Church Members
Remember Encyclopedia Brown? He was cool. Solving all those complicated cases with quick thinking. Maybe the Southern Baptist Convention should call Encyclopedia. You see, they’re missing 10 million members. Of the ...
The Importance of Punctuation
Signs at bus stops in North Miami Beach declared: Say ‘NO’ to Drugs from the NMB Police D.A.R.E Officers. See what happens when you don’t pay attention to grammar? A simple lack ...
Church Marketing Sucks Celebrates One Year Online
Happy Birthday! Today is the one-year anniversary of Church Marketing Sucks. You may have noticed a redesign as part of the festivities. We also sent out a press ...
