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Kevin D. Hendricks's Posts:
Extreme Faith Bulletin
You may have noticed that we launched a new section, Peer Review. In the past we’ve done some marketing reviews, but they were often scattered, not officially submitted, and not ...
Ministry in Motion Interview
Seems like we forgot to mention an interview with our very own Kevin D. Hendricks (hey, that’s me!) that appeared in the e-zine Ministry in Motion back in May. I ...
Church Signs that Suck
A couple weeks ago we were pointed to Crummy Church Signs, a site that lists bad church sign slogans. Nothing like a kindred spirit. Check out a few of the ...
Church Communications Minister Gene Mason
Gene Mason is the Communications Minister at the 5,000-member The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Ala. He’s been doing communications ministry in local churches for 18 years, and this ...
Search Engine Marketing for Churches
Last week we talked about a church successfully using keyword advertising. The story was mentioned in an article from the Search Engine Guide and covers churches and search engine marketing. ...
Bob Lutz: Jump Into Blogging
Some days I feel like I’m beating a dead horse, but in case you’ve missed our previous calls for pastors to blog, maybe you’ll listen to General Motors vice chairman ...
Church Marketing Case Study: The Perfect Job
Graphic designer Corey Witt recently e-mailed us about a church marketing case study he posted on his site. Richfield Community Church in Yorba Linda, Calif. was the client and they ...
Learning from Churches that Work
Terry Storch (who brought us Church Marketing Sucks, What Works For You?) along with Tony Morgan have put together a list of Top 10 Innovative Churches. Every church’s web site ...
Top 10 Ways to Keep a Web Visitor from Being a Church Visitor
Tony Morgan of Granger Community Church in Granger, Ind. shares his list of Top 10 Easy Ways to Keep Me from Visiting Your Church Because I Visited Your Website, including ...
Social Club or Thermostat Church?
The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the position of the church: “There was a time when the church was very powerful—in the time when the early Christians rejoiced at being ...
Keyword Advertising for Churches
Search term advertising has been the latest rage. It’s cheap, incredibly trackable, easy to do—and often effective. Is your church trying it? The Rock at Church Ranch in Westminster, Colo. has ...
The United Church of Christ’s God is Still Speaking Campaign
You may disagree with their theology, but you’ve got to love their marketing. The United Church of Christ made headlines late last year when their TV commercial featuring a bouncer ...
The Golden Rule
This has little directly to do with marketing, but I love the story. It’s about Rev. Frank Santora, the senior pastor of a Faith Church in New Milford, Conn. Santora ...
Google Church Map
Check it out: All the churches in a 500 mile radius of my zip code with a Dallas Theological Seminary graduate as pastor. Well, sort of. It appears to be ...
Vacation Bible School
I think Vacation Bible School has to be one of the more interesting events churches do. In some circles it’s a no-brainer, an event that happens every year as if ...
