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:

demographicsresearch Article
May 12, 2005

Church Marketing Plans & Costs from Major Denominations

Tim Bednar tips us off to a post at Harbinger quoting the Washington Post (follow all that?) about church marketing plans and costs from the major denominations: Denomination: United Methodist ChurchSlogan ...

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off-the-wall Article

Church Stolen

Point Hope United Methodist Church in Mount Pleasant, S.C. faced a unique challenge when their church was stolen. Their church was housed in a trailer which they parked and locked ...

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brand-identity Article

Choosing a Church Name

What’s in a name? Everything. More and more churches are considering a name change, often dropping denominational affiliations that no longer connect with people (though the denominational ties remain intact) ...

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brand-identity Article
May 10, 2005

Should Churches Fly the U.S. Flag?

Should churches in the U.S. fly the American flag, and if they do, what position should it have in relation to other Christian symbols? It’s an interesting debate and sums ...

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graphic-design Article

Cartoon Church: Comics for Church Use

CartoonChurch has gone live, offering single comics and syndication for church newsletters and publications. There’s not currently a huge offering, but it appears to be growing. One of my favorites ...

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link-round-up Article
May 4, 2005

A Few Resources

In case you haven’t checked the Don’t Suck list lately, we’ve added a few new resources including BetaChurch and Blank. BetaChurch is a blog covering design and technology from the folks ...

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news-updates Article

Ministries Today Article

We recently wrote an article for Ministries Today on church marketing that appeared in the May/June issue. Turn to page 32 for the article, “Marketing Your Church Without Diluting Your ...

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evangelism-outreach Article
April 29, 2005

Free U2 Ticket Update

A while back we talked about a church in Arizona that was giving away free U2 tickets as part of an Easter promotion. The dust has finally settled and we ...

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church-business Article

Connecting Church Marketers

Last week Brad posted an entry about design and marketing positions in churches and theorized that churches will soon have a Pastoral Director of Design & Marketing. Based on the ...

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think-ahead Article
April 27, 2005

Does Your Church Dream?

Irving Bible Church in Irving, Texas has a dream: We dream of a church where people are free to attempt great things for God; where people have nothing to prove and ...

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evangelism-outreach Article
April 26, 2005

You’re Invited: Bringing People to Church

In yesterday’s post about seeker-sensitive churches in Ohio, pastor Lee Powell of CedarCreek made the comment that despite all the advertising they do (he compared it to buying weekly tire ...

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examples Article
April 25, 2005

Lessons from Seeker Sensitive Churches

The Toledo Blade covered “seeker-sensitive” churches this weekend and here are a few highlights. The biggest value to these seeker-sensitive churches is that they’re open to the fact that church often ...

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examples Article
April 22, 2005

The Marketing of Alpha

This article explores the marketing of the Alpha Course, and while it intially seems to mock the “slick, contemporary marketing,” by the end you realize the effective story of Alpha ...

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philosophy Article

Marketing the Church is like Marketing the Pope

When some people think of church marketing, I think they’re closer to the peddling of trinkets and other lame aspects of marketing. Like this story about the sales of new ...

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demographicsresearch Article

How Churches Attract People

A Florida newspaper explores the strategies churches use to bring in people, and it’s all marketing. Everything from how the message is delivered to paying attention to the people to ...

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