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5 Lessons from the Salvation of Blue Like Jazz
Recently, Blue Like Jazz made headlines with a grassroots campaign that raised $125,000 to save the film from extinction. What can churches learn from this? We explore that question.
Rod Parsley’s Airplane: Lessons in Financial Communication
We find lessons in financial communication for local churches from a fundraising plea by megachurch pastor and televangelist Rod Parsley asking for $1 million to buy an airplane.
Church for Church Leaders
I do not have the research to back this up, but I’ve been observing what appears to be a growing trend in the number of church leaders who work and ...
Snowmageddon Cancels Church: Communicating a Crisis
Welcome to Washington, D.C., the snow capital of the country. In the past month and a half, we’ve had two major snowstorms of over 20 inches (affectionately named “Snowpocalypse” and ...
Saddleback’s Big Ask
You might have heard that Rick Warren made headlines last week with his end-of-year financial ask: They needed $900,000. They got $2.4 million. Some lauded their commitment to stay within ...
The Case for a Communications Director
Tim Schraeder is exploring a simple question: should churches hire full-time communications staffers? Admittedly, he’s got a bit of a bias, being the director of communications at Park Community Church ...
Recession Squeezes Churches
The Wall Street Journal recently covered the financial strain churches are facing as the recession continues. It’s really the same story we’ve seen before with churches tightening budgets, laying folks ...
Where Do I Begin?
From a recent post in the lab: Hello all… I am new to this board, although I have been frequenting Church Marketing Sucks for quite some time. We have been in ...
Church Saves $268,000 By Going Green
The First Baptist Church in Springdale, Ark., which has about 6,000 in attendance on Sunday mornings, implemented an energy savings plan in the last year and managed to save $268,000. ...
3 Tips for Getting Better Freelance Design (A Parable)
I walked into my local coffee shop, excited to be meeting with a prospective client who had contacted me only days before. I introduced myself to Jill (not her real ...
Creative Solutions: Sharing Buildings
In this economy we’re in need of creative solutions. And I love it when the church is a part of those creative solutions. Intermedia Arts is a local nonprofit in ...
The Message of Giving
Christian History has an interesting little article exploring the recent history of the offering in church services. The article covers government-supported churches (that’s right, here in the U.S. of A. ...
Fair Use and Your Church: Part 3
This is part three in a three-part series on fair use law and your church. This article is written by a copyright professional, but it is not to be considered ...
Fair Use and Your Church: Part 2
This is part two in a three-part series on fair use law and your church. This article is written by a copyright professional, but it is not to be considered ...
Fair Use and Your Church: Part 1
This is part one in a three-part series on fair use law and your church. This article is written by a copyright professional, but it is not to be considered ...
