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L.A. Times on Church Marketing
The L.A. Times covered church marketing and technology today in an article called “God’s Call Comes by Cellphone”. A few interesting quotes include: “We dare not change the Gospel. But the ...
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 ...
Mega-Churches Double
Speaking of mega-churches, they’ve doubled in the last five years. There are now 1,210 churches with weekly attendance over 2,000. More info than you wanted to know about mega-churches is ...
Jesus, CEO
The Economist is talking about Jesus, CEO. I’m a bit too busy to read the article myself, but you can check it out and let us know what you think. ...
CFCC Church Marketing Report
You can score a free 8-page Church Marketing Report over at the Center for Church Communication. And yes, we are a part of the Center for Church Communication, so yes, ...
More on Mega-Churches
Ah, yet another article on mega-churches, this time from Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine (that’s where I live!). The Twin Cities are actually a breeding ground for mega-churches. According to the article ...
Hey Look, a Mega-Church!
You’ve got to love how the press continually rediscovers this odd concept of mega-churches. And they’ve been doing it for 30 years. A couple interesting articles from last week on ...
Denominational Church Marketing
Two recent newspaper articles in the Des Moines Register and the Washington Times (though the Times doesn’t seem to be loading) talk about the marketing efforts of church denominations. The ...
Church Marketing Quotes
Check out the Austin American-Statesman for yours truly. Brad and I were quoted in an article about church marketing, though we definitely didn’t have the best quotes. Mac Richard of Lake ...
Jakob Nielsen Familiar with Church Marketing?
I thought it was rather interesting in Jakob Nielsen’s Top 10 Blog Design Mistakes (check out our take) that he gave an example from the world of church marketing. Under his ...
Why People Leave Church
People leave church for the stupidest reasons. Nearly three-quarters of people left U.K. churches because of a “disagreement on a range of issues, from the way the organ is played ...
Business Savvy Pastors in High Demand
A recent article reports that pastors and church leaders with business and marketing backgrounds are in high demand. And more church leaders have those skills since 2 in 3 seminarians ...
Hey Look, Church Marketing!
USA Today covered church marketing yesterday with the headline, “God is cool.” The story covers the growing trend of churches doing marketing, including the following techniques: An ice cream truck passing ...
Integrating Visitors into Your Church
There’s been plenty of discussion on our Reasons to Use Direct Mail post. One of the comments hinted at some research about visitors and I followed up with the commenter, ...
