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Archive for the ‘Demographics/Research’ Category
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 ...
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 ...
Youth Ministry for Big People
Recently we had an entry about Rob Bell and his church that’s attracting mostly twentysomethings. Many of the comments focused on demographic strategies, and whether or not churches should target ...
The Comeback of Mainline Churches
A three-year study on mainline congregations that’s scheduled to end in 2006 is showing a surprising resurgence in certain mainline congregations. “Most people think mainline Protestant churches are dead,” says ...
BusinessWeek Goes to Church
Evangelicals landed on the cover of BusinessWeek as they explore the booming business of church. But before you get too excited it’s more an overview of megachurches and Christianity in ...
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 ...
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 ...
Accessible Church
The Washington Post covers the plight of the disabled as they try to find their place in church. And it only starts with wheelchair ramps, wide doorways, elevators and other ...
Why Do Men Hate Church?
48 million women attend church every week while only 35 million men do. That’s a gender imbalance of 13 million people, and a reason why churches need to become man-friendly–according ...
Church Attendance Down, Bible Reading Up
Barna’s latest study of American religious beliefs and practices shows little change over the past 15 years. A few things that have changed: Bible reading is up. Church attendance is down. Unchurched adults ...
Quitting Church
Charisma magazine has a lengthy report on Christians who opt to stay home on Sundays. The article presents the issue as a growing trend, and not limited to twenty-somethings. The ...
Chicago Churches Lure Latinos with Marketing
Newsweek has an article this week covering churches in the Chicago area and how they’re catering to Latinos. On the upside, several churches are finding success using marketing methods like ...
Go to Church, Live Longer
A 12-year study tracking people 65 and over found that those who attend church at least once a week lived longer. They were also healthier. Over the course of the ...
Washington Post Covers Church Marketers
Church marketing received a boost from the Washington Post on Sunday with the story “The Business of Filling Pews.” The story covers the church consulting company The Alban Institute, which ...
N.C. Church Marketing Seminar
Apparently we’re not the only ones pushing church marketing. Brunswick Community College in North Carolina held a marketing seminar for area churches last week. “It has to be a little ...
