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Archive for the ‘Off the Wall’ Category
Hire These Guys
You’ll need to wait until they get out of trouble with the law, but we’ve got some guys your church probably needs to hire. From March to May, the two ...
Praying for Rain on Obama & Saying No to Money
Here we have two case studies in why Church Marketing Sucks still sucks: Church Rejects Donation from Lottery WinnerThe title pretty much says it all. $600,000 could do a heck of ...
Jesus Goes Marketing
If you’re interested in spending a few minutes checking out some funny photos, you might want to see the blog at NEOchurch. Essentially, they dressed up like Jesus and took ...
Language for the Next Generation
All you church marketers have to stay on your lingo A-game. Your church service probably won’t attract many folks if you describe it as “groovy,” “neat-o-rama” or “super duper.” Mastering ...
When Church Marketing Sucks
Any church marketers out there looking for a job involving a healthy dose of damage control? Check out these couple of churches. Trinity United Church of Christ. Barack Obama’s church is ...
Obama Disses Church Marketing
All right, so it wasn’t that bad, and it’s probably a statement most of you would agree with, but here’s a quote from a Barack Obama speech (video or text), ...
Handvertising?
What on earth is handvertising? Just what you think–it’s advertising on the back of someone’s hand, available from Handvertising USA. They wanted me to blog about this new form of ...
Puns, Revisited
Reuters is bring worldwide attention to the crucial issue of church puns. Initially, I thought this was becoming a pundemic (I know. It’s not even funny anymore). Now, churches seem ...
Church Staff Split Over ‘Sucks’
Oh, LarkNews, a site after my own heart. You know our pain and you let us chuckle together: Staff Split Over ‘Sucks’ (link via Mike Atkinson)…
Come Be Hosed, Healed
This past Sunday, the Los Angeles United House of Prayer held a mass water baptism (registration required) as part of its 80th annual Holy Convocation. They unleashed the power–literally–by turning ...
Church Walls as Billboards: Your Ad Here
“Your Ad Here” and “Your Corporate Logo Here” displayed alternately for two and a half hours on the side of the Cathedral of our Lady of Angels in Los Angeles, ...
Rappin’ Pastors, Renamin’ Churches, Sharin’ Graphics
Rapping Pastors – When we did our Christmas marketing poll we forgot all about full-on rap videos. I bet that would have beaten out extra services. Who wants extra church ...
Your Church, sponsored by Crest White Strips
Wharton’s online business journal, Knowledge@Wharton did an article last month about the increasing amount of products and services being marketed in partnership with churches. From test driving SUVs during a ...
The Church You Know
You’ve got to check out The Church You Know, a site that spoofs the NBC ‘The More You Know’ public service announcements with hokey digs at some goofy church practices. ...
Jesus Beer Billboard Prank
OK, this isn’t strictly church marketing, but it made me laugh. Someone covered up a billboard in downtown Houston with their own billboard featuring a picture of Jesus holding a ...
