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Start: Punch Fear in the Face… by Jon Acuff
Jon Acuff's new book offers a challenge to churches that love to whiteboard about purpose, vision and ideas but don't actually get anything done. It's time to get started.
Getting Started: David Hansen
David is the pastor of a rural Lutheran congregation in Texas. We talk about getting started, using social media and the challenges of communicating in a rural setting.
Church Marketing Lab Round Up
Ken Blanchard said, "feedback is the breakfast of champions." I happen to agree. Check out a few of the recent posts in the Church Marketing Lab.
Church Signs: Tips for Your Primary Exterior Sign
The sign out front creates a powerful first impression for your church. So what's on your sign?
Getting Started: Dre’ Barnes
We talk with Technology Director Dre' Barnes of Impact Church in Atlanta about getting started in church communication and the role technology can play.
400% Growth Thanks to Creative Missions
Andy Swart is the pastor of Metro Church and shares how a visit from Creative Missions in 2012 enabled his church to grow by 400% in eight months.
Churches That Give It Away
Recently the Table Project, a private social network for your church, announced that they were being acquired by Gateway Church in Dallas. I love seeing churches giving back.
Madeleine L’Engle on Outreach
“We draw people to Christ not by loudly discrediting what they believe... but by showing them a light.”
Communicate How You Communicate
Recently I was visiting a church and the pastor told his congregation the five ways to get more information about what's going on. I didn't realize how helpful that could ...
Firestarter: Trinity+Main Church
We recognize Trinity+Main Church in Vancouver, Canada, as a Firestarter because of their intentional thinking that permeates all aspects of their communication, from the very beginning.
Life After Art: Interview With Matt Appling
Matt Appling teaches elementary school art. Matt talks about art in his recent book, Life After Art: What You Forgot About Life and Faith Since You Left the Art Room.
Life After Art by Matt Appling
Matt Appling is an elementary school art teacher trying to help the rest of us rediscover creativity. We’re all former kindergartners and have that love of creating that was slowly ...
The True Beauty of Alaska: Creative Missions Wrap Up
Surrounded by snow-capped mountain scenery begging to be Instagrammed at every turn, a team of creative missionaries from 17 different states and England spent the week pouring into ministries in ...
Get 15% Off Echo 2013
The Echo Conference is coming to Dallas July 24-26. It's a conference for artists, geeks and storytellers.
What the Church Could Learn from Google CEO Larry Page
Google CEO Larry Page challenges the world to create something that doesn't exist. That's exactly what churches should be doing.
Kyna Moore on Creative Missions
“Creative Missions helps remind me that the church is bigger than Bellevue, Wash.”
