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Michael Buckingham

With the goal of making the church the most creative place on the planet, Michael founded Holy Cow Creative, the church’s creativity and design studio. He is also the creative director for the Center for Church Communication and Church Marketing Sucks. You can find him speaking at conferences such as HOW, Echo, and MinistryCOM. Check out his blog, Jesus Hates Papyrus, where he continues to help the church intentionally reflect Christ in how it communications.

Michael Buckingham's Posts:

web-sites Article
44 Comments » December 11, 2009

Do You Need a Web Site?

I’m speaking next week to a group of college pastors, and I’m struggling. The first session is about church, communication and creativity … no problems there. The second session is ...

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technology Article
10 Comments » November 17, 2009

The Internet Is Not Your Delivery Boy

The Internet is more than a delivery method. As I was reading a report on the meeting of the European bishops and reps from Facebook, Google, YouTube and Wikipedia, one of ...

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reviews Article
17 Comments » October 21, 2009

Deadly Viper Character Assassins

Editor’s Note: Due to an on-going controversy over culturally insensitive themes in the book’s design, the publisher of this book, Zondervan, has issued an apology and pulled the book from ...

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events Article
5 Comments » September 25, 2009

Cultivate 2009: See you in Chicago!

I’ve said it before: The best part of conferences aren’t the speakers, it’s the relationships and conversations that happen at the conference. A new conference, Cultivate, has embraced that and ...

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graphic-design Article
133 Comments » September 17, 2009

An Open Letter to Rick Warren about Spec Work

Editor’s Note: We closed the comments on this post as they took a turn for the worse. We explained our reasoning for closing comments and the rationale for this post ...

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events Article
1 Comment » August 26, 2009

A Conference of Compassion

If you look at our calendar, you’ll see that there are a lot of conferences out there–one for everyone. There’s one right around the corner that sets itself apart for ...

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the-christian-walk Article
11 Comments » August 19, 2009

7 is greater than 1

7 is greater than 1. I know that sounds obvious, but as this video from Soul City Church reminds us, we seem to forget that when it comes to church. ...

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events Article
3 Comments » July 9, 2009

2009 HOW Design Conference Wrap-Up Report

I’m a week late posting this, as I really struggled how to put the HOW Design Conference in words. It was really quite incredible to simply be invited to speak ...

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church-business Article
2 Comments » May 20, 2009

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 ...

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events Article
3 Comments » May 14, 2009

What’s the Story?

It’s been a week of exciting news in the world of church communications events. First on the list, the Center for Church Communication is excited to announce a new conference, ...

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philosophy Article
6 Comments » April 16, 2009

This Isn’t What I Ordered

I love a menu with lots of pictures, I’m much more apt to order what looks good than what sounds good. I’m a visual guy, that’s just how I’m ...

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evangelism-outreach Article
24 Comments » March 31, 2009

We Hate Church Too … As Usual

There’s a story that caught my attention, raises some questions and points to a trend in some church circles. A church has launched a campaign that includes billboards that read “We ...

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graphic-design Article
4 Comments » March 13, 2009

Why Criticism Is A Good Thing

One of the challenges to working with the church is some of the very opinionated feedback you receive from the pastor, committee, etc. When you get criticism what do you ...

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building-design Article
5 Comments » March 1, 2009

A Church Helping The Church

Uprising Church is uprooting itself from its current meeting space at YMCA and moving … to Sunday nights only. Now, honestly I think I’d miss church on Sunday morning and at ...

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philosophy Article
5 Comments » February 23, 2009

Seth Godin Asks: Is Marketing Evil

Marketing guru Seth Godin asks the question “Is Marketing Evil?” in one of his latest posts. Seth starts by saying that marketing, done well (aka that doesn’t suck), will: 1. Tell ...

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