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The Epic-Fail of Church Announcements
Why are announcements so chronically bad? Too often we focus on inane details instead of life-giving change.
It’s Your Job to Protect Children
In light of the Penn State child abuse controversy churches should be reminded of their responsibility. In most states, clergy are mandated reporters.
Office Hours: Blogging Tips & Vocational Advice
Our own Justin Wise has online office hours and takes your questions. This week he talks about blogging and vocational roles in churches.
Planning the Transition
One thing churches rarely plan for is the transition. The one thing you can be sure will happen is the transition. So get it together now and come up with ...
NaNoWriMo for Church Communication Projects
National Novel Writing Month helps authors overcome the inertia and start writing that novel. What if churches did the same thing with communication projects?
5 Lessons from the Salvation of Blue Like Jazz
Recently, Blue LIke Jazz made headlines with a grassroots campaign that raised $125,000 to save the film from extinction. What can churches learn from this? We explore that question.
Rod Parsley’s Airplane: Lessons in Financial Communication
We find lessons in financial communication for local churches from a fundraising plea by megachurch pastor and televangelist Rod Parsley asking for $1 million to buy an airplane.
Church for Church Leaders
I do not have the research to back this up, but I’ve been observing what appears to be a growing trend in the number of church leaders who work and ...
Snowmageddon Cancels Church: Communicating a Crisis
Welcome to Washington, D.C., the snow capital of the country. In the past month and a half, we’ve had two major snowstorms of over 20 inches (affectionately named “Snowpocalypse” and ...
Saddleback’s Big Ask
You might have heard that Rick Warren made headlines last week with his end-of-year financial ask: They needed $900,000. They got $2.4 million. Some lauded their commitment to stay within ...
The Case for a Communications Director
Tim Schraeder is exploring a simple question: should churches hire full-time communications staffers? Admittedly, he’s got a bit of a bias, being the director of communications at Park Community Church ...
Recession Squeezes Churches
The Wall Street Journal recently covered the financial strain churches are facing as the recession continues. It’s really the same story we’ve seen before with churches tightening budgets, laying folks ...
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 ...
Church Saves $268,000 By Going Green
The First Baptist Church in Springdale, Ark., which has about 6,000 in attendance on Sunday mornings, implemented an energy savings plan in the last year and managed to save $268,000. ...
