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1 Comment » April 6, 2009

Creative Solutions: Sharing Buildings

In this economy we’re in need of creative solutions. And I love it when the church is a part of those creative solutions. Intermedia Arts is a local nonprofit in ...

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10 Comments » March 16, 2009

The Message of Giving

Christian History has an interesting little article exploring the recent history of the offering in church services. The article covers government-supported churches (that’s right, here in the U.S. of A. ...

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2 Comments » February 19, 2009

Fair Use and Your Church: Part 3

This is part three in a three-part series on fair use law and your church. This article is written by a copyright professional, but it is not to be considered ...

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2 Comments » February 17, 2009

Fair Use and Your Church: Part 2

This is part two in a three-part series on fair use law and your church. This article is written by a copyright professional, but it is not to be considered ...

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5 Comments » February 16, 2009

Fair Use and Your Church: Part 1

This is part one in a three-part series on fair use law and your church. This article is written by a copyright professional, but it is not to be considered ...

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2 Comments » January 27, 2009

Recession-Proof Your Church

New layoffs are announced each week and the unemployment numbers keep rising. Talk of recession-proofing your life is becoming more and more common, and with shrinking giving the church is ...

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19 Comments » January 21, 2009

Churches and Copyright

Admittedly, churches struggle with copyright concerns. We had the church-NFL debacle awhile back, and a search for “copyright” yields a small book worth of information. We contacted a few people to ...

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5 Comments » January 7, 2009

Activity vs. Action

Once again marketing guru Seth Godin stirred up some thinking with this post that caused me to think about all the ministries churches are involved with. While Seth is talking ...

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1 Comment » December 18, 2008

When Churches Market Like Airlines

For a bit of fun to help you through your week, check out Monday Morning Insight’s discussion of what the church would look like if it were run like an ...

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1 Comment » November 24, 2008

Getting Generous With Your Offering

Waterfront Church has a unique model of marketing themselves as a generous church. They are giving away 100% of what they receive in their offerings to local charities. …members do ...

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9 Comments » October 9, 2008

Overworked? Drained? Kill Five Birds With One Stone

At one point in the not-too-distant past, my part-time communications position (which is now full-time) got so un-part-time, that I started keeping track of my hours, determined to show my ...

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No Comments » October 6, 2008

Church on the Cheap

Times are tough. You need to go no further than the front page of your favorite news site to see that. So what’s a church to do? First things first, head ...

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5 Comments » September 9, 2008

Talking Politics

About three months ago, we posted a friendly reminder about politics and your church during the election season. Things have been mostly quiet, except for one former-pastor who prayed for ...

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No Comments » September 2, 2008

Churches Create Gas Company

Some churches in Germany have gas. And they’re looking to compete with local companies to help the community deal with sky-high energy prices. Here’s what the chairman of the society ...

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7 Comments » July 21, 2008

Skills and Bills: Working with Churches & Contractors

A recent comment about churches paying their bills prompted my post today, although this has been a pet peeve of mine for as long as I can remember. Having worked ...

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