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Can Marketing Save Lives? Welcoming the LGBT Community
What if gay-affirming churches started reaching out to struggling LGBT teens? It's a situation where marketing could do more than communicate--it could save lives.
Praying for Osama bin Laden
A Catholic church in West Palm Beach, Fla., is planning to pray for Osama bin Laden. It's sparking headlines in the media and protests within the church.
A Mission Trip for Creatives
Swinging a hammer and helping with children's ministries are great for missions trips, but sometimes it'd be nice to use our actual skills. Enter Creative Missions.
Is Anyone Asking Your Story?
We're supposed to be prepared to give an answer. But is anyone asking? We need to create opportunities to communicate by getting out there.
MLK: Church Communication Hero
I like the idea of Dr. King as church communication hero because what we do is not all discarded bulletins, forgotten Facebook updates or unappreciated graphics.
Pastor Bans Facebook to Stop Adultery
A New Jersey pastor blames Facebook for marital infidelity and orders his staff to close their accounts or resign. Overkill! It’s all in how you use a tool.
Going Second
Seth Godin says, "Go first!" But that may not be the best advice for church communicators who need to follow the leading of their pastors.
The Truest Form of Relevance
As a church marketer, I often read articles questioning whether or not the church is relevant, a copycat or not original. I read these because it’s my job to represent ...
Why Can’t Christians Be Original?
Encouraging the church not to be a copycat is a popular topic around here. The subject landed a spot in our top 10 posts of 2009 and was your pick ...
Called to Consistency & Living in Brokenness
From the beginning one of the communications issues we’ve continually harped on is that some of the very worst marketing for churches is Christians themselves. So often we’re a poor ...
Tell a Story That’s True
I keep coming across videos being passed around by Christians that are essentially video versions of debunked e-mail forwards. There’s the more professional “Does God Exist?” video featuring a childhood ...
America’s Giving Challenge
The Case Foundation just kicked off a month long fund raising effort with America’s Giving Challenge. They’re giving away $150,000 in prize money to charities that can mobilize the most ...
We’re Sorry, One More Time
Recently, I gave a little bit of a rough time to Christian apologists. All too often, I’ve found myself wanting to apologize because it’s the cool thing to do in ...
We’re Sorry, Again and Again
Recently, Just Wallpaper published an open letter to those who have been burned by churches. I’ve either heard or seen similar apologies other places, and I just can’t decide how ...
