Archive for February 2007

evangelism-outreach Article
February 13, 2007

Church Marketing Lessons from PETA

So today I stumbled across this little pornographic video from PETA and blogged about it on my personal site. Don’t worry, I’m linking to my blog post and not the ...

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poll-results Article
February 13, 2007

NFL vs. God Poll Results

Last week we asked what churches can learn from the church Super Bowl controversy. We received a nice range of responses, with making sure your bases are covered receiving the ...

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technology Article
February 12, 2007

Innovative Churches: Technology

Part 7 in a series on Innovative Churches. Be sure to contribute to the Most Innovative Churches list. How will technology, including the use of media and the web, influence churches ...

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philosophy Article
February 9, 2007

Don’t Cause Unnecessary Offense

Yesterday I tried to talk about some ways to avoid and address criticism and in the end I was debating with myself about whether or not we should care about ...

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public-relations Article
February 8, 2007

Avoiding & Addressing Criticism

Poor Phil. I can’t help but feel for his predicament (an anti-semitic church ad), and it made me wonder what can be learned from it (i.e., I feel somewhat guilty ...

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examples Article
February 7, 2007

The Anti-Anti-Semitic Church Ad that was Anti-Semitic

Despite our title, it’s not often that we rag on specific churches for their marketing efforts. We’ve yet to offer a ‘worst church marketing blunders of the year’ list, but ...

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technology Article
February 7, 2007

Church Web Site Design Checklist

With Internet Evangelism Day fast approaching (April 29, 2007) you might want to check out the Church Site Design Checklist. It’s an automated 51-question survey that will help you figure ...

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philosophy Article
February 7, 2007

Innovative Churches: Leadership & the Next Generation

Part 6 in a series on Innovative Churches. Be sure to contribute to the Most Innovative Churches list. How can leaders help create a culture of innovation? Leadership can help create a ...

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off-the-wall Article
February 6, 2007

Come Be Hosed, Healed

This past Sunday, the Los Angeles United House of Prayer held a mass water baptism (registration required) as part of its 80th annual Holy Convocation. They unleashed the power–literally–by turning ...

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evangelism-outreach Article
February 6, 2007

Multisite Churches Spreading Across D.C.

“We as a congregation made a decision that if we are going to embrace people, we must leave the four walls of the church.” – Rev. Deron Cloud, founder of ...

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poll-results Article
February 6, 2007

Church Blogs II Poll

A little more than a year ago we asked about church blogging. Since the book The Blogging Church: Sharing the Story of Your Church Through Blogs by Brian Bailey and ...

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church-business Article
February 5, 2007

Visitors, Beer and Sex–Oh My!

Yet again the links have piled up around me faster than I can blog them, so it’s time to blow the dam and just let you have them. Here we ...

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evangelism-outreach Article
February 4, 2007

Official NFL Church Super Bowl Parties

Or maybe the solution to the NFL sacking church Super Bowl ™ parties is to get organized. What if church Super Bowl ™ parties were officially sanctioned events? A church ...

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evangelism-outreach Article
February 3, 2007

NFL Bans Church Super Bowl Parties

Tomorrow is the Super Bowl, in case you didn’t know (I had to look it to be sure, so don’t feel bad), and amid all the stories about commercials and ...

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demographicsresearch Article
February 2, 2007

Christians Lie with Data

“You can make up statistics for anything. 14% of all people know that.” Those are some of my favorite words from the philosopher Homer J. Simpson, and they’re painfully true. Christianity ...

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