Archive for October 2007

news-updates Article
October 18, 2007

Your Church Marketing Transformation

This week we celebrate our 1000th post, and we wanted to stick to what we’re most passionate about–your church marketing. We get tons of e-mails and questions asking about the ...

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news-updates Article
October 17, 2007

Job and Freelance Lab Roundup

If you read us often, you’ll know that we love our Job Lab and Freelance Lab. Now as more and more success stories come in, and more and more openings ...

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poll-results Article
October 16, 2007

Church Franchises Poll Results

We talked a while back about church franchises and it polarized folks a bit. So we decided the best way to go about things was to take it to the ...

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advertising Article
October 16, 2007

Sexy Church

CNN is giving some church marketing love in their video top stories. It seems as if a church sent out 50,000 mailers entitled “Red Hot Sex” to their community. The ...

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events Article
October 15, 2007

Catalyst: The Feelings

Here it is, the good, bad and ugly about the Catalyst conference itself. I think churches can take plenty away from this in how the conference was executed. Most of ...

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peer-review Article
October 12, 2007

Church Marketing Lab: Cubes, Tickets and More

I’m just going to be honest. Our Church Marketing Lab is awesome. I didn’t do a lab roundup last week because I was at the Catalyst Conference. I come back ...

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first-impressions-beyond Article
October 12, 2007

A Visitor’s Perspective: The Strangers Among Us

This is part 9 of a 9-part series on attending church from a visitor’s perspective. You can read the original post to get a better understanding of David’s experience visiting ...

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building-design Article
October 11, 2007

Moving Church Outside

Well, we’ve discussed whether church buildings suck before. We’ve talked about whether you put a little money or a lot of money into a building. Here’s a new one: Don’t ...

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poll-results Article
October 9, 2007

Playing Hookie Poll Results

Nothing like a bad poll question to spice up the beginning of the week. Perhaps I should have asked something like “This site is named Church Marketing Sucks. True or ...

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events Article
October 9, 2007

Catalyst: The Facts

This year’s Catalyst conference was the biggest ever. Over 11,000 church leaders gathered to hear from the likes of Rick Warren, Francis Chan, Andy Stanley and more. I didn’t think ...

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first-impressions-beyond Article
October 8, 2007

A Visitor’s Perspective: A Visit from the Mystery Worshipper

This is part 8 of a 9-part series on attending church from a visitor’s perspective. You can read the original post to get a better understanding of David’s experience visiting ...

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philosophy Article
October 6, 2007

Church Marketing Lessons from a Women’s Homemaking Course

So Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is offering college-level coursework in homemaking–sewing, cooking, parenting. It’s part of a humanities degree with a concentration in homemaking, and it’s only for women. While jaws ...

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first-impressions-beyond Article
October 4, 2007

A Visitor’s Perspective: One is the Loneliest Number

This is part 7 of a 9-part series on attending church from a visitor’s perspective. You can read the original post to get a better understanding of David’s experience visiting ...

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poll-results Article
October 2, 2007

Fall Kickoff Poll Results

Last week, we asked whether or not your church was going to make waves with a fall kickoff service. Youth groups are starting back up, people are coming back from ...

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advertising Article
October 2, 2007

Don’t Be Afraid to Advertise

The Delmarva Daily Times recently discussed church marketing and included our very own Brad Abare. You should check it out. The article discusses religious leaders choosing “new” ways to advertise. And ...

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