Archive for the ‘Link Round Up’ Category

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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brand-identity Article
January 10, 2007

Post-Holiday Linkfest

My post-holiday recovery never quite happened, thanks to the fact that my family is trying to sell our house. So I’ve got a pile of links I haven’t had time ...

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brand-identity Article
December 15, 2006

Rappin’ Pastors, Renamin’ Churches, Sharin’ Graphics

Rapping Pastors – When we did our Christmas marketing poll we forgot all about full-on rap videos. I bet that would have beaten out extra services. Who wants extra church ...

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link-round-up Article
December 8, 2006

Manliness, Names & Parody

Manliness is Next to Godliness – “It’s the wuss-ification of America that’s getting us!” Churches Drop ‘Baptist’ Tag – “People tend to think of Baptists as very narrow-minded, sometimes mean-spirited and ...

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link-round-up Article
December 1, 2006

Church Restaurant, Multi-Site, Entertainment

Church: Restaurant or Cooking Show? – Someone who hasn’t been to church in months went and then compared it to a cooking show where you don’t get to participate or ...

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link-round-up Article
November 22, 2006

Purpose Driven, Branding, Telegrams and Rejected Ads

ABC dumps Assemblies of God ad – It’s a rehashing of the rejected UCC commercials, but getting much less coverage. Churches using online promotion – “We’re talking about the evolution of ...

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link-round-up Article
November 10, 2006

YouTube, Multi-Site and Pews

Building Rockin’ Church Web Sites – Church Communications Pro Cory Miller just keeps the series coming. Projection Blues – Jim Walton at Church Tech Matters shares some simple tips for improving ...

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link-round-up Article
October 26, 2006

9 Lists for Web Designers

Some of these lists and resources are older, but they age like fine wine and can still offer some help and hope to church web designers. 8 Web Design Cliches of ...

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link-round-up Article
September 30, 2006

Back to Church, $60 Design & Back Doors

Back to Church Sunday – A campaign to welcome people back to church. Faith Visuals – Another media download site for churches, this time brought to you by Christianity ...

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link-round-up Article
September 22, 2006

Sheep, More Mars Hill, Buildings & More

All We Like Sheep – “This god of consumerism shows no resemblance to the Consuming Fire described in Scripture. People may say they believe in Jesus, but the archaic Lord, ...

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link-round-up Article
September 14, 2006

Church Plants, 88% Drop Out Rate & (gasp) Sex

How the Internet is Changing Denominations – Minimal design, but some interesting thoughts about technology changing the church. (link via Drew Goodmanson) Come As You Are – “To say that ...

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link-round-up Article
August 28, 2006

Whoring Pastors, Church Name Changes & More

This Guys is Angry at Pastors – Eugene Peterson says pastors have “gone whoring after other gods.” It’s the epitome of church marketing that sucks: “The marketing strategies of the ...

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link-round-up Article
May 26, 2005

Creating Passionate Users

This is more of a business-type blog, but Creating Passionate Users has plenty of lessons for the church as well. Jonathan Blundell points us to and expands on their entries ...

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link-round-up Article
May 4, 2005

A Few Resources

In case you haven’t checked the Don’t Suck list lately, we’ve added a few new resources including BetaChurch and Blank. BetaChurch is a blog covering design and technology from the folks ...

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