Wow. Someone has crucified Santa. Is there a rule that we must use all of our weird up by the end of the year? At least this has a message: “Santa has been perverted from who he started out to be,” Conrad said. “Now he’s the person being used by corporations to get us to [...]
Yep…this is a bit much; and we wonder why the world thinks we’re out of touch.
And his armor-bearer said to him, “Do all that is in your heart. Do as you wish. Behold, I am with you heart and soul.” 1 Samuel 14:7 I am an armor-bearer. The work that we do, I view as tools, weapons if you will, for the pastor, for the church to carry and use [...]
Churches are always looking for great marketing for free…normally I’d tell you that you need to commit to your marketing and as many things your checkbook tells of your commitment. Well Brad Abare posts a great idea for what I think is a great idea for church marketing this year…and it’s free. It’s the lost [...]
I had the opportunity to hear Mark Batterson speak this summer at the Assembly of God general council. There were many things that I took away, but one thing he said really surprised me. He said that he was committed to his church, National Community Church, for life. You just don’t hear that anymore. Pastors [...]
It doesn’t matter how good your preach, how good you sing or how great the marketing materials we develop are…people are going to leave your church. So what should you do, ignore it? Panic? I watch the stats of the blog, the other day 2 people dropped off. Now I don’t who they are or [...]
I’m reading through Barna’s recent research and thought I’d share some insight from the first theme: Americans are very satisifed with themselves … and they want to change Growth is not planned but a result of spontaneous experiments People desire to be a part of the mainstream but they don’t want to lose the feeling [...]
“With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it. Without parables he did not speak to them, but to his own disciples he explained everything in private.” Mark 4:33-34 Notice why Jesus spoke in parables: So that they that heard were able to understand it. Not just [...]
Annual reports are not easy beasts to tame from a marketing standpoint. Some might even wonder what this has to do with church marketing since your annual report isn’t even on the radar. After all it’s just a bunch of facts and figures, right? No. Your annual report is, or should be, a report on [...]
Tony Morgan has announced that he will be writing a new book tentatively titled Killing Cockroaches and 100 other Stories and Strategies for Leaders. I for one can’t wait to hear how cockroaches and ministry tie together and even more so to read the stories of innovation in sharing Christ. I know my prayer life [...]