Archive for January, 2009
NeoPraxis: Resource Your Church for Representation
NeoPraxis means “new practice”. It’s a new year and time to implement new practices in church marketing. Today, I have written an article called Resource Your Church for Representation for the NeoPraxis blog. I welcome you to read the post over there and join in the conversation!
Sign of the Times
Does your church have a sign? You know, one of those signs on the front lawn or along the curb of your church property that you change to put announcements and sayings on? Many churches have these and many try to be unique to capture the attention of the passerby. Umma has provided us with [...]
Just Because…Doesn’t Mean I Should…
I came across this short but excellent little post today by James Higginbotham over at Agile Ministry called Lessons from A Workaholic. I would encourage you to read it. Perhaps it is relevant to me because I am juggling a lot of balls on a lot of projects right now. Maybe you are too. I [...]
Value of Church Blogging
Though blogging has “been around” for a few years, many churches are still trying to determine if it has value. There are many applications of a blog that can advance the scope of any ministry. A blog primarily affords a church the opportunity to open a dialogue on contemporary spiritual issues and topics. It also [...]
What Happens When A Virus Attacks
Well, when you read a title like this, one’s mind almost always goes to a computer virus. Computer viruses are indeed bad…but physical viruses are equally disruptive. This has been a long week for me personally as I was hit at the beginning of the week with a nasty stomach virus. I couldn’t keep any [...]
Marketing Jesus
Christianity Today (a well respected monthly Christian magazine) has released it’s January 2009 issue with the cover story “Jesus is Not A Brand” by Tyler Wigg-Stevenson. I read the article late last night and because it stirred up many different emotions in me, I decided to reflect on it a little before writing this post. [...]
Simply Say It!
I have been saying for the past couple of years that marketing has a bad reputation. This is probably not a stroke-of-genius comment to you. People (and you are probably one of them) think marketing is gimmicky and out to take advantage of them – that it is trying to make them buy something they [...]
