For the past month we’ve been testing a better way to help churches communicate. Now the Church Marketing Lab is open for business. It’s a public group on the photo-sharing site Flickr where anyone can share their church marketing work and offer feedback to others. The idea started as the peer review section on Church… Reads more »
Posts By: Kevin D. Hendricks
Write for Church Marketing Sucks
Now your wildest dreams can come true. Church Marketing Sucks is accepting submissions from guest bloggers. Instead of looking for writers in it for the long haul, CMS is accepting one-off entries. This means it’s easier to write for CMS and hopefully less work for us. Become a guest blogger and get your name on… Reads more »
Advertising Age Says Church Marketing Sucks
“Smart” and “marketing-savvy” aren’t adjectives we’re used to hearing thrown our way, but we’ll take it. Yeoman, however, is a word I’m used to. The kind words come from Ken Wheaton’s Adages column in the Feb. 20, 2006 issue of Advertising Age (fee required). Here it is in context so you know we’re not making… Reads more »
The Boston Herald Mentions CFCC
The Boston Herald article “Lord Works in High Tech Ways” (fee required) explores how churches are using new technologies like blogs and podcasts. The Center for Church Communication and our blog Church Marketing Sucks both get a mention, though I apparently didn’t say anything quotable enough to make the cut. Maybe next time.
CFCC is in a Book
Well, on a book. The back of a book. OK, so it’s not really about us at all, but it’s still cool. Richard Reising is the founder and president of Artistry Marketing and author of the just-released Church Marketing 101: Preparing Your Church for Greater Growth. Flip a copy of that book over and you’ll… Reads more »
PixelZion Podcast Ponders Church Marketing
We’ve been podcasted, and let me tell you, it feels very cutting edge. Our own Kevin Hendricks (hey, that’s me!) was interviewed on PixelZion, a podcast focusing on creativity. PixelZion host Jesse Haynes and I talked about the history of Church Marketing Sucks, the potential evil of marketing and why you shouldn’t misspell “Christmas”. To… Reads more »
Godbit Interview
The church tech site Godbit interviewed Kevin Hendricks about Church Marketing Sucks. The interview covers the new non-profit status, the potential for Church Marketing Sucks T-shirts and the admission that pointing out examples of bad marketing isn’t always very effective: “When we first started I honestly thought a lot of what the site would be… Reads more »
Communications Report
In the summer of 2005 we surveyed over 500 churches across the U.S. and published our findings in this free PDF report (488 KB, 8 pages). It includes juicy bits like: 76% of churches aren’t documenting or tracking the results of their marketing. 63% of churches said marketing and promoting their church was important or… Reads more »
CFCC Goes Non-Profit
The Center for Church Communication is now officially a non-profit. We’ve left our business days behind, but that doesn’t mean we’re not serious. Instead of selling marketing and design services we’ll continue to help churches matter by fostering a community of church communicators. That includes the blog Church Marketing Sucks and new ventures including a… Reads more »
Blogging Church Interview
Brian Bailey and Terry Storch of Fellowship Church in Texas are writing a book on church blogging, appropriately titled Blogging Church. Of course they’re blogging the process and also podcasting their interviews. They recently focused on Church Marketing Sucks and did a three-way conference call between Texas, California and Minnesota to interview CMS founder and… Reads more »
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