Archive for September, 2008
Your Church’s Fall Carnival is Not News–Sorry!
By Chris Forbes | September 29, 2008
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If You don’t have news don’t send a news release! About this time of year churches are pulling out the stops for fall activities like carnivals, special programs and sermon series.
As usual, a bunch of them have not planned ahead or budgeted for promotion, so they come up with the ...
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The First Impressions Side of Your Church’s Parking Lot
By Chris Forbes | September 27, 2008
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I have been thinking about "first impressions" again lately and ran across an older article I did about parking and how it seldom gets the attention from staff leaders in how it impacts church attendance. Sometimes churches work really hard at trying to get new people to visit their church, ...
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The Six Church Marketing Bad-Attitudes
By Chris Forbes | September 22, 2008
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The Great Disconnect in Church Marketing
Each year, millions are spent in outreach in churches. Yet the effectiveness crisis continues year after year. Some researchers estimate 70% of churches are plateaued in growth. Seventy two churches close their doors each week in the United States according to the North American Mission ...
What Does the Future Look Like for Your Church’s Ministry?
By Chris Forbes | September 16, 2008
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As a coach, I have noticed the churches with the most effective outreach are the ones who have the clearest sense of their vision and mission. When ministries fail to make impact it is often due to the fact that they don’t have an idea about what they are trying ...
Interview: What’s the Deal with Church Assimilation?
By Chris Forbes | September 12, 2008
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Recently, I was asked some questions about church assimilation programs by a student who is working on a research project for a thesis in Ministerial Leadership. I'm not much of a scholar, but I took a stab at answering anyway. Here are the answers below:
Can you briefly describe what you ...
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Hello?! Marketing is Not Another Church Program!
By Chris Forbes | September 4, 2008
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I have come to a conclusion about how many ministries see marketing. They view it as a program much like the programs you see in the bookstore or curriculum providers for churches. When they want to raise funds for a building, they look for a fund raising program. When they ...
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