In a Chicago Tribune article, one of the company's founders, Jim Henderson, said, "We're helping the church see themselves through the eyes of outsiders. This is the phenomenon that's going on around churches and institutions. For a long time, lawyers and doctors didn't want to be rated. Churches are not immune to this. It's an institution in our...
Will Mancini, author of Church Unique, recently posted ten things he's learned in ten years of visioning. While all his points are good, these four issues have really been stuck in my mind lately, too.
"If your vision is not stunningly unique, you probably don’t have one ."
Well said. There are plenty of churches who think they have their vision cast, but in reality it's incredibly generic. It ends up being in the "we want to be everything to everyone" camp. Your vision should be laser...
Kerry Bural has had a couple of nice posts on the Church Marketing Coach website talking about how energy is a great gauge in measuring progress. When there's energy around a project or ministry, that probably means it's in line with the DNA of who you are as a church. (This is something we've harped about here at Church Juice many times before.) While energy is key for moving a project forward, Bural says you can't cheat death with enthusiasm.
Last week, we took a look at a coupleof ways churches I’ve gone to welcome first time visitors. In both of those examples, neither church really put an emphasis on getting visitor’s contact information. While I liked the low stress approach of not requiring anything from a guest, I always wonder if there’s value in getting the person’s name, address and email.
My general answer to that is yes. As long as a church isn’t bombarding or pestering a guest through contacting them too much, I think...
This is a key question every church and ministry program within a church should be asking themselves. It really is important in distinguishing who you are as a church and it helps you focus in on your mission as an organization.
I think too many times churches try to be everything to everyone. Jesus wants us as the "big C" Church to reach people everywhere, but I believe he’s gifted individual churches with the skills to reach specific groups of people.
Many time churches build up a program or event to be something it’s not. We promise some sort of life change or radical experience, but in the end it’s nothing all that special.
Here are some questions Kem says you can ask to see if you’re really being honest with yourself:
What are you "putting out there" that you should really cut?
What expectations are you setting that are unrealistic and out...
There have been plenty of links floating around the internet advertising a job opening at Fairhaven Church for the Director of Communications. This video is attached to the job description and I think it’s really well done. It’s compelling. It shows a team who’s passionate about what they do and know where they need to be going next. Plus they make the case, very simply, for why they need someone to manage communications.
The video starts out listing some of the church’s accomplishments....
Starting a capital campaign in this economy can't be easy for a church. Congregations are full of people who've lost their jobs or are feeling a financial pinch. But image being the leadership team at North Point Community Church outside of Atlanta. Not only are they asking their congregation for $5 million, but they're using it to build a bridge. A big bridge. Picture a highway grade masterpiece of steel and concrete. Easy sales pitch, right?
