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This is part two of a two-part post discussing the recent Christianity Today article Jesus is Not a Brand, by Tyler Wigg Stevenson, the author of Brand Jesus: Christianity in a Consumer Age.Recently we discussed the shortcomings of Tyler Wigg Stevenson's views in "Jesus is Not a Brand." But he also has some wonderful insights to challenge churches in their marketing, and I'd like to look specifically at three of them.Marketing is full of segmentation.He mentions Ford vs. Chevy and Mac vs. PC....

This is part one of a two-part post discussing the recent Christianity Today article Jesus is Not a Brand, by Tyler Wigg Stevenson, the author of Brand Christianity. We mentioned the article last week and generated some initial discussion."Jesus is Not a Brand" is well-written, and I think the author would find himself largely in agreement with us here at Church Marketing Sucks. I certainly recommend the entirety of his long article for intelligent discourse on some of the inherent problems w...

Have you ever wondered what pieces of technology you can't live without? We were recently asked this question and decided to dive into the topic. In this episode we talk about the tech we can't live without, what tech we wish we could live without but can't, and more.We want to know what technology you can't live without and what technology you wish you could live without. We shared ours and now we would love to know what you think. Please let us know in the comments to this episode.

ImpressCMS as a project has grown immensely over the last year, so much so that it's becoming more challenging to maintain and manage the project with such large numbers involved. Because of this, the decision has been reached to create a more formal structure for the sole purpose of directing the project and helping us to continue growing.

The January 2009 issue of Christianity Today features a cover story on church marketing, "Jesus is Not a Brand" by Tyler Wigg-Stevenson (author of Brand Jesus: Christianity in a Consumerist Age). The lengthy article mentions Church Marketing Sucks and even quotes our own Joshua Cody.It sparks a great conversation in the continuing debate about church marketing, though it doesn't seem like our perspective was fairly represented. We'll be posting a two-part response next week. Until then, what ...

The Galician translation of XOOPS 2.3.x, made by Eduar Garza (http://www.xeral.net/), is now available for download. Thanks to Eduar who spend his time to make Galician translation available for The XOOPS Project.You can download the release from XOOPS Spanish Community on http://sourceforge.net/projects/esxoopsTranslation of News and Oledrion modules are also available.Download Galician Translations

by Jeff Goins, Guest BloggerReimagining Church is Frank Viola’s reconstructive sequel to the challenging, deconstructive critique of modern church practices, Pagan Christianity (co-authored with George Barna).The basic synopsis of the book is built around the arguments presented in Pagan Christianity. Theoretically, the two books should be read together, but frankly, if you missed the prequel, you can still jump into the sequel and not get lost.As a marketer for a para-church organization, ...

Dave Porter in his 2009 Web Predictions mentions XOOPS as one of the three Open Source projects where web developers are moving to for running their Web sites:Quote:The open source community thrived in 2008 and AXcess News predicts that in 2009 the web will go through an "open source revolution" of sorts. We credit much of that to Google's browser and how mobile providers have been going down on one knee to adapt it. Mobile computing is one area where open source has attracted more develope...

It's that time of year--2008 roundup lists are everywhere. All year, we get articles like Seven Ways to Turbocharge Your Productivity Output Efficiency and Twelve Optimized Brand-Solution Strategies. But for a few sacred weeks, in the vacuum between Christmas and New Year's, everyone lets us know their "best of" lists. So all you church marketers, here's AdAge's best advertising of 2008 and Media Bistro's 10 worst ad spots. Sadly, no churches made the "best-of" list. But they didn't make the ...

This is part three of a four part series where Church Marketing Sucks discusses marketing with successful church planters. For part 1 we talked to Pete Hixson of Vinings Lake Church and in part 2 we talked to Don Record of actionchurch. In part three, we will be talking with Joe Boyd of Aviator Church. Church Marketing Sucks: Hey Joe, it's great to have you join us for a little bit. Give us a quick, two-sentence intro of who you are and what you do.Joe: Hi, I’m Joe Boyd, the founding pastor...