Living Open Source

Following the success of our last course, Dying to Know, John Draycott and myself have just put together a second course all about the meaning of cross.

Some will know that our church have just started a major building project to refurbish a nineteenth century building. The work has started and today I was presented with a bundle of papers that were found by our contractors when they demolished an original wall.

Ever wanted to know where your nearest Baptist Church was? Or how big it was? Somebody at Baptist House has plugged the big Google machine into their database and come up with a map.

With some trepidation we volunteered as a church to be part of the 2009 Year of Continuous Prayer across Merseyside. The idea being that each week a different church in Merseyside would take on the baton (a diary) and pray for the community. This week it was our turn…

Our local group of churches have used various means to publicise jointly the fact that Christmas is a time to go to chruch. This year we managed to get nearly half a page in the local paper for a bargain price and so here are three ideas for an ad. You can vote on which [...]

…to bluegrass. No really, if your church worship band doesn’t do bluegrass, then you are so twentieth century. I came across this mailer on the Flickr Church Marketing lab by Tyler Tate for a new worship service at his church.

Churches are generally terrible at marketing. It probably doesn’t matter as much as some suggest, but help can be found. If you are looking to improve your skills and get some valuable feedback on your work then you should join the Church Marketing Lab group on Flickr. Started by the people behind Church Marketing Sucks, [...]