Marketing and branding is no longer just a tool for Corporate America, but rather, it plays a vital role in reaching beyond the walls of the church and into the hearts and minds of a public looking for the “right” message — a Smart message — to grab their attention. A Smart church is able to successfully direct that attention toward the message of Christ.
In an overwhelming vote Sunday, the members of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church elected the Rev. Tullian Tchividjian, grandson of famed evangelist Billy Graham, to be their new pastor.
As the world mared St. Patrick’s Day this week—remembering the Irish apostle who helped turn a pagan nation into a hotbed of Christianity—a Vineyard church in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, is helping spread a new wave of spiritual renewal across the nation.
Under the theme “Together in Spirit and in Truth for a Lasting Change”, the South American Seminary (SEMISUD) in Quito, Ecuador, will gather the national bishops and directors of the Church of God in South America on March 17-20, 2009, as called by their field director, Bishop Dr. David E. Ramírez.
