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Article
Religious Marketing is Different
Faculty Publications
  • Bruce Wrenn, Andrews University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Keywords
  • Christianity,
  • church marketing,
  • mission,
  • needs,
  • religion,
  • social services
Disciplines
Abstract

he controversy surrounding the use of marketing by religious organizations is over two decades old and still raging. Theologians have been overwhelmingly opposed to any use of marketing by churches, while marketers have turned a blind eye toward their concerns and churned out books and articles on how to do church marketing. This article attempts to find common ground between the two camps by identifying the marketable components of church missions, and describing a way of marketing them that preserves the spiritual identity of the institution.

Journal Title
Services Marketing Quarterly
First Department
School of Business Administration
Citation Information
Bruce Wrenn. "Religious Marketing is Different" Vol. 32 Iss. 1 (2010) p. 44 - 59
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/wbruce_wrenn/19/