Archive for Ministry

The Barack Obama Guide to Marketing

Mike Holmes | March 11, 2010 | Comments Comments

Entrepreneur’s can learn a lot from Barack Obama when it comes to marketing their businesses.
Was it because AdAge named him Marketer of the Year?
No…
Was it because he raised $639 million in campaign contributions, nearly doubling McCain’s $335 million?
No…
Was it the way he used Web 2.0 to galvanize and speak to thousands?
No…
What was it then?!
Easy… [...]

Why Pastors Should Use Twitter

Mike Holmes | March 5, 2010 | Comments Comments

“That’s absolutely ridiculous!! If that’s what people want to do outside of church that’s fine, but that has no business in the House of God!!!”
That’s what a minister told me when I tried (emphasis on “tried”) to show him how effective social media, especially Twitter, would be for ministry. And you guessed it: after that [...]

What King Hezekiah Taught me about Spiritual Leadership

Mike Holmes | February 25, 2010 | Comments Comments

Hezekiah was a bad man!
Taking the throne at age 25 he instituted reforms that made a person’s head spin! He was awesome.
But what made him stand out in my mind apart from the other “good” kings like Asa, Jehosophat, Amaziah, Uzziah, Jehoash, Jothan, and Jehu is that he went further than them in instituting [...]

Why I Haven’t Been Bothering You…and What Happened as a Result

Mike Holmes | February 20, 2010 | Comments Comments

I’m sorry.
I haven’t been here in a while…but I do have reasons for my absence:

I recently went to a marriage seminar with my wife and learned more about what God wants for my marriage.
I’m currently in LA attending a church convention learning more about worshipping God.
My computer is on its last leg and needs a healing [...]

An awesome deal for Raise Thee Up readers…

Mike Holmes | February 10, 2010 | Comments Comments

Brian Profit (a recent guest writer) just informed me that from now until February 15th, if you guys… MY READERS (I feel so proud saying that!) go to PreachingUnleashed you would get $10 off the annual membership by using this coupon: 2D82D95E35. It’s a special code available only available to you guys.
Preaching Unleashed is a [...]