Category: Communication
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Church Web Presence Checklist
Just like the picture suggests, your church’s website needs to be a piece of your ministry. The advantages available on the web to your church are so vast and inexpensive that churches not taking advantage of them are really missing out. The list below is not comprehensive, but gives a good starting point for your…
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Church Money Saving Ideas – eNewsletters
I am adding a category to our blog for Church Money Saving Ideas. We have visited and worked with several churches and want to use this as a platform to provide resources and inspiration to find ways for your church to minister effectively, while being good stewards of the resources available. Our first idea is…
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Assimilation in Your Church
When someone visits or wants to join your church, what is your process for assimilation? I was recently at a large church in Kansas City and saw a great process for assimilating people into their congregation. They had it figured out. They had it described on a poster, in simple, clear, concrete language that made…
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Top 10 Reasons to Re-Design your Church’s Website
Top Ten Reasons to Redesign Your Church’s Website by: Josh Henry 10. Your current site is utilizing outdated technology. Unfortunately, trends on the web change faster than most of us can keep up with. However, it is possible to build your site in a way that keeps it open to changing trends. For a site…
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Google Apps For Your Church
By: Josh Henry, Managing Partner In my years of working with churches to help with their IT and communication needs, I have come across some great resources. For many years, the options available to help churches from an IT standpoint where very costly. Not only where they expensive to purchase and deploy, but they also…
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Are you Friends with God on Facebook or do you Follow Him on Twitter?
That question hit me this morning. Not that I am trying to reduce God to a facebook friend or twitter feed, but rather, do I seek God with the same veracity that I check Facebook and Twitter? I thought about it this morning. My general routine is to get up, head to the restroom, where…
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What does your website say about your church?
The question is very simple. When someone visits your church website, what impression are they getting of your church? We visit church websites from around the country trying to get a pulse on what people are doing. We see some great, some good, and many terrible! In a day where the Internet is so prevalent,…
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Effective Church Communications
I recently happened upon a blog post in Outreach Magazine entitled “The Next Thing in Church Conferences“. After reading through the post, it was less about new church conferences and more about effective communication principles. The article talks about how most conferences have a basic programmatic structure that doesn’t lend much room for interaction other…
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Churches have websites but many aren’t utilizing them, LifeWay survey finds By David Roach
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) | Though most churches have a website, there is a divide between congregations that use their sites only for one-way communication and those that maximize their online presence with interactive technology. That is the finding of a new LifeWay Research study sponsored by Axletree Media, one of LifeWay’s partners in its Digital…