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Most of the viewers on your church website will be visitors to your church, not members. In fact, a church’s website should be more geared to visitors than to the members. Post names and titles of your staff so when a visitor arrives, they at least have a frame of reference for whom they will …
While video is best, audio is acceptable as well. Theologically astute guests will do a greater amount of research on a church before visiting. What is being preached from the pulpit on a Sunday is of utmost importance. There should be no hesitation in posting sermons online, not only to inform potential visitors, but also …
Since the front door of the church is now the website, make sure parents will know what to expect when they arrive with kids or youth. Millennials are highly interested in knowing their kids will be safe and cared for well at church. They also want to know they will be receiving sound instruction while …
1. The ability to say no 2. Outsider focus 3. Quick decision making 4. Flexibility 5. A willingness to embrace smaller to become bigger 6. A quicker, lighter footprint 7. Valuing online relationships as real 8. An openness to questions 9. A high value on experimentation 10. A tailored experience, not a tailored message
Church security as the fastest growing ministry. Decrease in worship center size and capacity. Increase in successfully revitalized churches. Rapid growth of coaching ministries for pastors and church staff. Increase in the numbers of churches in gentrified communities. Increased emphasis on practical ministry training. Increasing emphasis on groups in churches. Fewer segregated churches.
People have more formal post-secondary education than ever before. On top of this people have wide spread access to information at their finger tips really for the first time in history. At one point in history church leaders where amongst the most educated people in a community but that just isn’t the case anymore. [As a …
It’s official … the fastest growing religious group in our culture are people who identify their religious affiliation as “none”. The acceleration rate of people identifying themselves in this category is breath taking. In the coming years you will increasingly bump into people who don’t identify themselves as having any “faith tradition” at all. Some potential …
Our community is more politically divided. Okay … before you jump all over me to fusing politics and church life … I believe that politics is just one way to get a sense of what is happening in the broader culture. I’m not making a values judgement on this divide … but the reality is …
Marrying Older, But Sooner? If you have been involved in helping people get married you’ve noticed that median age of people getting married has risen over time. This is somewhat true … In reality the trend was that in the 50s & 60s people where getting married at a younger age than was typical. Even more intriguing to …
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