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Core Values and Actions of Churches
The DNA of the CHURCH
Please keep your online church calendar up-to-date
You can only mention so much in your announcements, and only so many things can fit in a bulletin each week. But with an online calendar, you can list as much as you’d like. The key is keeping the calendar up-to-date. Weekly calendaring meetings might be necessary at first, but once a routine is established, …
Church people are not delaying having kids
In the late 1980s a new cultural trend took hold that has continued until today … as a culture we started having babies before we were married. Today, almost half of all babies are born to unmarried mothers, and the median first birth happens around one year earlier in a woman’s life than her median age …
How to link your church website to ALL your social media profiles
The inclusion of this item would mean that your church would need to be active on social media. These links do no good if your social media channels are inactive or defunct. I will be writing in the future about social media strategies for churches. But at the very least, a church should be present …
Is your church contact info on your front, landing, splash webpage?
This may seem like an obvious inclusion. But if it were obvious, I wouldn’t visit so many church websites that lacked a contact page or contact information. An important follow-up to this item is having someone responsible for responding to inquiries. Every contact to a church should receive a response within 24 hours, if not …
The Biggest Trend In Mobile
Have you heard the about Facebook Instant Articles, Google Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) and Apple News? They are built to revolutionize the way we discover content on our mobile devices and give publishers new channels to grow their readership and make more money. In this webinar, we will give you the full scoop on the …
Church web sites MUST HAVE Staff Names and Titles
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 …
Place your video sermon Archives directly on your church website weekly
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 …