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Rethinking Your Church Strategy
Web design fads come and go. The techniques we’re using nowadays will be laughable in only a couple short years. Regardless, Google’s homepage, which hasn’t changed much since the 90’s, is still one of the most popular websites on the Internet. How can that be? They meet the needs of the visitor. And the basics of …
Top 7 Social Media Trends for Your Church in 2015
Here are seven landmark social media marketing trends I predict we’ll see in 2016: 1. In-the-moment updates will dominate. Social media is already “in-the-moment” by nature, but there are some posts that are more “in-the-moment” than others. 2. Buy buttons will take over. Facebook and Pinterest are just two of the platforms that gained attention …
Can “Church” Really Happen Online?
We have all heard Jesus’ words quoted and misquoted a thousand times: “For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them” (Matthew 18:20, TNIV). But can two or three gather together if they are hundreds or thousands of miles apart? Can multiple believers fully and truly commune with each …
What’s the Point of an Online Church?
First, let me say that I like the phrase “church online” more than “online church.” Your church should be online, but I don’t think it should be an online church. As such, people should be transitioned from an online community to a physical one whenever possible, without abandoning the online aspect. Some people can’t get to …
Introducing Church Hangouts
This is how your church can use #GoogleHangouts to build community: Live-Stream your Sunday Worship Experiences Small Groups / Bible Study Open Office Hours Large Group Teaching with Q&A Sessions Worship with community interaction
6 Ways to Text Messaging Your Church
Church Event Reminders Calls For Prayer Emergency Notifications Cancellations Receiving Feedback Social media integration
5 Stages of Renewal In the Local Church
By Rick Warren I believe God is preparing the church for another reformation. The first reformation focused on what the church believed; this one will focus on what it does. For too long we’ve separated the Word of God from the work of God. As the church, we’re called to be the body of Christ …
5 Reasons You are Not a Growing Church
There could be many problems, but here are five areas to consider: 1. Leadership It’s been said that everything rises and falls on leadership. Perhaps a more accurate way of putting it would be that no organization will rise above the level of its leadership. If on a scale of 1-10, the current leadership is around a …
National Church Survey to Reveal State of the Church in America Today
National church survey reveals important data about the state of the church in America today The survey has been conducted for the past two years in several hundred congregations from all denominations across the United States. All collected national trends provide information about essential ministry dynamics and characteristics of the local congregation like: Church Type …