Communication

Developing a Post-Easter Strategy for Your Church’s Website

Spring is in the air, and the church calendar is telling us Easter is almost here. But you’re not worried because you have done all that can possibly be done. The bulletin covers are...
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Coordinating a Long Video Shoot outside Your Church

Last month, I wrote an article about creating shorter videos for your church, but sometimes, a story can take a little longer than two minutes to tell. While many of the concepts behind...
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How to Invite Website Visitors to Opt into an Ongoing Relationship

Most people think that a website is an end goal for any online effort. But it’s not. The final goal is to let people know they will find Jesus in the Church, and we want them to come...
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Guidelines for Whether to Share Trending Social Media Posts

In my last blog post, I walked through how to decide what to post on your church’s Facebook page. This time, we’re going to dig deeper and talk about when an event or crisis is going on...
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Balancing Academic and Faith Content on Your Christian School’s Website

In February 2016, my wife and I welcomed our first child into the world. Two weeks later, we were sent into a panic. My wife had recently started a job with a local hospital on an...
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Coordinating a Short Video Shoot inside Your Church

As many churches continue to see the value in social media for reaching out to their communities, it’s important that we use best practices for helping our content reach more people. As...
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Advice on Managing Your Church’s Facebook Strategy

Whether you love it or hate it, social media is here to stay. Facebook started back in 2003 as more of a college/dating-type site and has turned into something much bigger that...
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Setting Your Church’s Communication Priorities for 2019

Happy new year! For many, on a personal level, a new year means quitting a bad a habit, starting a good habit, making new goals, being more intentional about everyday tasks, and...
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Pros and Cons of Slack for Churches

Slack excels at the rapid exchanges between users that enable organizations to make decisions and communicate quickly. Should your church jump on the bandwagon and start using it?
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Which Email Marketing Service Should My Church Use?

More and more, church offices are utilizing web-based email marketing services for communicating with their congregations. Why are they doing this?
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Prioritizing Content on Your Church Website for Visitors

In the past, the front door of your church was probably, well, the front door. These days, however, the first exposure visitors get to your church is probably via your church website....
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Creating a Welcome Email Series to Follow Up with Visitors

In a highly automated society, people get kind of cynical about emails that are distant, non-specific, or feel like a formulaic letter. So how do we use email to establish a real relationship with our
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Creating a Welcome Email Series to Follow Up with Visitors

What happens after someone visits your congregation? At my church, the visitors sign a guest book and a day or two later, they receive a letter in the mail from the pastor—which is an...
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Communications for Last-Minute Church Events

Hear from Stacy Yates live as we chat with her about best practices for communicating about last-minute church events.
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Communications for Last-Minute Church Events

Whether they’re potlucks, special voters’ meetings, or trunk-or-treats, last-minute events are bound to happen (sometimes more often than we would like!). The idea of driving attendance...
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Evernote for Pastors, Church Offices, and Ministry Teams

Before computers became integrated with our lives, the big office complaint was about paper. A good deal of our communication and information storage involved paper. How to store that...
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The Value of a Church Logo and Why You Should Protect Yours

When we just put a cross on the front of our building or website, it tells who we believe in, but it doesn’t tell anything about the people inside. If we all decided to use the same cross, how would s
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The Value of a Church Logo and Why You Should Protect Yours

When it comes to logos, branding, and name recognition, it seems the world understands why it’s so important for their favorite pair of shoes or beverage to have these things, but not...
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Remembering 149 Years of Technology at CPH

Though the way content is created, delivered, consumed, and applied looks different in many ways, one thing will always remain constant: “the word of the Lord endures forever” (1 Peter 1:25).
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Why Your Church Should Have a Blog

Get insights from freelance writer and web strategist Lora Horn about the benefits of having a church blog and how your church can start one.
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Communication

Developing a Post-Easter Strategy for Your Church’s Website

Spring is in the air, and the church calendar is telling us Easter is almost here. But you’re not worried because you have done all that can possibly be done. The bulletin covers are...

Coordinating a Long Video Shoot outside Your Church

Last month, I wrote an article about creating shorter videos for your church, but sometimes, a story can take a little longer than two minutes to tell. While many of the concepts behind...

How to Invite Website Visitors to Opt into an Ongoing Relationship

Most people think that a website is an end goal for any online effort. But it’s not. The final goal is to let people know they will find Jesus in the Church, and we want them to come...

Guidelines for Whether to Share Trending Social Media Posts

In my last blog post, I walked through how to decide what to post on your church’s Facebook page. This time, we’re going to dig deeper and talk about when an event or crisis is going on...

Balancing Academic and Faith Content on Your Christian School’s Website

In February 2016, my wife and I welcomed our first child into the world. Two weeks later, we were sent into a panic. My wife had recently started a job with a local hospital on an...

Coordinating a Short Video Shoot inside Your Church

As many churches continue to see the value in social media for reaching out to their communities, it’s important that we use best practices for helping our content reach more people. As...

Advice on Managing Your Church’s Facebook Strategy

Whether you love it or hate it, social media is here to stay. Facebook started back in 2003 as more of a college/dating-type site and has turned into something much bigger that...

Setting Your Church’s Communication Priorities for 2019

Happy new year! For many, on a personal level, a new year means quitting a bad a habit, starting a good habit, making new goals, being more intentional about everyday tasks, and...

Pros and Cons of Slack for Churches

Slack excels at the rapid exchanges between users that enable organizations to make decisions and communicate quickly. Should your church jump on the bandwagon and start using it?

Which Email Marketing Service Should My Church Use?

More and more, church offices are utilizing web-based email marketing services for communicating with their congregations. Why are they doing this?

Prioritizing Content on Your Church Website for Visitors

In the past, the front door of your church was probably, well, the front door. These days, however, the first exposure visitors get to your church is probably via your church website....

Creating a Welcome Email Series to Follow Up with Visitors

In a highly automated society, people get kind of cynical about emails that are distant, non-specific, or feel like a formulaic letter. So how do we use email to establish a real relationship with our

Creating a Welcome Email Series to Follow Up with Visitors

What happens after someone visits your congregation? At my church, the visitors sign a guest book and a day or two later, they receive a letter in the mail from the pastor—which is an...

Communications for Last-Minute Church Events

Hear from Stacy Yates live as we chat with her about best practices for communicating about last-minute church events.

Communications for Last-Minute Church Events

Whether they’re potlucks, special voters’ meetings, or trunk-or-treats, last-minute events are bound to happen (sometimes more often than we would like!). The idea of driving attendance...

Evernote for Pastors, Church Offices, and Ministry Teams

Before computers became integrated with our lives, the big office complaint was about paper. A good deal of our communication and information storage involved paper. How to store that...

The Value of a Church Logo and Why You Should Protect Yours

When we just put a cross on the front of our building or website, it tells who we believe in, but it doesn’t tell anything about the people inside. If we all decided to use the same cross, how would s

The Value of a Church Logo and Why You Should Protect Yours

When it comes to logos, branding, and name recognition, it seems the world understands why it’s so important for their favorite pair of shoes or beverage to have these things, but not...

Remembering 149 Years of Technology at CPH

Though the way content is created, delivered, consumed, and applied looks different in many ways, one thing will always remain constant: “the word of the Lord endures forever” (1 Peter 1:25).

Why Your Church Should Have a Blog

Get insights from freelance writer and web strategist Lora Horn about the benefits of having a church blog and how your church can start one.