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...
Read Article
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...
Read Article
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?
Read Article
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....
Read Article
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...
Read Article
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...
Read Article
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...
Read Article
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...
Read Article
Remembering 149 Years of Technology at CPH
Happy 149th birthday, Concordia Publishing House! Of course, there’s a bunch of excitement about the big one-five-zero happening a year from now (and rightfully so!), but you only turn...
Read Article
Why Your Church Should Have a Blog
When you saw the title of this post, what went through your mind?
I’m already too busy.
What would I write about?
Who would read it?
I have no idea where to start.
You’ve got...
Read Article
Following Up with Visitors without Seeming Creepy
Read any number of books on church organization and evangelism, and you’ll hear some common goals. Visitors should feel at home. They should be comfortable finding their way around....
Read Article