Media Outreach

Top 10 Stats Churches Should Know About Outreach

(These are in no particular order) 82% of the unchurched are at least somewhat likely to attend church if invited – Dr. Thom Rainer, The Unchurched Next Door Only 2 percent of church members invite an unchurched person to church. 98% of church-goers never extend an invitation in a given year.  – Dr Thom Rainer, [...]

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Top 10 things to turn a first time guest into a last time guest

10. Have inadequate signage to help guests find their way around 9. Have unfriendly greeters 8. Treat them as if they are a commodity and not a blessing 7. Have members who don’t participate during worship 6.  Fail to get guest information for follow up 5. Call 1st time guests “visitors” and not “guests” 4. [...]

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Hardware to use for audio recording in a service

In earlier posts, we have mentioned how important it is to record the sermons in your church and post them to your website.  Some churches should record just the audio of their sermons, while other churches need to record the video as well.  Today, we will look at some of the hardware that will help [...]

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My Experience on Easter Sunday

I thought I would take a quick break from my series on audio and video recording of services to tell you a little bit about my experience on Easter Sunday. My wife and I loaded up the kids and went to a church we had not been to on Sunday in a long time (it [...]

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When is it right to start live streaming services?

It seems many churches these days are asking a lot of questions about live streaming their worship services.  So when is the right time to start live streaming services?  Most of the things that go for video recording will be the same for live streaming services.  These are: The church should be somewhere in the [...]

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Audio and Video recording in Worship Services, Part 2

Last week I wrote about the need for every church to record the audio of sermons the pastor delivers.  This week the question I would like to answer is “when should a church consider moving from audio to video recording in their worship services?” I am going to answer that question by giving you some [...]

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Audio and Video recording in Worship Services, Part 1

Most churches these days will record the audio of all or at least some portion of their worship service.  I am going to spend a few weeks describing some tips, hardware and wisdom on recording audio and video in worship services. Today’s Question: When should a church start recording audio of their sermons? The answer [...]

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How to get Guests to give you their information…

I speak with pastors and ministry leaders everyday and everyday I hear how tough it is to get first time guests to give their information to the church.  Here are a few tips to help you increase the number of first time guests that give you their information: Get rid of the pew pads.  I [...]

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The Importance of Focusing on Retention

Many churches today are really focused on outreach.  That is a wonderful thing because there are many people who don’t know Christ and desperately need Him.  The problem I see in a lot of churches is the church really being focused on outreach, but not focused on retention and assimilation of new members.  It seems [...]

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Welcoming First Time Guests

What do first time guests think when they come to your church?  Many churches focus on outreach and getting people in the door for the first time, but what are you telling first time guests once they come?  Many church leaders have the misconception that they have to put on the perfect worship service for [...]

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