Media Outreach

Have You Considered – Being a First Time Guest?

Have you considered being a first time guest? Here a three ideas to help you as you look to improve the process of welcoming guests to your church. Consider this - Go to a different church some Saturday or Sunday. Be unassuming. Go in as if you were simply checking out the church. Simply go to [...]

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Promoting Your Church This Easter Part 1

As 63% of Americans, clothed in perfectly bright matching outfits, venture from their homes to the church of their choice this Easter, what will your church do to prepare? I always see an influx in church ads around the community this time of year.  Some promote themselves with cheery spring colors, while others promote a new [...]

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Have You Considered…Teenagers and Technology?

This is the third installment of the “Have You Considered” series of posts. Have you considered teenagers and technology? One of the most often heard challenges among ministry teams is finding people to work on the audio/video aspects of ministry. Because teenagers practically live on the computer and on mobile devices, they are already extremely comfortable [...]

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Have You Considered…Prayer Cards?

Continuing in our Have You Considered series. Have you considered prayer cards? Like most ministry leaders, we all want to pray more. And we definitely want to pray for the members of our church on a consistent basis. Here is an idea for you. Create a post card that has a simple graphic and the [...]

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Have you considered…Bulk Text Messaging?

We are going to throw out a series of post in the coming weeks titled “Have You Considered.” These articles are intended to spur some ideas and help you be more effective in your ministry. So today, the question is, have you considered Bulk Text Messaging? As you know, trying to communicate effectively to every person [...]

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Best Practices: Getting Naked (No Not Like That)

At the moment, today’s Best Practices looks like much of the east coast… cold, unforgiving, and covered with white and not much else.  I hope everyone out there is staying warm as you continue to be hammered by snow. Normally I would complain that it’s cold here, but since I can still see things out [...]

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Church Resources

Trying to pull off that mega-church look with sticks and rocks?  Have no fear! Church resources are here.  There I got my cheesiness out for the day. Today we focus on the awesome folks that provide us with the free resources needed to take The Church to the next level of cultural relevance. http://open.lifechurch.tv/resources -Powered by the [...]

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Tell the Story

I watched in agony as my beloved Cowboys got shredded like a document at an Enron accounting party.As usual, I was intrigued by the background information that the announcers provided. Story after story. Neat insights. Quips. Humor. All of it added to the game, even though the outcome was to my disliking. But it serves [...]

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Church Marketing 2010

So if you follow this blog at all, you most likely have a passion to reach the unchurched, whether in person, through your website, marketing or social media.  We at faithHighway are huge fans of the folks over at the Center for Church Communication, as they constantly pump out invaluable marketing and branding information for [...]

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What if Church was like the BSC National Championship game?

Tonight is THE big game of the year. While I’m a very avid Texas Tech Red Raider fan…I have decided that in the absence of my Raiders playing in the championship game, I will extend my loyalties to the Texas Longhorns and might even say “Hook ‘Em” tonight.  May the best team win and may [...]

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