Media Outreach

Blog Review: Are We Building Bench-Riding Believers?

A blog post on Church Marketing Sucks’ blog by Brian Gaffney caught my attention this week. (disclaimer: we advertise with CMSucks- but I didn’t choose this blog because of that.) In his post, Brian Gaffney, talks about the messages your church marketing materials are sending. He relates it to a sports team and how the coveted [...]

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The Real Faces of Facebook

Ever since Facebook was launched in 2004, I’ve been a member. I remember the buzz around the Texas Tech (Wreck ‘em!) campus when everyone was signing up.  Terms like, “Facebook me” and “tag me” weren’t quite a part of our everyday language, yet. But…one thing I learned right from the start was that you could wear [...]

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Simplicity

If you’re a seamstress, then, to you, Simplicity is the brand of sewing patterns and materials. I have a sewing machine. I make pillows…and well, hem my pants….that’s about it. I’m not a seamstress. Sewing isn’t my definition of simplicity. Sewing isn’t the point of this post. Simplicity is. I love simple things. I don’t like lots [...]

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What If We Let Our Churches Fail?

I’m curious. What would happen if we let our churches fail a little more? What would happen if we let go and allowed positions to remain unfilled? What if there were no greeters to open the front door on Sunday morning? What if the lights were off and the preschool rooms were vacant when families come to drop off [...]

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Fall Events

The fall is just around the corner. Careful…it might come right out and bite you. Anyway, that means those huge back-to-school church kick-off events are also right around the corner. Have you started the plans yet? Now is the time. Here are a few things to consider for your fall event. Make sure the event is relevant to your audience. Just [...]

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First Impressions: Decent content and functionality with poor graphics yields a B minus

First Impressions is facilitated through Guest Reflections. People are asked to pick a website from a church in their area at random and review it. These sites may or may not be powered by faithHighway. Church Location: Detroit, MI User Profile: Female 30 to 39 years old African-American Area Resident for 11 or more years Attends Church 2 or [...]

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Blog review: The Gathered and Scattered Church ONLINE

Christian Web Trends just posted something on their blog that I found very interesting- something I hadn’t thought of:  gathering and scattering on and offline.  Paul Steinbrueck made an interesting point that while we’re used to gathering together offline, it’s important that a church also gather and scatter online. Here are some points that me makes [...]

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Nothing New Under the Sun

There is nothing new under the sun. But, there are things we still haven’t discovered.  Even now, we’re discovering new species on the planet. Beautiful, strange new species.  Some look similar to those we are familiar with, others are completely baffling. See these newly revealed creatures: http://shutr.bz/2t. As the world turns and we discover new technologies and means [...]

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First Impressions: Site that needs graphic work receives a B

First Impressions is facilitated through Guest Reflections. People are asked to pick a website from a church in their area at random and review it. These sites may or may not be powered by faithHighway. Church Location: Oskaloosa, IA User Profile: Female 25 to 29 years old Caucasian Area Resident 3 to 5 years Attends Church 1 to 4 [...]

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Ways Social Media has been used for the Good of Others

I’m pretty pessimistic when it comes to social media.  While I use it daily and it’s a part of my life, I tend to think about all the negative aspects of it and not so much the good things that come of it. I decided to see what I could find in ways of using social [...]

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