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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Best Practices: Technology in the Sanctuary

Salutations men & women of the cloth (and of the Internet)! Our beloved Andy Grove who delivers his dear reader(s) weekly with best practices has become buried this week, so in his stead, I will be leaving my video format to bring to you “Best Practices”! Allow me to dust off my thesaurus and wordsmith [...]

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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 Highlighting Your Team?

And now for the next installment of “Have You Considered”. Have you considered highlighting your ministry teams? One of the most overlooked people group are usually those working in your church. They are the kids workers, the ushers, the greeters, the youth leaders, the audio/video team. Think about getting a group picture of [...]

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So…You’ve Got a Facebook Group…Now What?

In my last post, I tried to differentiate the differences between groups and pages on Facebook.  I defined a page and a group and hopefully made it a little less confusing for you in trying to decide which one to create…or maybe you decided to create both. When it comes to Facebook groups, I’m extremely picky [...]

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Hosting Outreach Events vs. Participating in Community Events

Something has been on my mind a lot lately. It is the notion of a church’s involvement in the community. I think there is an unfortunate mindset that the church’s involvement in the community should be on the church’s terms.  I know I’ve totally been there.  Don’t get me wrong – events that the church hosts [...]

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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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The Q: Should I put ads on my church website?

Today, Greg talks about the drawbacks of putting third party ads on your church website. He gives some information about the core purpose of your website and warns about watering down the message your church website transmits when you add third party marketing to your site. pic by Straws pulled at random

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Grace Road Church Gives One More Reason to Join Facebook

For those churches seeking one more reason to join the social networks to reach your community, I have it here. The compelling and encouraging story of Grace Road Church testifies to the effectiveness of outreach on Facebook. A Rochester news station reports the captivating testimony here. Grace Road Church began its mission just one year ago, with Pastor [...]

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Mobile Web sites…Does your church have one?

Did you know that 55% of adults in America use a handheld device access the Internet on a regular basis? (Pew Research Jan 2010) In 2009, nearly one-fifth (19%) of Americans used the Internet on their mobile phones, up from 2007 when only 11% used their mobiles to connect. These statistics are just for connecting on wireless [...]

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