Media Outreach

The Church and “Getting Naked”

I recently read the book Getting Naked by Patrick Lencioni. The premise of the book is a fictitious story of a man at a consulting firm that is forced by his superiors to spend time with their new acquisition, a smaller rival consulting firm. Lencioni uses many of his personal experiences in the book to [...]

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You Have a Website. Now What?

Yay! You have a website! It has amazing graphics, awesome features and, after pain-staking hours of labor, great content. But…now what?  Are people coming to your site? Has it become the main hub of activity for your church or organization? One very important step in setting up a new website is in regard to site [...]

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Best Practices- The rest of the year

Resurrection Sunday was great at my church. I haven’t laughed so much at church in a very long time. Amongst the gems from Pastor Tony were “Jesus is like the death star. When you get close, he pulls you in with his tractor beam”, “Mo’ money, that’s right, mo’ problems”, and “if you hate your [...]

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Have you considered how you can impact the kids that come with your first time guests?

I have been that first time guest that has kids. When I was that first time guest, I normally kept my kids with me during the service. I can’t remember a church that thought ahead about that. So here is something to consider. When you notice the kids will be in service, why not equip [...]

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First Impressions: What are our visitors thankful for?

I’m thankful for First Impressions! They have taught us some of the things that visitors appreciate in a church website. So, what are our visitors thankful for: Staff pages - They like seeing pictures and being given some biographical information about the people who lead the church! Good links - They like to be able [...]

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What percentage of first time guests visit your website before they come on a Sunday morning ?

Towards the end of April I went to Exponential 09 and got to hang with some amazing people. I asked a few of them this question. What percentage of people do you think visit your website before they come on a Sunday morning ? This is what they said. What do you think ? Check [...]

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