I’ve always been fascinated by people. In fact, my college psychology courses established the understanding that we mostly tend to do similar things while typically resistant to changing ways. Accountability meetings declare that understanding and recognition is a huge step towards improvement. From decades of working with comms, here’re personalities I see...
We live in a consumeristic world. I realize most Pastors and ministry leaders don’t like this reality. So we have two choices: change the world or adopt the reality (without sinning). Transparency moment: I’ve had agents representing me for 30+ years as I’ve walked fashion runways, acted in movies, appeared in TV ads,...
Let’s be clear, employment transitions are complicated and have the potential for concern. Pastors, from your vantage you want to protect yourself and establish a church communication team that will encourage ministry and improve systems to inform your congregation while you engage your community. It sounds perfect. The Church Communicator (Comm) should...
Weekly I hear concerning stories from Pastors or church leaders. They often start with something like, “We have a church communicator who just doesn’t seem to be working out”. Because I lead a large network of church communicators, I focus on what they should be doing better. However, I’ve found that many...
Happy Thanksgiving! As America concentrates on this admiral quality this week, may we as the Church demonstrate and communicate biblical gratitude so that it permeates our lives. You’re either known for gratitude or you’re known for narcissistic undertones. Where you subtly communicate how much you’ve accomplished. Alone. Here are 5 ways that a...
Your website should be the center of your digital communications. Everything should rely on it: to inform your congregation and to engage your community. Most will approach a website for answers. Check your analytics (data that’s kept to see where people click on your website) and you’ll probably discover (if you have one)...
I often hear “we’re the best kept secret” and then “if more people understood all the good things we had to offer, we’d be turning people away”. That’s a communication problem. And since the overwhelming majority of churches don’t turn people away on Sunday morning, we can assume one of two things: ...
It used to be so easy. You simply needed someone to produce the bulletin and maybe change the church sign. Now, you need someone who can coordinate and communicate all your ministries, messages, and events. Maybe even create video sermon bumpers, posts on social media, church memes, PLUS assemble and layout the...
The wise man builds his house on… a good foundation! Many times in our haste, we renovate the top floor before the bottom is finished. Or started! The complexity with a solid church communication process? Every church has an established process, so as changes are requested and the church tries to improve existing...
