Leaving on vacation recently, I boarded a flight with my wife and heard the safety announcements. I travel a lot so honestly, I rarely listen to the flight attendants with their memorized warnings. Seriously, do we need to be told how to buckle a seatbelt? However, this time, the announcement about the...
Planning church communication timelines with an achievable strategy is crucial to ensuring effective communication with members and the community. Keep them informed in a consistent manner. Here are five steps to help you create a well-structured and achievable communication plan for your ministries: 1. Define communication objectives Start by clearly defining your communication objectives....
Your church website is important. Why? The world has transitioned from a print communication hub (bulletin, newsletters, brochures) to a digital communication hub (website, social media, email). And people seek information on a website as quickly as possible. Most only want a website session to last about 30 seconds. That’s not long!...
The church greeters ministry is essential for every church. Why? Because your congregation needs to feel a welcoming community. A church greeter ministry spreads hospitable people throughout the entire church as part of an effective first impressions ministry. Think about every church entry point as a start for greeters. Church greeters aren’t just...
A church email newsletter is an excellent way to remind and inform your members of events, sermons, and resources they need to know about. Unlike the printed newsletters of the past, you can actually know how many are reading the emails and what they’re interested in. So you can improve! If done properly,...
Churches create so much content, so it’s important to learn how to write better! Church content, even when spoken from a stage, often starts with a pen to paper. Or a blank document in a word processing program. It can be scary and challenging! How to write better when you have writer’s block With just...
Jesus, in His earthly ministry, couldn’t preach to everyone; so, He practiced preaching to personas. He knew His local audience! And then, what He said reached a greater audience. Can you preach to everyone? No. You need to know your local audience, get their attention, and then preach God’s Word. And thanks...
When someone visits your church, you need a church visitor’s card available to be filled out. But be aware though, many church guests will not want to complete it on their first visit. Here’s why: we live in a skeptical culture where a visitor doesn’t want to be identified until they feel...
Every church member needs to hear controlled messages that are repeated so they understand and remember them. Often, when messages are left uncontrolled, the church member doesn’t know critical things that every Pastor wishes they did! “Why don’t our people know?” is often asked in churches that don’t disciple well with controlled messages....
