Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Provide a Clear Online Giving Call to Action on your Homepage. Here are 4 reasons to put a ‘give’ button on your homepage: 1. It makes giving obvious. – If someone comes to your website with the intent to give, why make... read more
Churches integrate music into their services in a number of ways. Some churches want the songs to match with the message’s theme, and others don’t feel that’s a necessity. While there’s definitely no wrong or right way to construct your service, it can be really moving to build your entire... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Follow Up is Key Your probably seeing more people on watching your church online than every before. I’ve talked with several pastors who are amazed at the attendance they are seeing online. Some churches are seeing 3-4x the amount of people watching online as... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Make it Easy to Find your Online Service and Schedule On your homepage, you should have a WATCH LIVE button that takes people over to a page where your Worship Experience Livestream lives. This is the place where you’re going to embed the Livestream... read more
WATCH THE EPISODE: LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Show Notes: This week on the podcast, we welcome Jason Moore. Jason is an author, speaker and worship coach. He is the author of 10 books, his latest From Franchise to Local Dive is out now. He is the co-founder of Midnight Oil... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Test your Stream before Sunday Test everything you can. Test how your streaming provider interacts with Facebook or YouTube. Test how the stream goes to your website if you’re using something like Church Online Platform or FreeOnlineChurch.com You can test your stream... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Use These 3 Buttons on your Homepage So what are the buttons? WATCH LIVE KIDS SERVICE GIVE ONLINE Let’s talk through each: WATCH LIVE Because you’re probably 100% online right now, the #1 thing your people are looking for right on your... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Think through your Online Service Flow In the last video, I shared that I think the best way to engage your audience online during COVID-19 is with a Pre-Recorded and packaged service video, simulated live on all your social platforms. If you’re pre-packaging your... read more
Your volunteers are your first and most important priority. As churches we strive for excellence, create systems and processes, but at our core we can’t forget we are pastoring people always. Whether we are reaching people outside our walls who are distant from God or whether we are caring and... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Pre-Record your Worship Experience and Simulate Live Here are my reasons why I’m suggesting this: You can record multiple services in one setup if you needed. This might save you trips to the church or trips to someone’s house, that sort of thing. If... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Start with what you have! We serve churches that the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed them into an Online Worship Experience where they haven’t had one before. You might be at a church like this. You might have very little online presence if any at... read more
WATCH THE EPISODE: LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Show Notes: This week, we talk to Tyler Smith, Co-Founder and CEO of Text in Church. Tyler and the team at Text in Church are passionate about helping churches thrive and communicate to their members and guests using text and email. Through the podcast,... read more