Your church website is the critical center of your digital communication hub. An app requires downloads (few download and fewer will use more than once). Social media relies on algorithms to deliver to followers (~12%). Emails are only opened by a third (and very few actually read them).Think stage announcements... read more
I bet you have had the same experience I have with goals. Your boss asks you to bring your twelve, six, and 90-day goals to a meeting. She reads the goals and maybe gives you a couple of adjustments, then you go back to work. Eighty-five days later, you get... read more
Church leaders thought long and hard about how church online should change in light of COVID-19. But we haven’t invested as much thought into how church onsite should change. Below are some significant ways in which our large physical gatherings will be forever altered. 1. IT WILL EMPOWER THE MISSION... read more
There are a few ways that you can present your Pre and Post Service Announcements. This is the content on screen as people enter and exit your Auditorium or your Livestream. I covered 5 unique ways you can execute your Pre and Post Service Announcements in this blog post. In... read more
Encouraging team members to focus on each other not only bolsters their psychological safety and builds trust, but also boosts their creativity over all. Research suggests that adopting an other-centered perspective can actually spur more creative thought and increase the number and quality of solutions you can generate. Professors Evan... read more
Last year many churches did Easter online for the first time. Since it was new and rushed, maybe we didn’t put our best foot forward. But it’s now a year later so there’s no reason why your online experience can’t be awesome in 2021. Below are 12 ways to help... read more
There are some really crazy things we do around Easter marketing that are killing us! We don’t market because “everyone is already coming.” WHAT? That is the EXACT time to market. Put fuel on a lit fire rather than trying to rub sticks together to make a fire start. Maximize... read more
Recently I was eating dinner with family, including my 7 year old niece. We began a discussion of Easter and what it means. When we got beyond the egg hunts and the Easter bunny, I began teaching her about why we celebrate Easter as the resurrection of Jesus from the... read more
Do you love music? I do! There are very few things as influential in the world as the power of music. I believe in music so much I dropped out of college, moved to Nashville, and worked 2 jobs to get to spend a few hours a day working on... read more
There are a few ways that you can present your Pre and Post Service Announcements. This is the content on screen as people enter and exit your Auditorium or your Livestream. I covered 5 unique ways you can execute your Pre and Post Service Announcements in this blog post. In... read more
The year 2020 is behind us. Suddenly, we feel a great sense of relief and newness just because the calendar year changed. But in reality, is anything really different? Have we suddenly emerged from the fog with a clear vision? For many of us, the truth is an astounding “no”.... read more
Your team is your most important priority in your church’s ministry. Without a team of dedicated people serving with you, you will be unable to accomplish and fully carry out the vision God has for you. I am convinced that when we as leaders in the church hold on to... read more