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Who, Me? A Leader?
I don’t care what your title is or if you’re a team of one or 21. As a church communicator, you are a leader. This month we offer leadership resources.
Church Website Security Basics
Church website security can't be left to chance. Learn how to protect your site from bad developers, poor webhosting, and hackers in this article.
Design Isn’t Just Pretty, It Impacts Experience
Good design is about more than how something looks. It's about how something works. We look at the design of experiences and how that impacts the church.
The Power of Delegation in Church Design
With the right style guides, templates, and training we can delegate design and foster a collaborative work environment, give ownership, and reduce burnout.
Jim LePage on Design in the Church
Designer, artist, and painter Jim LePage talks about how churches could be using design to take risks and provoke people to consider bigger issues.
Saving Money by Moving Away From Printed Bulletins
Changing the bulletin needs to be a process. Here's how one church is shifting from weekly printed bulletins to a monthly bulletin to a digital bulletin.
Church Website Revival
Check out Ekklesia360's Church Website Revival and sign up to get an analysis of your church's website.
Marcus Williamson on Design in the Church
Graphic designer Marcus Williamson talks about the state of design in the church and how creatives can help move churches toward being more creative.
More Father’s Day Social Media Graphics
We've got a set of free Father's Day social media graphics for your church to share. You can use them as is, edit them, or whatever you need.
Montana Big Sky: Creative Missions 2017 Wrap-Up
Creative Missions helped 10 churches in Montana with 20 logos, 5 websites, 35 videos, 40 print pieces, 46 signs, and more, totaling 1,568 hours worked.
Design Help for Non-Designers
If you don't know what a serif is or are intimidated by Photoshop but still have to crank out designs for your church, Courageous Storytellers is here for you.
Not a Big Budget Church? Lower Your Expectations
When we don't have big budgets or big communications teams, we need to lower our expectations so that we can pursue excellence.
Why Bulletins Suck and You Should Burn Them All
Want to get rid of your bulletin but facing pushback? We explore some of the common reasons for keeping a bulletin and why that rationale may not hold up.
Free Dangerous Download
Creative Missions literally wrote the book on church communication with Dangerous: A Go-to Guide for Church Communication. You can download a free sample.
Follow Along With Creative Missions 2017
28 church communicators are serving churches in Montana with Creative Missions. You can follow along as they help churches communicate better.
