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Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Church ‘Walls’ with Graffiti
I received an e-mail the other day from someone—I’ll call him Dave—who is struggling with the idea of using social media sites like Facebook for their church community. He was ...
Church Metrics
Those digerati geniuses at LifeChurch.tv have created a free, web-based application to track church statistics, ChurchMetrics. It’s a pretty simple tool that only tracks four core areas: attendance, giving, salvations ...
The Illusion of Community, Part 1
This is part one in a series about the illusion of community. First up, let’s talk about how we’re doing at building community online. Not so well in my opinion. I ...
Stop Using Media
The Collide magazine blog just began “an ongoing and open-ended series devoted to convincing you, the church leader, not to use media.” Scott McClellan quickly clarifies, “Yes, Collide exists to encourage ...
Social Media, Stories and Your Church
I love my blog. Some days, I stay up until midnight working on it. Quite honestly, I tend to obsess over it. Yet, I know it’s worth the time investment ...
Factors That Improve Online Experience
Looking for a church web site overhaul? Or do you know a pastor who needs to be looking for a site overhaul? IDEA has released a study titled Factors That ...
Top Tweeting Church Leaders
Today the Catalyst blog shares a list of Top Tweeters & Church Leaders. So if you’re on Twitter and want to see what church leaders are saying, check out the ...
10 Commandments of Web Design
We’ve learned about church web sites from John McCain and Barack Obama. But the lessons don’t stop there. Kem Meyer quotes a Business Week article, The 10 Commandments of Web Design. ...
3 Ways to Sink Your E-mail Newsletter
That’s it. I tried to let it roll off my back, but no more. I’m sick of stupid mistakes in e-mail newsletters. If you want your e-mail newsletter to be ...
Twitter at Church
We’ve talked a lot about Twitter lately and some of you are probably wondering what Twitter might look like inside the church. Well, here’s a real live example of using ...
What Would Jesus Twitter?
We’ve been talking up Twitter–the 140-character message/mini-blog application that’s sweeping the early adopters–a lot in the past few weeks (Oh, and if you’re looking for church marketing Twitter friends, about ...
Small Churches Should Embrace Cheap Technology
Last week’s poll/quiz revealed the encouraging stat that 62% of churches have a web site, up from 57% in 2005 and 34% in 2000. The results come from a recent ...
Facebook for Pastors
Chris Forbes just released a free 32-page e-book, Facebook for Pastors. The booklet can help you make the most of Facebook for your church (beyond just playing Scrabble). Check it ...
Lessons from 15 Compassion International Bloggers
Last week the child sponsorship organization Compassion International took 15 Christian bloggers to Uganda to see what child sponsorship looks like firsthand. Among those bloggers are musician Shaun Groves, BooMama ...
21 Factors to Consider Before a Redesign
If your church is thinking about a redesign (and who isn’t?), you might want to check out 21 factors to consider before a redesign. It’s exactly what it sounds like ...
