Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

technology Article
February 14, 2006

Satan Tagline Church Not The Victim of Hackers

And this is why it’s a good idea to be a little skeptical and not jump on every bandwagon that rolls by. The Limerick, Penn. church that appeared to have ...

Read More

technology Article
February 13, 2006

Blind User Sues Target Over Web Accessibility

Bruce Sexton Jr. is a 24-year-old student at UC Berkeley. He’s also blind. And now he’s suing Target because their web site is completely inaccessible for blind users. “What I ...

Read More

technology Article
February 9, 2006

Miscommunication in Text

As we’ve recently seen, it’s easy for written text to be misunderstood, especially in blogs and e-mail. A new study from the University of Chicago confirms that fact. When reading ...

Read More

technology Article
February 8, 2006

Blogging Can Burn Pastors

We like blogging. That’s fairly obvious, coming from a blog, but we definitely encourage churches and pastors to blog (and we’re just waiting for that book). But you have to ...

Read More

technology Article
January 20, 2006

You Will Be Judged Mighty Webmaster

Pastor Jeff Hamilton of The Cornerstone Foursquare Church points us to a study released about the amount of time someone spends looking at a web site before making a judgment ...

Read More

technology Article
January 5, 2006

Podcasting Packs the Pews

Who would have thought that broadcasting your sermons so people don’t have to actually come to your church would instead make more people come to your church? Steve Evans of ...

Read More

technology Article
December 19, 2005

What Pastors Need to Know About the Internet

Rick Warren’s Pastors.com covers some important ground with 8 Things Pastors Need to Know About eMinistry, written by Terrell Sanders of MinistryCom: Your target audience for church growth is Internet-savvy. Your Web ...

Read More

technology Article
November 29, 2005

Web Standards Junkies Rejoice

If you dream of a world where every web site uses CSS and tables are relegated to the Smithsonian, then Godbit.com is for you. If you’re scratching your head, it’s ...

Read More

technology Article
November 28, 2005

E-mail Newsletters vs. Bulletins

Tony Morgan of Granger Community Church has some insights about using e-mail newsletters vs. weekly bulletins and even ponders the potential death of church bulletins. I don’t think we’ll see church ...

Read More

technology Article
November 3, 2005

Church Web Sites Linking to Pastor’s Blogs

More from Mark Oestreicher, this time around the Church Bureaucracy Award of the Month. I know Mark doesn’t actually produce these items (like Worst Church Idea of the Month) on ...

Read More

technology Article
September 21, 2005

Making the Most of Technology for Churches

The body of Christ has traditionally been slow to implement technology to further kingdom objectives. Fear of change as well as fear of the unknown have definitely hindered work in ...

Read More

technology Article
September 20, 2005

Web & Blog eBooks from Seth Godin

The bald-headed marketing master Seth Godin (author of Purple Cow and Free Prize Inside) has released two free eBooks worth checking out: Knock Knock – It’s a 41-page PDF (and the ...

Read More

technology Article
September 13, 2005

Church + Technology = Barna Study

Barna released his report today about the extent to which churches are using technology. From a church’s website and e-mail blasts to its use of a projector and video clips, ...

Read More

technology Article
September 10, 2005

Blogging Church: The Book

This isn’t exactly breaking news anymore, but pastor/blogger Terry Storch and web guy/blogger Brian Bailey (both of Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas) are writing what looks to be the definitive ...

Read More

technology Article
August 11, 2005

Met Storch, Need Words

This past weekend I had the privilege of spending some time with Terry Storch from Fellowship Church in Dallas, Texas. If you know of Terry, you know he has just ...

Read More