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Kevin D. Hendricks's Posts:
Designing Web Sites For Teens
Not all teens are techno-geniuses, according to the latest study from usability guru Jakob Nielsen. Youth workers designing sites for teens should pay attention to the results: Design – While teens ...
10 Easter Outreach Ideas
Rev magazine offers 10 Easter Outreach Ideas. I especially like their introduction which hints at the idea that many churches will be doing Easter outreaches and we don’t need to ...
Now 17% Less Judgmental
A few months back we had a post about a church T-shirt that included the statement “We suck.” Chris Mikesell (aka Rhinoguy) of Blachly, Ore. commented that a better slogan ...
Pastor as Manager
Managing a team can be one of the many roles forced on a pastor that they’re sometimes not prepared to handle. Business management isn’t always a skill taught in seminary. ...
Billy Graham Preaches to the Choir
I’ve been seeing Billy Graham’s face on some of the web sites I regularly visit: ChristianityToday.com and Crosswalk.com. Both are Christian sites and both are carrying ads for a Billy ...
Web Sites Hook Young Families
An article in Church Executive Magazine is a good reminder of the value of web sites, especially in hooking tech-friendly young families. The author takes his time getting to the ...
Are Unsolicited Church E-mails Considered Spam?
Several sites have discussed the question of whether or not church e-mail is considered spam. The short answer is no. The Federal CAN SPAM Act went into effect January 1, ...
Youth Group Computer Lab
The youth group at Simi Valley Presbyterian Church has opened a public computer lab to help students with their homework (read the article in the Ventura County Star, registration required). ...
Easter Outreach
Breakthrough Media offers a few resources and tools for evangelizing this Easter: Why Easter Outreach No Longer Works 18 Factors That Can Really Impact Easter The Most Overlooked Church Growth Factor…
Web Pages That Suck
Web Pages That Suck presents the Biggest Web Design Mistakes of 2004. It includes some great pointers, including the reminder that your web site exists to meet people’s needs–not yours. ...
Missions=Marketing
“The church exists for mission, and … a church that is only inward looking is not truly the church.” -Samuel Escobar, The New Global Mission (via CT)…
The SpongeBob Aftermath
The continuing controversy of SpongeBob SquarePants versus Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family just keeps getting messier, proving the advice of our own Andy Havens to not pick ...
More Web Site Advice
Sometimes you have to hear it a second, third or fourth time, so here’s more church web site tips from TheosLogic Productions. (thanks to Chris Taylor for the link)…
Rolling Stone Accepts Bible Ad
After tons of media attention Rolling Stone has reversed their decision and agreed to run the Zondervan Bible ad they originally rejected. It doesn’t always work out this nicely, but ...
The Church & Technology
A recent study shows a deep gap between large and small churches when it comes using technology. Only 52% of Protestant churches have a web site, but the numbers vary ...
