by Nick Blevins | Sep 14, 2023 | Communication
Cell phones and teenagers go hand-in-hand, like peanut butter and jelly. This makes texting the most effective way to communicate with your youth ministry, but it takes more than a copy-and-paste message from your personal number. More than likely, you’ll need a...
by Nick Blevins | Jul 29, 2021 | Digital Strategy
Due to COVID-19, churches dipped significantly in in-person attendance, despite people needing refuge and support then as much as ever. Moving forward with modern solutions, many churches have adopted approaches like live streaming to help conduct their services and...
by Nick Blevins | May 16, 2021 | General
I go to the Orange Conference every year but there are some unique differences about the Orange Tour that I enjoy. Here are 5 things I look forward to every year at Orange Tour and below, I'll include notes from previous orange tours. Attending With Volunteers...
by Nick Blevins | Apr 1, 2021 | Conferences, General
What I love most about Orange, other than the people, is how they are constantly innovating. They're always looking to improve, add, tweak, change, and create in order to help churches win with families. I don't know about you, but our team does not have enough time...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 2, 2021 | Posts
Church volunteer recruitment is one of the most critical and most challenging tasks for every church leader. Volunteers are the lifeblood of any church and most church health metrics show a strong correlation between volunteer team growth and the health and growth of...
by Nick Blevins | Feb 11, 2021 | Posts, Communication
One of the BEST communication methods every church should be using is text messaging. Why? Because over 99% of texts are open and read. Compare that to email with just 20-40% open rates. So, what church texting services are out there? Church texting services are a...
by Nick Blevins | Feb 7, 2021 | Faith
In the midst of COVID-19 when our church was not meeting in-person we planned an outdoor baptism and prayer celebration that was held on our church grounds. As part of the celebration, we created a Prayer Wall that was used for attenders to write prayers on at the...
by Nick Blevins | Dec 14, 2020 | Digital Strategy
A digital church strategy is an absolute MUST for every ministry. Actually, the goal, in the end, would be to simply have a church strategy and digital is part of it. However, until that is the case, creating a separate digital strategy for your church is critical....
by Nick Blevins | Nov 7, 2020 | Communication
You’ve probably heard the old adage “you gotta spend money to make money”. But have you ever heard it said: “you gotta spend money to save money”? When it comes to church marketing, the best way to save money is probably to outsource your church marketing strategy to...
by Nick Blevins | Sep 9, 2020 | Strategy
When it comes to church retention, first we have to define what we mean upfront. For this post's purpose, we're talking about retention in terms of a new church attender continuing to come back and get involved over the next few months. They might continue to attend...
by Nick Blevins | Jul 22, 2020 | Strategy
COVID-19 prompted most churches to move to a 100% digital strategy in a short time. It was new and different, but churches adjusted. After moving online quickly, most churches saw higher numbers of online engagement, with about half of churches saying they grew....
by Nick Blevins | May 1, 2020 | Conferences
Here are some of my favorite points and quotes from the 2020 Orange Conference. Kristen Ivy The grace you give yourself changes everything Become all things to all people Paul was suggesting we need to understand people first It’s hard to give people hope before...
by Nick Blevins | Apr 29, 2020 | Conferences
Orange Conference 2020 is quite different as an online experience this year, but the content has been amazing as usual in the opening session. Here are some of my notes: Kristen Ivy When you don’t know what to do, start by asking why: When you remember why you...
by Nick Blevins | Feb 17, 2020 | Family Ministry
It's Orange Week, which is a time when a bunch of leaders and bloggers write posts related to The Orange Conference and the Orange Strategy. I'll be at the Orange Conference again this year. If you plan to attend, you'll want to register this week before the price...
by Nick Blevins | Sep 24, 2019 | Podcast, Large Church, Leadership, Small Church, Social Media
In this episode, Jeff Henderson shares his journey of answering these two pivotal questions for any organization: What do you want to be known for and What are you known for? I also ask Jeff some specific questions about how to practically implement a strategy for...
