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...
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...
Church event planning is complex. Regardless of the event, if you simply made a checklist of everything we need to do in order to pull off a successful event, it would be a long list. There are multiple phases to it as well, such as planning, promoting, leading, and...
I don't know about you, but we're always looking for new and better ways to partner with parents. At our church, we have a 4-part strategy for partnering with parents and one of those components is communication. In terms of partnering with parents, communication...
Last week I shared a simple social media strategy for your ministry. Many churches and businesses are doing a lot more with social media beyond what I shared in that post. Michael Hyatt is one of the most popular bloggers in the world and his entire business is based...
Social media can be a powerful communication tool for our ministries, but it can also seem too complex to manage. There are a lot of questions you might ask yourself about how to approach it. What do we post? How often should we post? Which platforms should we use?...
Some people love email and others absolutely hate it. Like me, I'm sure you lean one way or the other and it's probably influenced by your church email communication. Our staff uses email regularly and we expect our staff and volunteer leaders to communicate with...
If you serve on staff in children's ministry or student ministry, you probably put on some important events each year. Church event promo isn't exactly something we're trained in before serving in ministry but it's something we have to learn quickly. Most churches and...
I wrote an article for the January/February edition of KidzMatter Magazine entitled “6 Things I Wish I Had Known About Communicating.” It was part of a series that included more “things I wish I had known when I first started a ministry job”...
Over the past couple of years at Community Christian Church, we have worked to improve the quality, consistency, and variety of our communication with students and their parents. We know everyone prefers different methods of communication, so we try to use all of them...
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