A few weeks ago, my friend Dave Gibbons recommended Richard Rohr’s Letting Go to me and this week, I’ve been able to check out Richard Rohr’s teachings. It seems like one of those ideas that stays with you, reshaping how you see yourself and the world. And, wow, it has been both eye-opening and deeply challenging. Here’s […]
Top 10 List of Charities for End of Year Giving for 2018
Most Christians want to be intentional in our charitable giving especially during the Christmas season – but aren’t sure of which non-profit organizations produce the greatest lasting results. For that reason, ROI Ministry (ROI) has prepared a Christmas list for everyone who is evaluating ways to make the wisest charitable giving options this month. This […]
Seth Muse’s Seminary of Hard Knocks Podcast: Content That Kills It On Instagram
I had the chance to drop in on the The Seminary of Hard Knocks podcast with Seth Muse. It’s a podcast all about church communications and social media tactics and tips with a chuckle or two. The actual interview episode can be found at www.sethmuse.com/58 In this week’s episode, we talked about the types of […]
37 Ways to Use Instagram for Church
Is your church on Instagram, yet? Having trouble thinking about how to use Instagram for church? If you haven’t started using Instagram for church, then, I’m telling you, you’re missing a lot. With an astounding 700 million users per month, it remains to be one of the best avenues for telling the world about your church […]
Church for the Rest of Us
A REAL OUTLIER IN APPROACH One church to watch that is approaching communications quite differently than the rest is Verve Church in Las Vegas. If anyone knows a thing or two about how to do this, it’s Vince. Their church is in one of the least reached cities in America, Las Vegas. And they’re […]
Lunch & Learn: Mark MacDonald Says Be Known For Something
Mark MacDonald whats you to be known for something. What’s Mark’s story? First, he is an accomplished communicator. He is former Senior Creative Director of one of eastern Canada’s larger ad agencies, Director of Communications, now a Bible teacher (cool story how he accidentally started a church!), and President of his national church branding agency, Be Known […]
Lunch & Learn // Paul Fleming Talks About the Countdown To Easter
If you’re a church communicator, chances are you’re working on Easter all week long between weekends. Who doesn’t know that drill? For today’s Lunch & Learn sessions, I had a chance to talk with Paul Fleming of ChurchInk.com about the free downloadable resource they published for church communicators – a comprehensive Easter promotion planning guidebook. […]
LUNCH & LEARN: John Falke And The Art of Podcasting
Today’s lunch and learn video interview session was a fun one. I got sit down with John Falke of the Amplified Impact Church Communications Podcast. You can find the podcast on iTunes or on his site, www.AmplifiedImpact.org. John recently put me in the hot seat as interviewee for his podcast and you can catch my […]
LUNCH & LEARN: Brandon Cox Talks About Spending $40k on Facebook & Instagram Ads
Today, I’m sharing a Lunch & Learn chat I had with Brandon Cox. Brandon is a pastor, church planter and Purpose Driven Leader. You might know him from his Saddleback resource role of running Pastors.com. Or as a church planter at Grace Hills Church. Or from his pioneer book, Rewired, or his content-rich blog, www.BrandonACox.com. […]
Lunch & Learn: Facebook Ads Strategies With Chris Abbott
Everyone loves using Facebook for church communications. Facebook Pages, Facebook Groups, Facebook Events. . . and Facebook Live. Yes, Ads. Are you using Facebook Ads for your church? Did you know that Facebook advertising is one of the most efficient paid advertising vehicles available right now? You can get a better reach and lower costs […]