7 Ways Leaders Can Blow Their Influence On Social Media

7 Ways Leaders Can Blow Their Influence On Social Media

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Whether you love it or hate it, social media isn’t going anywhere, but when church leaders embrace it, it’s a powerful tool for reaching members and non-members. As you post, you build influence on social media that helps others see you as a respected authority and someone they can trust. All it takes is one wrong post to suddenly blow that influence. You could ruin how your entire church family sees you and even hurt the church’s chance for new members. Luckily, it’s easier than you might think to avoid these costly mistakes. 1. Posting When Angry With 71% of …

Church Facebook Strategy - 3 Proven Ways to Grow

3 Proven Facebook Strategies Your Church Should Be Using To Grow

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How is Facebook working out for you? Seeing results? Yes, no, maybe so… Facebook has been for a while now and still is, the “social media giant”. Most churches use Facebook now. What is an effective church Facebook strategy? When churches first started to use Facebook more a few years back they were using it in a very basic fashion. An occasional event update, thought or verse of the day, and maybe some pictures of the last outreach. These, of course, are good things to share as a church on Facebook. Are you still just doing these things? You should …

Get The Unchurched Through Your Doors

How To Get The Unchurched To Walk Through Your Doors

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We know that most churches are looking for ways to improve attendance and increase their members. Sadly, it’s not always as easy as just posting a “welcome” sign outside the church. If you want to increase both members and attendance, you need to find ways to get the unchurched to walk through your doors. Don’t discount the unchurched. Many still have faith, but they’re just not sure where to go for guidance or which church might be the right fit for them. Understanding The Unchurched The most important to thing to understand about the unchurched is that many still believe, …

10 Church Leadership Blogs You Need To Be Reading

10 Church Leadership Blogs You Need To Be Reading

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Let’s face it, Being a pastor is hard. Really, Really Hard. There seems to be no end to the amount of work we have to do to lead a church.  There are sermons to prepare, staff meetings to run, and there is always that person who wants to have a talk about something you said in your sermon. With all the pressures on a pastor, it is easy to get behind in your personal growth.  Of course, that has to start quiet times.  If you do not have a great relationship with Jesus it almost impossible to pastor the people …

Apps for Churches

6 Church Apps To Make Life Easier For Your Members

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If you want your church members to stay involved even after they’ve left church, it’s time to start recommending some digital options to make life easier for your members. What’s the one thing most, if not all, of your members always have with them? That’s right – their smartphone. By recommending church apps to your members, you’ll keep them engaged with their faith throughout the week. From socializing to delving deeper into God’s word, these six apps are designed to create a more engaged community, even when your members can’t make it to church that week. The Olive Tree Bible …

Strong Impact With Your Church Website

How To Make A Strong Impact With Your Church Website By Doing These 3 Things

Ian Hyatt Uncategorized 4 Comments

How to make your church website better blah blah.Yeah Yeah, you have read something like this before. You may be saying to yourself, why should I read another post like this? Well, if your church website is getting you great results then perhaps you do not need to read this post. I would say that if you are Mr great website already, read on so you can pat yourself on the back. Affirm that you going in the right direction! Almost every church has a website now. I rarely come across a church without one these days. Still, I do come across …

online giving provider for your church

How To Choose The Right Online Giving Provider For Your Church

Thomas Costello Web 2 Comments

If you’re searching for an online giving provider for your church, you already know you have quite a few options to pick from. Finding the right one is crucial to increased giving as it’ll appeal to more members and even non-members. With everything from PayPal to specialized giving providers, you should consider all your options carefully. Don’t worry, though. Once you know what criteria to look for, it’s easier than you might think to find the perfect solution for your church. Think About Ease Of Use One of the most important things to consider with any online giving provider is …

the absolute worst church website advice

The Absolute Worst Church Website Advice We’ve Ever Heard

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Your webmaster told you what?   Oh. No. He. Didn’t! There is no shortage of terribly bad church website advice out there. We hear it every day. Some person who used to work in some tech field says that your website needs to do this and not do that. Here’s the thing – What may have been good advice in 2008 might be a terrible idea today. In fact, some of those “great tips” might be hurting your website today. Let’s walk through the bad church website advice that we hear most often.  If you have to open a new …

7 signs that your church website is stuck

7 Signs That Your Church Website Is Stuck In 2006

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The web development world has gone through an enormous amount of change in the last decade, and sadly many church websites seem to be living in the past. Here are 7 signs that your church website might be two thousand and late. 1. Drop down menus to get to the content Back in 2005, we loved drop-down menus.  They were a great way to squeeze in those extra pages without cluttering up the menu.  They solved the problem of churches having 20 items in their main site navigation. Now they could nest pages under headings in the navigation and keep …

how to make your website irresistible to visitors

Growing Your Church – How To Make Your Website Irresistible to Visitors

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Growing your church might seem like an impossible task, but it could become a little easier with the right website. The key is to make that website completely irresistible to visitors. Your website has the power to inform, engage and turn visitors into life long members. However, if your website turns visitors away, they’ll never even try your church. All it takes is a little effort to turn any church site into something engaging and irresistible. Avoid Driving Visitors Away Obviously, the first step is to avoid driving visitors away to begin with. We covered church website mistakes back in …