Growth churches are the result of ministries focused on changing hearts, lives and communities. These top 25 fastest growing, large United Methodist Churches tell stories of changing the world and building God’s kingdom.
A List of Church Creative Jobs for Arts, Communications and Media Teams
If you’re going to properly staff a church creative team in both paid and volunteer roles, then you need to be able to think about your situation in terms of job functions, not positions. What are the essential church creative jobs for an effective communications and media team?
Overcome Your Troubles and Learn to be Your Own Creative Leader
Most creatives and communicators I know that work in the church suffer from too much to do and not enough time to do it. What if the problem is our fault?
Church Creative Arts and Communications Problems? Take This Quiz
What does your church creative arts and communications ministry look like? To improve your situation, discover what’s going on.
5 Characteristics of a Church Like Pixar
f you could look at a church and say that their creative prowess made them a church like Pixar, what would you be talking about? Here are 5 characteristics.
The 1-3-5-7 Method to Making an Outstanding Creative Culture
I call it the 1-3-5-7 Method – the leadership work of building a sustainable creative culture that thrives beyond an individual leader’s influence. The premise of the method is that it takes a minimum of seven years to build something that lasts.
We Often Miss the Most Obvious Part of Our Message
It’s amazing how easily we lose track of the main thing. Branding is all about recognizing your distinctive element of grandeur, beauty or interest, and building around that. Like the people who built the Chicago World’s Fair learned.
Your Origin Story is Sending You Clues
The origin story sets the ground rules for the story of the life that follows. Sometimes, though, the story’s caretakers lose sight of the origin. Rediscovering and knowing your origin story in a deep way provides a key to understanding your identity.
You Have a Creative Vision Already. It Just May Not Be a Positive One.
The truth is, everybody has a vision for their future. Everyone lives out the images they have in their mind about their own future. The question is, Is your vision destructive or creative?
My 2017 Church Creative Goals
I work as a church creative director. A lot of people ask me what that means. To give you a glimpse, here is a list of organizational goals for my creative team and I for 2017.
Information Alone Isn’t Enough
Some people call this the age of Big Data. We’re swimming in data. But if there’s one thing the information age has taught us, it’s that information alone isn’t enough.
Five Approaches to Discover Your Creative Brand
Figuring out your brand can be a challenge. Here’s a set of questions to help you discover your brand, also known as what burns in you.