elcome to my updated blog, rebuilt by my friends at Aboundant.com. We will be making some tweaks and upgrades as we go along in the coming months. I am excited … Read More
The Beginner Guide to Growing Your Social Media Presence
Ever wondered how to get started with developing your personal or your church’s social media presence? Here’s a beginner’s guide overview of social media basics, from the “Why” to types … Read More
A Shared Editorial Calendar is Your Best Church Planning Tool
shared, comprehensive church editorial calendar is the most important tool you can implement for your church’s worship and communications needs. The purpose of the calendar is to coordinate your messages … Read More
Five Methods for Making Better Team Decisions
inistry is a team sport. Whether designing worship, writing a teaching curriculum or producing a video, we as church leaders both create our best stuff and model God’s call to the … Read More
6 Traits of a Great Church Creative / Communications Director
recently got an inquiry from someone who was assuming creative and communications leadership for a large church. He’d been on my blog and, having read a few posts, wanted to … Read More
Statistics and Analytics in Ministry: Helpful or Not?
n a recent post about tracking data in churches, I stirred up some social media debate about the relative merit of data as a means of understanding the life and … Read More
Blog Update 2019
Friends, I’ve relaunched my blog with lots of new ideas to help you in your life and in your ministry, after a hiatus to work on my doctoral studies, and … Read More
The Best and Worst Attended Worship Weekends of the Year
or years, I’ve heard and repeated conventional wisdom about the best Sundays of the year for worship attendance. Of course Easter is good, and the Christmas season is good, and … Read More
Top 25 Fastest Growing Large United Methodist Churches, 2019 Edition
elcome to this year’s edition of the fastest growing large United Methodist churches. Because of the work of the General Council of Finance and Administration office of the United Methodist … Read More
Brand is About Positive Associations, Not Unique Positioning
Brand associations means that the battle for growth doesn’t take place on the Internet or shelves, but in the heart and mind of prospective customers.
The Church Communicator you need is more than a project manager
Most churches treat their communication director, if they even have one, like a glorified project manager that does graphic design. You need to manage projects, but you need something more – an authority who partners in messaging the brand of your church or organization.
Top 25 Fastest Growing Large United Methodist Churches, 2018 Edition
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.