In the digital age, being a church communicator requires agility and insatiable curiosity as new technology and social media channels are released and updated. It can feel like they change faster than we can figure them out. So how can we stay on top of new features and tactics while building systems and processes to…
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Christmas seems far away, but it’s never too early to start planning. Christmas in July is a good time to start talking. Connect with your pastor and leadership team. Start formulating a plan. Think about how your church can do better at Christmas this year. What Do You Wish Churches Would Do Better at Christmas?…
Are we officially the first to wish you a merry Christmas? You know how this works by now: Right now it’s the heat of summer and December feels like lightyears away, but you also know your local Hobby Lobby will be putting Christmas trees and wreaths in their lobby any day now, and then the downhill race…
At Life.Church, we have a “mobile first” mentality. We know that 78% of our audience is interacting with us on a device. When we make design updates, we first think of the mobile experience. Our top-viewed webpages are attributed to visitors viewing our sermons and other video content, finding a location, and reading more about who…
Martin Cooper, a Motorola employee, made the first mobile phone call more than 40 years ago—on April 3, 1973. Nearly 20 years later, Neil Papworth sent the first SMS (“Merry Christmas”). Apple introduced the first iPhone in 2007, the same year Facebook went mobile. In 2008, the App Store launched with 500 apps (there are…
If you didn’t know, Facebook recently made a massive announcement about an update to their mission. They are pivoting from helping people ‘get connected’ to helping ‘build community.’ That means they are putting much more emphasis on making Facebook groups their number priority. More about that here. This has huge implications for churches who have…
I track web analytics fairly closely at my church, and I remember the monumental day a few years ago when I realized we were receiving more web traffic from mobile devices than we were from desktop computers. It seemed almost hard to believe, but there’s certainly no turning back now. Everyone is on their phone…
Oh, bulletins. Many of us dream of getting rid of them, or at least digitizing them. And yet, somehow, most of us simply cannot let them go. Since we’re stuck with them for now, let’s make sure they serve our church well. To be clear, by “church” I don’t mean our staff and ministry leaders;…
Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been at this for a while, church communication is hard. That’s why we’re focusing on the basics this month on our Courageous Storytellers membership site (not a member? Join today). What do you know now that you wish you knew when you first started in church communication? We…
Church communication can be overwhelming. Especially when you’re starting out—whether you’re new to the field or new to a church. There’s so much to do, and the weekly pace of services and their bulletins and announcements can be relentless. When you want to make improvements, it’s hard to know where to start. We’re talking about…