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A Blog-centric Multi-Ministry, Multi-Channel Church Communications Strategy

To communicate effectively in the 21st century you have to:

1. Give people the information they want.
2. Give it to them via the medium they want to receive it.

Could blogs be the best way for churches to accomplish this?

Survey Says: Online Church a Very Important Issue

We recently started a new feature here at Christian Web Trends – a weekly poll. Here are the results from our first poll.

How important are the issues surrounding online church to the future of the church?

Favorite Thanksgiving Inspiration?

Here we are 2 days before Thanksgiving. I can almost taste the turkey and pie. But of course, that’s not the most important part of Thanksgiving. It’s really all about giving thanks to God for the many blessings he’s given us.

So, I thought I’d conclude our GratiTuesday series by asking…

What is your favorite Bible passage, hymn, poem, worship song, or other inspiration that stirs gratitude within you?

What’s Your Favorite Thanksgiving Recipe?

That question is way outside of comfort zone because outside of pancakes and eggs and occasionally throwing something on the grill, I don’t cook. If I had to submit my own recipe it would probably be for… cranberry sauce. 1) Buy a can of cranberry sauce, 2) open it, 3) put it in a serving dish.

Since that’s pretty lame, I got my wife, Jennifer’s recipe for…

What's Your Favorite Thanksgiving Memory? #Gratituesday

As mentioned last week, we’re doing a change of pace this month with our feature blog articles. Instead of the usual ministry/tech focus, we’re giving thanks for something each week, using the #Gratituesday Twitter hashtag, and encouraging you to do the same. This week: What’s your favorite thanksgiving memory?

Thank God for These Websites #Gratituesday

Attitude is everything. An attitude of gratitude changes everything. Each Tuesday in November we’re going to post about something we’re thankful for and invite you to join the conversation. Future Gratituesday posts will be less techy, but today here are 9 Websites I’m Thankful For

Say Hi to Ellen, our new Senior Web Developer

After searching far and wide for a Senior Web Applications Developer, we’ve added Ellen Annis to the OurChurch.Com team.  She started this week, and so I’d introduce her to everyone who reads our blog by doing a little interview and give you a chance to say, “Hi” to her.

Paul Steinbrueck: Hi Ellen, I want to [...]

Online Church = Spiritual Fast Food

I want to make it clear that I don’t think online church is completely worthless or always bad. But I don’t think it’s ideal. I don’t think it’s a long-term healthy situation. So let me try another analogy. Online church is like fast food.

Do you need a break from Facebook?

Earlier today I read the article Five reasons why I took a Facebreak. Here are the author’s 5 reasons for taking a break from Facebook. Do any of these points resonate with you? Do you need a break from Facebook?

Yahoo is Shutting Down GeoCities

Last week Yahoo announced it is shutting down free web hosting service GeoCities. Will you be sad to see them go? Do free hosting services have a future?

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