Christian Web Trends Blog

Tag Archives: church

Thom Rainer: Many of your websites are terrible

By Paul Steinbrueck May 23, 2013 243262 Comments2013-05-23+22%3A07%3A08Paul+Steinbrueck

Lifeway’s CEO has visited a lot of churches in recent months. He didn’t mince words when it comes to their websites.

church, web design

church, visitors, web design

What can a pastor do in social media with just 1 hour a week?

By Paul Steinbrueck May 1, 2013 242631 Comment2013-05-01+14%3A20%3A53Paul+Steinbrueck

That’s one of the questions DJ Chuang asked me last week in our Social Media Church hangout. My answer may surprise you!

church, communications

church, social media, social media strategy, time, time management

How do you advise pastors and church leaders to manage their time on social media?

By Paul Steinbrueck Apr 25, 2013 242532 Comments2013-04-25+14%3A53%3A43Paul+Steinbrueck

Pastors are busy people. How can they manage the time they spend using social media so it doesn’t become too time consuming? I answer that question in this excerpt from the Social Media Church video interview with DJ Chuang.

church, communications, social media

church, pastor, priorities, social media, time, time management

Pastor, Are You Using Twitter?

By Mike Mobley Apr 9, 2013 240870 CommentsPastor%2C+Are+You+Using+Twitter%3F2013-04-09+20%3A27%3A52Mike+Mobley

In this guest blog post, Mike Mobley shares 3 benefits pastors can experience from using Twitter.

social media

authenticity, church, relationships, social media, social networking, twitter

Who are you reaching?

By David Brown Jan 30, 2013 234071 CommentWho+are+you+reaching%3F2013-01-30+14%3A33%3A58David+Brown

Whether your church is big or small, urban or rural, you have the opportunity to reach many, many more for the Kingdom of God online.

church, social networking, technology

church, church marketing, community, evangelism, marketing, online church

Web Design Spotlight: First United Methodist Church, Middletown, Ohio

By Paul Steinbrueck Sep 27, 2012 229183 Comments2012-09-27+20%3A13%3A21Paul+Steinbrueck

We take a look at the website of First United Methodist Church of Middletown, OH and examine how specific design decisions and elements are helping them achieve their mission online.

church, web design

church, UMC, United Methodist Church, website

7 Ways Pastors Can Overcome Conflict in Social Media

By Paul Steinbrueck Aug 9, 2012 2277611 Comments2012-08-09+11%3A09%3A25Paul+Steinbrueck

Pastors, are you afraid to use social media because you fear someone will be offended, get upset or argue with you? Here are 7 suggestions for creating a healthy online culture in your church.

church, communications, social networking

church, conflict, culture, social media

How a Deaf Person Heard God Through My Blog

By waylonbailey Feb 13, 2012 222140 Comments2012-02-13+21%3A25%3A33waylonbailey

Waylon Baily guest blogs about how God used his blog to speak to a deaf woman in his church.

blogging

blog, blogging, church, deaf

Does Your Church Start with Why?

By Paul Steinbrueck Feb 1, 2012 221829 CommentsDoes+Your+Church+Start+with+Why%3F2012-02-01+12%3A04%3A32Paul+Steinbrueck

All the great and inspiring leaders and organizations in the world all think act and communicate in the exact same way. Does your church?

church, communications

cause, church, communiation, mission, purpose

10 Facebook Ideas For Your Church

By Paul Steinbrueck Oct 13, 2011 217415 Comments10+Facebook+Ideas+For+Your+Church2011-10-13+21%3A24%3A20Paul+Steinbrueck

Here are 10 ways your church can use Facebook to develop better community and communication among its members.

church, communications, social networking

church, community, Facebook

Older Entries

Poll

Which best describes your organization's approach to assessing the value/ROI of social media?

We diligently track the source of all sales/goals so we know what social media is producing.
We look at trends. If our use of social media correlates with an increase in our sales/goals that indicates it's value.
You can't put a dollar value on relationships and so we don't try to assess the value/ROI of social media.
We're doing some tracking of the source of sales/goals, so we have some numbers, but we also recognize there's more to the value of social media than those numbers.
We're experimenting with social media now. We'll tackle the value/ROI issue once we get a better idea of what we're doing.
We know we should be trying to assess the value of social media, but we just don't know how.
We're not using social media.

View Results

Loading ...

Polls Archive

[Your user agent does not support frames or is currently configured not to display frames.]	[Your user agent does not support frames or is currently configured not to display frames.]
[Your user agent does not support frames or is currently configured not to display frames.]	[Your user agent does not support frames or is currently configured not to display frames.]