Posts under ‘Church blogs’

I’m meeting with an old friend today to give him some advice about upgrading his church website from what was almost popular more than a decade ago.
His church doesn’t sound like it’s web 2.0 savvy, but very aware that it needs to update its web presence to minister effectively in its community.
I’m working on advice [...]

For churches in Michigan, St. Lukes Lutheran Church in Haslett is cutting new ground with its recent bold step into web 2.0 and social media. It’s redesigned web site includes a pastor’s blog and podcasts of sermons.
Anybody have comments, suggestions or affirmations that might help this congregation just east of Michigan State University (MSU) [...]

To answer this question, I posted this quote on the Facebook page for MyCapitolWeb.com LLC:
In their book, The Blogging Church, Brian Bailey and Terry Storch say:
“Blogging is simply online hospitality-opening your door, inviting people inside, and sharing stories. People want to be part of something greater than themselves. They want to find common ground with [...]

Sure, more pastors are putting audio of their sermons online. But, is it worth the effort?
Here’s one answer from Pastor Mark Batterson of the National Community Church in Washington, D.C. who shares stats from his website about downloads of his sermons. In his blog he reports:
“Our digital pastor, David Russell, just shared some [...]

Pastors around the country have started blogs and blog on a regular basis, some more regular than others. I’m using this post to move my Pastor’s Blogroll from the left margin to this post:
Pastor Buddy Creamans of Northway Church, New York. (Note:  Added Aug. 18, 07)
Pastor Dale Argot of Shepherd of Preston Wesleyan [...]

I feel like I really know Pastor Mark Batterson of National Community Church in Washington, D.C. I’ve only been to his church once, but I hear from him just about everyday.
I know his heart, his family, his values, how he likes to spend his free time, background about why he wrote his new [...]

Short-term mission teams from churches throughout the United States fan out throughout the world all year long. Name a country on any continent and you’ll probably find a team sent by a local church.
The effort to plan and implement such a trip is monumental. Financial support has to be raised, mission goals have [...]

Pastors I’ve known seem to constantly have all kinds of figurative plates spinning in the air on the end of long sticks. At any point in time, some slow down in their spin and either fall or come close to falling.
With a blog, they can easily share information on a wide-variety of topics with [...]