communications

What got you here won’t get you there. As churches approach the 1,000 mark in weekend service attendance they can often find that their growth slows down. This is often identified as a “barrier” to growth that many churches can’t seem to get over. In fact, only 2% of churches...

Baptism is a vitally important part of discipleship process for the people at your church. It's also an amazing time in the life of your church. Make sure that you are leveraging this opportunity in the life of your church to communicate about all the life change that is taking...

Horizontal hostility is a sociological phenomenon used to describe infighting or factionalism within a minority movement. Rather than banding together, subgroups snipe and fight with each other. It’s that weird thing that happens in small subcultures - when outsiders look in, they can’t believe the groups fighting each other. Some...

“The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields." - Jesus (Luke 10:2) It is a fact that doing one service every Sunday is easier than doing two. There...

Red Bull is an Austrian energy drink company with the highest market share than any energy drink in the world, with over 5.4 billion cans sold every year! You probably know them because of their slogan "it gives you wings.” and their strong association with all thing young and energetic! Red...

You've worked so hard to get your guests to come to Easter ... now invite them to come back! Each Graphic Style Includes: On Screen Slide // To used in service when you are asking people to come. Instagram Square // Formated and ready for use. Facebook Post Image //...

Even in a church of a few hundred people, it’s easy for folks to get lost. People can slip through the cracks and you will not be able to serve them well. Regardless of the church size, we need to constantly consider how people are plugging into our ministry. There...

Welcome back, everybody, and thanks for tuning in today for another episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today we have Ben Stapley,  the creative pastor at Liquid Church in New Jersey. Liquid Church started 10 years ago in the northeast of New Jersey. They currently have six campuses and about 2500...

For over 200 episodes of the unSeminary Podcast, we have been asking what are the online tools or resources church leaders have been using to make their ministry easier. We have heard rave reviews about Evernote & Slack but I know there are other tools that might be helpful that...

Joanna la Fleur is the Creative Communications Director at C4 Church in the Eastern Suburbs of Toronto, Canada. This is a fast growing multisite church aiming to impact 10,000 people within their community. In this conversation, Joanna provides some uber practical advice on how to balance all the various communications...