Pastor, Church Communications Guy, Church Website Designer & Blogger
In the world of social media, there's a common scenario that goes a little something like this:
FOLLOWEE TO NEW FOLLOWER: Hi! Thanks for following. Check out my services and my blog, and like me on Facebook!
In other words, I don't know you or care who you are. I just want you to know me and buy my …
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With all this data being created every minute of the day, how is the gospel being heard? What do we need to do to connect with people and share the story of Jesus in a way that gets attention and draws people to Jesus in the right way?
Infographic by DOMO. …
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The people at MBAonline.com have put together a detailed infographic representing what happens in a 24 hour life cycle on the internet. It's fascinating, but even more, it's important for church leaders to "know the times" and understand how churchgoers and non-churchgoers alike tend to think, interact, …
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Blogging is such a weird word. We never used it until people started keeping "logs" on the "web" of their life called "weblog" and for some reason, we dropped the "we" and were left with the art of blogging. And in a sense, it has changed everything. How? Because now, everyone is a publisher.
Every business, …
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Can you effectively lead a church without being on Facebook? It may not be such a dumb question, in my opinion. Can you lead, teach, and shepherd without technology? Sure. But can you infiltrate the culture with the gospel while walking in a circle of avoidance around the culture? To put it another way, can you …
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Just a note: This is one of those self-reflective, more-to-myself-than-to-you posts.
Come on. Die already - social media conferences, social media blogs, and conversations about social media conferences and blogs. Are you with me? (I actually enjoy conferences, but I'm trying to appeal to the side of you …
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I'm not a social media manager, but social media management is a big part of what I do every day in relation to Saddleback and Pastors.com. So I identify closely with this infographic (courtesy of the SocialCast blog. …
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Yesterday, we kicked off the first day of Saddleback's annual conference for church leaders, Radicalis. (In fact, you can still see it for free at Radicalis.com for free with the code "RADRICK11".) One of my responsibilities is monitoring the social networking streams for mentions of our conference using the …
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I'm madly in love with Angie Cox and my two kids. And I'm loved and forgiven by an infinitely gracious God! I'm a Pastor, Church Planter, Editor, and Community Facilitator.
