Although the day you can resume in-person Sunday services may be weeks away, you’re likely already thinking about that day — and how to prepare for it. Just in case you haven’t already thought of everything, here are some important issues to consider: What if the size of gatherings is…
Closed churches. Empty collection plates. Defiant (and arrested) church leaders. Death threats. Dead pastors and congregants. Who could have imagined any of it? And yet, that’s the news that has filled our inbox in the past six weeks. Here is a roundup of stories about the way the pandemic caused…
Here’s a collection of videos creating during live streaming of church services on March 22. While a few churches have plenty of experience and equipment for broadcasting on Facebook or YouTube (or both), many were streaming for the first time. Whether you’re interested in what others are doing or you’re…
March 16 — The Centers for Disease Control, in efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, recently recommended that large gatherings be canceled and that people age 60 and over avoid such gatherings — even services in churches. While some churches offered services as usual yesterday, many provided online-only…
If your church is scrambling to set up live streaming because you’re not holding your usual Sunday services, here is the good news: Through videos, blog posts and offers of one-on-one help, people who have experience in live streaming church services offer pointers for getting started with live streaming. Steve…
Unlike so many churches, Water and Stone Church in St. Petersburg, Florida, is perfectly positioned to move from in-person Sunday services to live streaming those services from anywhere. This Sunday, March 15, Water and Stone will switch to streaming-only services because the University of South Florida has closed the hall…
A few folks are likely to miss or arrive late for your Sunday service on March 8, when Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m. That’s when we all “spring forward,” so we set our clocks ahead one hour at bedtime the night before. You can help your people show…
If your website is not attracting Sunday visitors and engaging your members, you’re not alone. Two out of three churches consider their websites ineffective, according to Best Practices in Internet Ministry, a study by David T. Bourgeois, Ph.D., associate professor at Biola University’s Crowell School of Business. That’s the bad…
If you’re thinking your church needs an app, you’re probably wondering what a church app is going to cost. Here are published costs of some of the leading apps for churches, current as of early June 2018. Before you buy, though, please read Do You Really Need a Church App?…
To be legally compliant, your website must include a Privacy Policy that explains to your website’s visitors: What information you collect about visitors to your website; How you collect that information (cookies, sign-up forms, contact forms, comment forms, etc.); Which third parties, such as YouTube and Google Analytics, also collect…
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