Here, we publish useful information and ideas for all church leaders and communicators — mostly about church websites, but also about all other aspects of church communications and outreach. You’ll find information about best practices in website security, church email, social media, and much, much more.
The past six months have been the most challenging in the history of the modern church. As a pandemic forced spiritual communities worldwide to close their buildings, churches had to learn — quickly — how to provide Sunday services online, even as they lost their primary source of income, the…
First Presbyterian Church of Fayetteville, TN will welcome congregants back for Sunday service on May 31, marking the first time in 12 weeks that members will be able to greet each other in person. With many members over age 65, and therefore at the highest risk of complications from COVID-19,…
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…
If you are wondering whether or how long to cancel Sunday services, whether cleaning the church three times a week is enough, whether it’s still okay to host small classes, you can find reliable information many places and disinformation in many others. These reliable sources provide information that can help…
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…
Do you invite people attending Sunday services to shake hands during the service and hold hands at the end? Is your congregation full of huggers and kissers? Are your congregants expressing concerns, privately or publicly, about catching the coronavirus as a result what goes on before, during and after your…
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