Category: Communications
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How to Fire Church Plant Staff, part 2
As you continue to work through how to fire church plant staff, be sure to keep it a very human process by communicating well. Letting someone go from your church staff isn’t going to be easy. And how you communicate it will have a huge impact on how it goes with the employee and on…
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4 Keys to Creating a Church Emergency Response Plan
How does your church plant go about creating a church emergency response plan? There are 4 keys to having a solid plan in place. Gone are the days of burying our heads in the sand. I know this is a potentially touchy subject, but it’s one that every church needs to put at least some…
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How to Capture Names Without Seeming Pushy
The following is a guest post from Don Corder of The Provisum Group, a friend in ministry that shares my heart for making church management and administration easier for pastors. Figuring out how to capture names without seeming pushy is key. In 1936, Dale Carnegie wrote one of the best books ever written on forming…
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10 Things to Consider When Shooting Church Staff Video Bios
As you’re building the website for your church plant, you should consider including church staff video bios instead of just pictures on your staff page. Staff Pages Rank High Most people will check out a church’s website before their first visit. But which pages do they hit when they’re deciding whether or not to come?…
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How to Sync Church Calendars to Save Your Sanity
Ever get sick of having to create the same church event over and over on different platforms? If only you could sync church calendars so you only had to enter each event once! It usually goes like this: you’ve planned an event for your church plant. It’s going to be awesome. You need to get…
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How to Use a Church Drip Campaign
Ever had trouble remembering to send followup emails to guests of your church? Or getting a staff member or a volunteer to? Setting up a church drip campaign is a great way to create a consistent, timely series of followup emails or SMS messages so you don’t have to remember. With a church drip campaign,…
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What to Leave Off your Church Connection Card
The church connection card has been around for decades. They even predate churches using computers. Here’s a question – is your church connection card still asking the same questions as those old cards we used to grab from the back of the pew and fill out with the golf pencil? Current generations are less trusting…
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Church Page vs Church Group on Facebook
Have you ever been confused about whether to use a church Page vs church Group on Facebook? No, they aren’t the same thing, and you should probably know the difference before you jump in. The further you get down the path of using either a church Page vs church Group on Facebook, the harder it…
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Free Church Photo Release Forms
Having a fun event this summer? Great! Taking pictures, too? Even better! But you can’t just post those pictures on your church website or Facebook page without having signed church photo release forms. Here’s why: Jeopardizing Children Picture copyright issues aside, I see the biggest issue as children’s safety. Consider these scenarios that could very…