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Why the Best Church Communicators Need to Be Leaders––Not Followers

Posted by Joanna Gray

You may be in the "flock" of the church, but on your communications team, you're a shepherd. You lead the rest of your team in the church communications strategy, and you provide direction and insight.

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Topics: Strategy, Ministry Insight, Featured

3 Easy Steps for Empowering Anyone Who Works on Your Church Website

Posted by Joanna Gray

“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”
Ephesians 4:2
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Topics: Best Practices, Strategy, Featured

[Free Download] Hand-Painted Advent Graphics (and more!)

Posted by Joanna Gray

Usually, I’m pretty strict and don’t let myself start listening to Christmas music until I’m “allowed” to. This year that’s November 29th, the first Sunday of Advent. But I’m bending my rules a bit and listening to some of my favorites while I write to...

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Topics: Design, Featured

Secular and Church Content Ain’t So Different After All

Posted by Joanna Gray

Just because a business isn’t religious doesn’t mean it can’t be inspiring. Every day, I’m confronted with thousands of brands, companies, and products that say, “Buy me! I’m the best!” But what really convinces me, as a consumer, to form brand loyalty...

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Topics: Strategy, Featured

How to Use Storytelling When Growing an Engaged Church

Posted by Joanna Gray

“Marketing” sometimes sounds like a dirty word to us church communicators. It sounds cold, official, maybe even a little standoffish, and it certainly doesn’t appear in the gospel. But that doesn’t mean we can ignore it.

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Topics: Best Practices, Strategy, Featured

Is Your Church Content Actually Impactful? Start Measuring Now

Posted by Joanna Gray

Lucy and Ethel are always up to their elbows in trouble––but on this episode of I Love Lucy, they literally get up to their elbows in bread. A slab of floury, white, unbaked dough hangs from Lucy’s hands, stretching toward the floor while Ethel helps...

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Topics: Strategy, Featured

The Skillsets Every Church Communications Team Needs

Posted by Joanna Gray

“Who are you when you’re hungry?”

I love this Snickers tagline––partially because it’s funny, but mostly because it’s totally true. We all act differently when we’re a little hangry (so hungry we get a little angry). Actually, I think we all change...

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Topics: Best Practices, Strategy, Featured

3 Keys (and a Bonus Tip) to Church Website Design

Posted by Joanna Gray

[This post originally appeared on Tony Morgan's Unstuck Group. We are happy to share it with you, as well.]

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Topics: Design, Best Practices

12 of the Best Church Websites Launched in 2015

Posted by Joanna Gray

If there was an award show for church websites, we’d be there, walking the red carpet in diamonds and fancy suits. We’re proud to be ministry partners with churches of all sizes, denominations, and locations––and when we look back on the year in...

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Topics: Design, Featured

How to Host a Church Podcast (For Beginners!)

Posted by Joanna Gray

17% of Americans listen to podcasts at least once a month. This is double––double––the percentage it was just a handful of years ago! Radio shows like NPR’s This American Life and Serial have simply gone viral. Serial shattered download records to reach...

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Topics: Best Practices, Strategy, Featured