Ekklesia 360

How to Keep Your Congregation Active On Your Church Website

Posted by Joanna Gray

The Lord will guide you always;

he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land

and will strengthen your frame.

You will be like a well-watered garden,

like a spring whose waters never fail.

Isaiah 58:11

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Topics: Strategy

6 Hurdles Every Church Communications Leader Needs to Jump

Posted by Joanna Gray

Running the brand and communications of the church on a weekly basis is similar to running a race. You’re working toward a finish line: Sunday. The congregation is like a home team crowd, and they want you to win. They want to know what’s going on in the...

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Topics: Best Practices, Strategy

3 Key Questions You Should Ask About Church Website Integrations

Posted by Joanna Gray

You’ve heard the adage since you were a kid: “Many hands make light work.” You learned in a job setting that this doesn’t just apply to people. There are so many types of software and tools out there that make communicating a heck of a lot easier:...

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Topics: Best Practices, Strategy, Featured

Use Your Church Website to Welcome New Visitors to Your Church

Posted by Jodi Roberts

Most likely, your church really wants to reach new people.

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Save 5 Hours a Week With This Church Communications Tool

Posted by Joanna Gray

Disregard is an ugly habit––and it sneaks into the workplace in unsuspecting ways. Even in strong church leadership teams, not being considerate of each others’ time is all too common. With many events and member groups to tend to, campaigns to manage,...

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Topics: Best Practices, Strategy

Why You Should Choose an Expert Ministry Partner vs. a Local Design Firm

Posted by Korrie Bartels

When churches first engage with us, we often hear about local design agencies that are competing for their business. Deciding what is the best organization to work with can certainly be a stressful decision for any church communicator. Local agencies...

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Church Mission Statements Make the Difference: Write Yours in 6 Steps

Posted by Joanna Gray

When I travel, I always ask two questions: “Where are the best donuts?” and “What’s a good church to try?” The donut question never fails to get a lively conversation going -- I usually end up with several solid suggestions, directions, flavors to try,...

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Topics: Best Practices, Strategy

6 Software Tools Church Communicators Can’t Live Without

Posted by Joanna Gray

Aren’t you glad we don’t have to churn our own butter or make our own candles? And we even have electric lights! The best way to tell people the news used to be a town crier and a handbill tacked up in the village square. Pastors used to have to ride on...

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Topics: Best Practices, Strategy

3 Ways to Be Constantly Improving Your Church Website

Posted by Joanna Gray

You know how it is: We’re all going along, minding our own business, looking stuff up, maybe even working, and then, blam! BuzzFeed! Twitter buzzes, Pandora plays an ad, the microwave beeps. “Squirrel!”––anything can be a distraction. Visitors to your...

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Topics: Strategy

48 Free Ministry Icons You Can Download Now

Posted by Jenn Craycraft

If you're a church communicator or a church graphic designer, chances are you've experienced the seemingly never-ending search for the perfect ministry icons. 

Well, look no further because the design team here at MonkDev, builders of Ekklesia 360,...

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Topics: Design, Featured