As mentioned yesterday, we’re kicking off an in-depth conversation about online church. I think the place to start this conversation is by looking at what specifically an organization must be and do to be a “real,” biblical church whether online or offline. Which of these do you believe is necessary for a church to be a biblical church? And why?
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As I mentioned in my review earlier today, Douglas Estes’s book SimChurch takes the conversation about online church to the next level. I would like to build on what that by organizing a more in-depth discussion about various aspects of online church. Here’s a tentative schedule of the topics we’re going to cover here over the next several weeks.
“Is a virtual church a real, authentic and valid expression of the church of Jesus Christ?”
This is the question Pastor/Dr. Douglas Estes explores in his book SimChurch.
The Alva Review-Courier, based in the megalopolis of Alva, OK (pop 4,848) published an article today entitled Social Networking Sites Benefit Pastors, Congregations in Many Ways. The author if the piece, Kathleen Lourde, interviewed several pastors in Alva as well as some guy with the same name as me. 😉
It explains many of the benefits to pastors using social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Twitter.
Leverage is where Chris Brogan and Julien Smith take us throughout the second half of chapter four. But it was one sentence toward the middle of chapter four that’s been swirling around in my brain for the last few days… “Don’t ever sell to your audience. Instead, be their gatekeeper.”
Does social media empower or impair our call to act as the body of Christ? Let’s examine together how we…
Online discipleship, building community and outreach are often talked about, but what is working? Come hear case studies, best practices…
Today I’ll be blogging live from the first ever Cultivate Conference in Chicago. Cultivate is being described as less of a conference (which tends to be a few people speaking and the vast majority sitting back and listening) and more of a series of “organized conversations” for participants to discuss issues related to church communications.
When it comes to creating a website for businesses, there are some very crucial features that you should include. These are things that are important to maintaining your brand, keeping your customers informed and allowing your customers to get to know you or your company on a more personal level.
Over the past week I’ve written about what usability tests are, why they are beneficial for businesses and organizations and how any company/org can perform usability tests. Hopefully, everyone has already started planning their next usability test, but just in case you’re not yet sure, I thought I’d address some common reasons organizations don’t do usability tests: