Your church needs a social media policy
Consider these guidelines as a starting point for a discussion in your church about how to help your members engage social media.
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The local church is the headquarters of our Southern Baptist Convention
By Ronnie Floyd The SBC is a convention of churches. Churches plant churches, and churches send missionaries. Associations, state conventions, and national entities do not plant churches or send missionaries. These regional, statewide, and national Baptist bodies have the role of assisting churches in their Great Commission work. The local church is the headquarters of […]
We adopted a church: Six lessons learned after one year
This was originally posted at ChurchAnswers.com. By Sam Rainer Some dying churches are saved through revitalization or relaunches. Others are saved through the process of adoption. When a church is adopted, a healthier and stronger congregation receives a more vulnerable congregation into the family. Two families are brought together. Some refer to this arrangement as […]
Five ways churches will have changed one year from now
This article was originally posted at churchanswers.com on August 17. I am not prophetic. And if I am prescient, it’s only because I have the incredible vantage point of hearing from tens of thousands of church leaders every year. While it is admittedly difficult to project trends in typical times, it is exceedingly difficult to […]
15 ways to recognize control freaks in your church
I’ve seen too many churches with laypersons (and pastors, for that matter, though I’m focusing on laity with this post) who want to control the show. Here are some markers of those folks: They’ve been at the church for a while. At least in the established church, they assume that their tenure gives them the right […]
OPINION: 3 insights COVID-19 has revealed about Online Church
This post originally appeared on ChurchAnswers.com. By Darrel Girardier If you’re like most churches during this pandemic, you’ve been thrust in the world of Online Church. Now “Online Church” has many different names, flavors, and forms. For some it means just streaming the worship service to Facebook, for others, it means Zoom small groups or […]
Bible Study for Aug. 16: We encourage one another
“…we must never let a screen replace the people of God. We must fight to stay committed to the church.”
Most churches have stopped gathering, few plan to meet on Easter
“The lack of presence pains many pastors and their congregations, but they are utilizing technology like never before to stay connected until they can meet again.”
3 ways Facebook can be extenstion of church’s ministry
So many social media platforms exist today. It can be hard to know what platforms are worth our time and what platforms should be ignored. It is almost without question, however, that Facebook is worth a church’s attention as much as any social media platform.A church having a Facebook page really is about as important […]
The retired pastor
By Thom RainerTens of thousands of pastors and other church staff members are becoming retirement age each year. We have not seen anything like this phenomenon. These church leaders are reaching retirement age, but they still have many years of active ministry and life left in them. How will they respond? How will churches respond? We […]
Change the culture, change the church
Jim Powell, in his book “Dirt Matters” describes church culture as “a complex blend of norms, beliefs, attitudes, traditions and practices that define the congregation.” All churches have a predictable way of behaving that is often informed by a combination of factors.Sometimes a church’s culture is characterized by some institutionalized reaction to a particularly traumatic […]