Archive for Ministry
Top 5 Reasons for Using WordPress for Your Church Website
Today, I published episode #6 of the MinistryStory church marketing and communications podcast. Today’s episode focuses on answering a question I have been getting a lot over the past year. Why do you use WordPress as the foundation or platform for the church websites you develop? I have answered that fully in the podcast. As [...]
18 Years Ago Today
My Story: Valley of Despair It was a day exactly like today. The weather forecasters were scheduling a a huge snowstorm to strike our region starting around noon. It was Thursday, January 21, 1993. I was out of town on the tail-end of a business trip and I decided to drive home early that morning so I [...]
Crunched
I just wanted to say thank you to John Saddington over at Church Crunch for giving my church marketing and communications podcast a little profile on his blog. I appreciate it John! If you haven’t spent time on the network of resources that are available over there I would encourage you to. Every week I learn something [...]
Give Your Church Some Good WOM
WOM…Word of Mouth. Often called Word of Mouth Marketing is the most powerful marketing your church can leverage. Trust + Talking It is the power of building off of the trust relationships people have in their sphere of influence, their networks with their friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors. When people talk positively about a product, service, or organization [...]
An Education Resource For Pastors
Please take a few minutes to let me tell you personally why I have started the MinistryStory church marketing and communications podcast (video embedded below) and you can read the official news release here… Let me know what you think about it!
5 Things You Can Learn from Me Falling Off My Roof
Yes, that’s right. I fell off the roof of my house. Nine feet and landed on my deck…fortunately I am uninjured, just a few minor bruises and slightly hurt pride. What Caused The Fall So here’s the scoop. It snowed here on Sunday morning. A wet sticky snow which subsequently pasted itself to my satellite [...]
Church Marketing Insights From A Mystery Worshiper
I recently met Greg Atkinson at a conference and he graciously gave of his time to sit down with me to record our conversation about his experiences as a church mystery worshiper or church secret shopper. He is hired by churches all over the Unites States to come in “unannounced” and provide feedback on his experiences as a first-time [...]

