All the leading voices agree — online church services are not just recording church. So then, what is online church? Here are some of the best principles experts agree on about how to think of online church.
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In past years, many of us have separated how businesses run from how churches run. The church isn’t about making a profit and getting more revenue, but that doesn’t mean there are a lot of things we can learn about operations, efficiency, and even the techniques of onboarding.
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All the leading voices agree — online church services are not just recording church. So then, what is online church? Here are some of the best principles experts agree on about how to think of online church.
Most of us have visited a new church for the first time. It’s a unique experience and one that many churches struggle to perfect. Thinking through each step that affects a newcomer can be tricky, especially if you have been part of the church for years and know everything there is to know.
There are still many educators for whom online education represents uncharted territory or a medium for which their skills are “good enough,” and not excellent. Here are a couple reasons to level up the online experience for students with a video-sharing platform.
For all churches, the pursuit of efficiency is high on the list of things to achieve. When churches and Sunday services run efficiently, the church serving experience is far less stressed and everyone is released to be more Kingdom-focused than system-focused. This is why churches must use integrated ministry platforms to aid their tasks.
In past years, many of us have separated how businesses run from how churches run. The church isn’t about making a profit and getting more revenue, but that doesn’t mean there are a lot of things we can learn about operations, efficiency, and even the techniques of onboarding.
Now that there are actual VR churches in existence – ones with real congregations and even baptisms – it’s clear that we do not have to wait for a world where church can be held in the metaverse any longer. In this article, we’ll explore what is making it easier than ever.
Bible software can be a great resource for Bible study, graduate studies, sermon prep, personal devotions, group reading plans, and the list goes on. But with so many different options on the market, it can be hard to know which one is right for you. The following considerations will help.
Drafting your sermon application could be tedious, especially looking for actionable sections of your passage. With the use of Logos Bible Software, you could have these imperative verbs highlighted automatically, making sermon prep easier.
At the rate of 30% of volunteers quitting to serve each year, the church doesn’t want to give willing community members a reason to join that statistic. Using smart software that allows volunteers to easily and quickly sign up for opportunities helps.
Get featured on the Church Tech Today blog when you answer some industry-specific questions about your workstation, your gear, and your church's livestream details.
Lighting consoles are the stuff of dreams when you’re a church lighting director. For Jeremiah Trombley from San Antonio’s CityChurch, he has found a solution in the Hog4 Lighting Rig.
Tyndale offers several editions of the Filament Bible that pair with Filament, an app filled with study tools, devotionals, videos, and interactive content.
First-time guests are the lifeblood for churches. Yet, the average number of first-time guests that become regular attendees in churches today is only 10 percent. While most church leaders want to make a good first impression, it takes more than good intentions to effectively engage them in a way that helps them move towards becoming a fully-engaged member.
Technology can play a key role in helping your church identify, improve, and activate an assimilation process that grows your church by effectively integrating first-time guests.
Here are five ways technology helps accelerate church growth:
1) Technology helps you define your church’s first-time guest process.
It only takes seven minutes for a guest to formulate a first impression of your church. Technology helps you define your church’s first-time guest process by helping you evaluate when they are being greeted and how they are being greeted.
2) Technology helps you train and coordinate your welcome team.
Volunteers who understand the importance of their role and are equipped to fulfill their responsibilities are essential for effectively welcoming first-time guests. Technology not only helps you train volunteers, it also helps you manage and communicate with volunteers more effectively.
3) Technology ensures you don’t lose track of your guests.
Because an important part of the experience is making follow-up contact with guests after their first visit, you’ll need to engage your guests in a way that prompts them to give some personal information. Whatever you do, gathering information about first-time guests is vital. Technology ensures your don’t lose track of your guests by eliminating data silos and unifying the information you gathered into one place.
4) Technology improves the way you follow up and follow through with guests.
You can record a first-time guest’s personal communication preferences and follow up in a way that’s most appealing to them. Technology also allows you to assign contacts for initial follow-up and track activity through the assimilation process so no one falls through the cracks.
5) Technology supports your goal to connect guests to your church community.
Technology improves engagement and retention by making it easier for guests to find and get involved with a group similar to them. Once they have established some relationships, technology helps guide them toward taking responsibility for their own spiritual development and for a portion of one of the ministries within the church.
Assimilation and church growth don’t just happen automatically. It takes time, planning, and persistence to make it work. By combining these five things with the others outlined in “Accelerate Church Growth: 7 Steps to Engage First-Time Visitors,” your church will have a detailed system for accelerating church growth and ensuring that every first-time guest becomes a fully-engaged member.
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Good article. I have done all of the above in a very low tech way (stack of visitor cards on my desk) with very good success. However, good tech would obviously make it easier. The key is recognizing the truth of your opening paragraph–guests are the lifeblood and you must be intentional in reaching them.
Terry Reed
Small Church Tools
All the leading voices agree — online church services are not just recording church. So then, what is online church? Here are some of the best principles experts agree on about how to think of online church.
Most of us have visited a new church for the first time. It’s a unique experience and one that many churches struggle to perfect. Thinking through each step that affects a newcomer can be tricky, especially if you have been part of the church for years and know everything there is to know.
Leadership Network is hosting the Metaverse Summit on May 18, 2022. The online event is available with free registration.
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Good article. I have done all of the above in a very low tech way (stack of visitor cards on my desk) with very good success. However, good tech would obviously make it easier. The key is recognizing the truth of your opening paragraph–guests are the lifeblood and you must be intentional in reaching them.
Terry Reed
Small Church Tools