Communication

With the New Year just around the bend, it's time to reevaluate your productivity and see how you can retool to refine and improve. Excellent church time management is possible, even for the busiest pastors, staff, or church communicators. How can you successfully manage your time? The infographic below has these 25 wise tips:

Churches often welcome visitors to these services and see an increase in attendance. Guests may be friends and family of current members, and often these 'extras' only attend church a few times a year on these special occasions. These guests might also be looking for a new church home. 'Tis the season to make a good first impression.

It’s easy to be thankful when you've got a stomach full of turkey and pumpkin pie while watching football surrounded by family. But expressing gratitude shouldn’t be limited to Turkey Day. Especially in the church, we should have a Thanksgiving mindset all year round. And that attitude of gratitude should be incorporated into your communication strategy.

There's a lot of buzz around social media marketing, but email - the tried and true channel - shouldn't be ignored or neglected. It's the one platform everyone has and if you set things up correctly, your emails will end up in someone's inbox where it will get some of their attention. Compare this to a Facebook post or a Twitter tweet that can just fly by along with everyone else's updates.

Why is a church logo so important? Because logos capture and communicate the identity of your church. And in a world bombarded by advertisements at every turn, this is more important than ever. Merriam-Webster defines a logo as "an identifying symbol." In his book, Logo Design Love, designer David Airey explains, "For thousands of years, humans have needed and desired social identification. Think of the farmer who brands his cattle to mark his ownership or the stonemason who chisels his trademark."

Why do church leaders attend conferences? What is the purpose of these gatherings and what do leaders gain by attending? The simple answer is that the conference atmosphere often provides church leaders precious time away from the grind of church life to refresh, learn, expand, gather resources, and connect with other leaders. Conferences, especially if your whole leadership team can go together, are also great places to learn and grow as a group. Teams can even set aside specific time to cast vision, pray, and plan for the future. Choosing the right conferences to attend is important.

Connecting and communicating with millennials is the focus of industries worldwide. Within the ever-changing digital landscape, modern millennial communication continues to be dominated by social media trends. Churches also want to meet, support, and communicate with their millennial members effectively. After all, they are the leaders of tomorrow, right?

Pastors, church office staff, worship directors and children’s ministry leaders all find a time when they are ready to make a change or a move to a different ministry position. When God calls us to make these changes, where do we begin? This is no small task and it is helpful to have a set of solutions at the ready. Here are 8 church job websites that can help kick-start the process: