3rd time a charm!

Frankly, my local church website was hacked 3 times after having that same website sit for years without attention. The result? Members weren’t able to pay tithes online for a limited time. Others saw images they weren’t supposed to see on a church website, and many others were redirected to make purchases of viagra.

I recently saw an article in the Adventist Review. Did you see it?

church ditching bulletins

Chances are that a percentage of your bulletin readers are active on and subscribed to your Facebook page. Perhaps, a call or text blast is enough. Many of our crossmrkt.com clients are using text this way. Others, like RPC Adventist Church is using our pocketpew.com mobile app to add the pdfs there. Sligo SDA Church uses Issuu (https://issuu.com/sligochurch) to load up their bulletins. My church pastor sends out an email, and we, at times, post it on Facebook. Faithvox.com is working on this issue by first understanding what does an event mean and what can be included on your website

You might not need another website (Do this instead)

why content matters

There’s no such thing as a perfect website, and so many pastors want to wait to get their site up because they want to include everything that’s happening at the church. While you want to be sure you have a great site, simplicity is good too, as long as you’re showing your visitors how unique your church is.

Is Dot church only about being cool?

Hint, no!

Last week, I sent out (Part 2) Church Online: The Steps, along with the story of being the only “delivery nurse” at our 2nd son’s birth. The replies made me laugh as well as reflect. Thanks for that. God is good! The final part, Part 3, is already written and will be published soon. Stay […]

The Shoe House

Building an Effective Communication Strategy for a Children’s Ministry

There are some ministries that can feel like the old woman in the shoe from the nursery rhymes. A children’s ministry is one of those. Generally, you have three audiences to work with: the kids, the staff and the parents. Over the last year or so, I had worked closely with the Houston Central Adventurers […]