Podcast: Christmas Outreach to the Community

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Listen in as one church tells the story of getting their Christmas events out to a few thousand people during a town Christmas event.I interview Kevin Cunningham, outreach pastor of a church in Nashua New Hampshire, a town of about 80,000. Christmas OutreachEach year on the Saturday after … [Read more...]

Podcast: Press Releases for Churches

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Press releases can be free publicity for your church as part of your marketing.Church press releases are remarkably simple to do once you understand some basic points and setup a distribution system for your church press release. How 1st PC Uses Press Releases I recently spoke with Richard … [Read more...]

Reduce Friction on Your Church Website

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Can potential first time church visitors find out the information they need on your church website landing page?What do you think are some of the most common questions of your website visitor?Here is what I think (though I don't have data to prove it):Where is the church? What does … [Read more...]

Church Websites Help Visitors find your Church

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This Easter, some people might want to visit your church.This Holy Week, some out of town guests may want to visit your special services for holy week.You don't know who they are.They don't know where they want to go.God has given these first time church visitors spiritual thirst … [Read more...]

7 Ways to Prepare Your Church for Mothers Day

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1. Bathroom sniff test. Yes, I’m serious.Ever been blown over by that uniquely powerful smell?You know what I mean.  What’s the first room you clean in your own home whencompany is coming?I rest my case. Is your church bathroom up to “company standards?”Put some nice … [Read more...]

Starting a New Evangelism Committee?

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A reader recently submitted submitted a question via Ask Evangelism Coach section. Recently my church has formed an evangelism outreach group. The group consists of two members and myself. I am leading the evangelism ministry but am new to this and although my drive and desire is strong...I'm not … [Read more...]

2 Tips to Improve your Church Press Release

Many churches have special events that they would like to inform the public about.  One technique is to issue a press release, often published in the local section in Religious notes. Here is another press release that I found in May.  I'll simply reproduce the text from the Religion notes … [Read more...]

How to Make Church Announcements Visitor Friendly

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Printed AnnouncementsMany churches still use a bulletin or program to share the news of community life.Do you proofread your announcements? Is the font easy to read? Does the bulletin appear professional (not a 7th generation photocopy) Are contact names and phone numbers included?  … [Read more...]