Archive for February, 2007
5 Benefits of Blogging for Pastors
Posted by: | CommentsToday’s guest post is by Paul Peterson, lead pastor at Northgate Free Methodist Church, located in Batavia, New York. If you’d like to be a guest contributor to CCP, use the contact form to let me know. –CM
I’ve been bloggging since November 2006 and, as a pastor, I have discovered some GREAT benefits as a result of blogging.
Here are my 5 benefits of blogging for pastors: Read More→
OKC Crossings Community Church’s New Member Class Survey
Posted by: | CommentsCrossing Community Church is almost located out our church’s backdoor in Oklahoma City. They are a dynamic church with a great eye for church communications and marketing.
I had the privilege of meeting their director of internal communications, Jennifer Ayotte, recently at what I had to be the first of many Oklahoma City Church Communications lunches. Anyway … during the meeting she mentioned the short survey they do in their new members class, or their pastor’s class.
She has given me permission to post it for you all to see, use, etc.
A Small Church Pastor’s 5 Reasons for Using WordPress on Their Church Website
Posted by: | CommentsThis is a guest post written by Micah Fries
As a pastor of a small church who feels like they are slightly more adept at handling technology than the average pastor, I still recognize that there is an enormous gap between what I am comfortable dealing with and what is available in the world of technology, particularly as it relates to the setting of the local church.
If I, who utilizes technology fairly often, find it to often be confusing I can only imagine that it must be almost dizzying for most church leaders, particularly leaders in small churches who often feel technologically inadequate.
So today I want to take just a few minutes and share some personal motivations for using WordPress as our church’s website management system. I hope that if you are a pastor a small church and/or ministry, these reasons will help motivate you to choose WordPress for you website needs.
Here’s my five reasons for using WordPress on your church website: Read More→
Rockin’ Church Website: John Piper’s Bethlehem Baptist’s New Redesign
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Check out John Piper’s Bethlehem Baptist’s new church website redesign. …
I’m really fond of their church logo. The colors on the site are calming, pleasing to the eye. And I love their domain name: http://HopeInGod.org
What do you think?
[Found via Challies]
Resources and Links for 2/26/07
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s some links and resources for your surfing pleasure:
- The History of Branding site is pretty neat site displaying the history of some of the most famous brands including Starbucks, Yahoo!, etc.
- Sexual Abuse Advocates Target the SBC
- Google Operating System blog tells Bloggers using Blogger.com how to back up their blogs. (Via ProBlogger)
- Clicky uses Google Maps to show where your blog or church website guests are located. (Via MP)
- Nathan just released a Blue and Green version of my RockinBlue 2-column WordPress Theme. Check it out.
- StumbleUpon is an insanely fun tour guide of some great sites. It’s also a great time waster. But I’ve really enjoyed stumbling unto sites. Someone “stumbled” my Rockin Cool Website Design site a couple days ago and I enjoyed a nice little bump in traffic as a result.
- Shameless Plug: Speaking of Rockin Cool Website Design, we’re offering the basic church website design package for $595 again. (Limited time.) If you’re interested in a quote, fill out our website design questionnaire.
