Archive for February, 2007
2007 Christian Bloggers Survey Results Announced
Posted by: | CommentsI’m delighted to FINALLY release the results of the 2007 Christian Bloggers Survey that I helped do in partnership with Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox and with the generous help of Element Fusion‘s Icebrrg online forms website today.
Here are some snapshots of the survey:
- Total Number of Blogs In Survey: 367 blogs
- Most Popular Blogging Platform: Blogger with 184; WordPress was next with 77
- Length of Blogging Tenure: 122 blogging for one to six months; followed close by 121 who have been blogging one to two years
- Frequency of Posting: 175 indicated “one to 10 times a month”
- Gender: 309 were males
- Age: 136 are between 31 to 40 years old
- Ministry role: 128 respondents were “senior pastors”
READ MY FULL REPORT ON PASTORS.COM HERE.
For a list of bloggers who participated in the survey, click here.
Amazing Grace Movie: William Wilberforce Resources and Links
Posted by: | CommentsWith the upcoming Feb. 23 release of Amazing Grace, based on the life of William Wilberforce, I’ve been seeing more movie clips and mentions about the movie.
Here are some links I found with Wilberforce resources: Read More→
Rob Bell’s Mars Hill Church Website Gets a Simple, Unique Makeover
Posted by: | CommentsWow … Mars Hill Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan … where Rob Bell is pastor … definitely has an out-of-the-box church website design. [It's fairly new, by the way.]
I expect this kind of unique design from something associated with Bell.
It’s minimalistic, very clean … and beautiful, in my opinion.
But I don’t think most churches could pull it off … to me, it resembles all I know about the church. It’s part of their DNA and represents them well.
What are your thoughts on the design?
[Found via Brenton Balvin]
Blogging Tip: Adam’s 4 Rules for Blogging
Posted by: | CommentsAdam McLane has some super advice for bloggers based on three-plus years of blogging … they were especially relevant to me and I thought I’d share his four rules for blogging:
Rule 1 – “Don’t ever write something you wouldn’t want your mother to read.”
Rule 2 – “Opinions are like … bellybuttons … everyone has one.”
Rule 3 – “Don’t throw gasoline on a fire.”
Rule 4 — “Beware of Trolls, learn to love Lurkers.”
Read the full post here, including his commentary on these rules.
The Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why’s of Church Communications
Posted by: | CommentsI’m really thankful for my newspaper journalistic experience. And I’ve brought most of it into my job as a church communications director.
One of the first things you learn in journalism school (or class) is ensuring you answer (usually in the first paragraph) the “who, what, when, where, why and how” questions.
Churches would benefit greatly from answering these question in their communications — both inside and DEFINITELY outside the church.
But in my own experience, I know we naturally “assume” that everyone automatically knows “where” the annual men’s banquet will be held (yes, fellowship hall, I know) … and sometimes even “when.” Read More→
