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An Exhortation for Christian Bloggers

Cory Miller — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:51:35 +0000

I recently have had the opportunity to meet and become great friends with Doug Baker, who is now the editor of Baptist Messenger, Oklahoma’s third largest newspaper ….

He just wrote an editorial called On Baptist Blogging and it includes a great exhortation to all Christian bloggers, here’s a quote from it:

The challenge for the Christian blogger is to both expose and edify in a manner that obeys Jesus’ process of log and speck (Matt. 7:5). Far too often blogging can be both anonymous and autonomous, tricking the writer into thinking that what they write and how they respond represents true community and reality. The real test for great writing is not its spontaneity or immediacy. Rather it is the ability to write in a manner consistent with Christian doctrine and communicated in a manner that seeks to be salt and light in the midst of a very dark world. With this as the goal, there is hope that blogging might truly be used to the glory of God.

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CCP Named One of Top 100 Church Blogs

Cory Miller — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:02:52 +0000

My friend Kent Shaffer of Church Relevance has put together a list of the top church blogs. Church Communications Pro is ranked No. 91 in the list.

This is a great list to surf the Christian blogosphere and we’re in great company.

Check out the Top Church Blogs list here

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Southern Baptist Pastor Killed in Illinois

Cory Miller — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:04:53 +0000

My wife told me about this tragic story of a Southern Baptist pastor being killed in Illinois … and when I saw his name I remembered I had interviewed for a story a couple years ago when I was communications director for Midwestern Baptist Seminary.

Here is the article I wrote for our alumni magazine

Please keep his family and church in your prayers.

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4 Reasons to Start Your Own Blog

Cory Miller — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:00:41 +0000

Ray Griffin, one of my dear friends and mentors, has posted 4 reasons why you should start a blog or website.

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iThemes Now Offers Premium Themes for Movable Type

James Dalman — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:57:59 +0000

A couple months ago, iThemes started a great conversation with Anil Dash, a Vice President from Six Apart, about developing premium blog themes for Movable Type – one of the largest Open Source blogging platforms available.

Today we announce our new Movable Type Premium Theme Store from iThemes.

There are three MT themes available; Business Blogger which is FREE THEME DOWNLOAD, Blogging Success (based off of our WordPress version), and soon to arrive Essence. This is an exciting time for us and we are really pumped about this new partnership with Six Apart!

Please check out our Movable Type Theme Store or visit iThemes for our WP Premium Themes.

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Uploading Your Sermons to WordPress Blogs

James Dalman — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:15:07 +0000

In case you haven’t heard about it there is a plug-in for WordPress blogs that allows you to upload your sermons.

Mark Barnes recently sent me an e-mail about his Sermon Browser WordPress Plugin that allows churches to simply upload sermons to their WordPress website, where they can be searched, listened to, and downloaded. It is easy to use with comprehensive help and tutorials.

While I haven’t tried it out personally (because I’m a WordPress dummy) – it sounds really cool! Feel free to check it out for yourself.

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Celebrate Freedom: Memorial Day Worship Slides

James Dalman — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:56:06 +0000

Memorial Day is just around the corner (May 26th) so why not get ahead of the game with worship presentation graphics? Becky Martin has released this new theme called Celebrate Freedom through Church Communications Pro and I am offering it for a special price of $20.00 for our CCP readers.

Here are the details:

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Celebrate Freedom | $20.00 for Church Communications Pro readers!

The following download includes:

Title slide with title
Title slide without title
3 Message point/Scripture slides with title
3 Message point/Scripture slides without title
Style sheet with suggested fonts and colors (note: fonts not included)

Each of the above is provided as a JPEG file in 16:9 Aspect Ratio.

PLUS for this series, the following items are also available:

4:3 Aspect Ratio slides
11”x8.5” image suitable for bulletin/program cover
6”x4” image or larger (with bleed) for postcard or invitation cards
Image for CD labels
Layered psd file

Please Note: This image is entirely vector, so any size file can be supplied (billboard, anyone?)
To purchase any of these additional items, please contact Becky at mail(at)cottagedesign(dot) com. Design and Copyright by Cottage Design 2008.

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Blogging Ministries

James Dalman — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:48:06 +0000

I am curious. Do any of our readers or your churches use blogging as a way to build relationships with people in your community or for ministry type purposes? How are you using it and has it been effective? What I am looking for are blogs that teach about Scripture, communicate with unchurched people in a loving way, and share insights into following Christ…blogs whose obvious focus is on Jesus and not necessarily religion, politics, or book promotions.

If you know of some, would you please share their link or website address? I am looking for some great resources to pass along and also doing some “loose” research on the effectiveness of ministry blogs. Thanks!

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A Request from Church Communications Pro to You!

James Dalman — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:02:26 +0000

I can’t tell you how excited and blessed I am to be given this opportunity here at Church Communications Pro and to be able to explore new territory! I have all kinds of ideas jumping around in my head but I know that I am going to have to pace myself and learn some new skills and take time to do this right. I am going to share a bit of what I envision happening here at some point:

Great interviews and Q & A Sessions with some really cool people from a variety of church backgrounds, visions, and skills. I love learning from others in the trenches and hope this will be a sweet addition.
Pre-designed and Open Source products such as sermon branding kits, blog headers, website skins, connect cards, and more. I have stuff I have been working on for some time as well as have a few talented designers who will be contributing their stuff as well.
Guest writers who will contribute excellent articles in their area of gifting or skill sets.
Consulting for churches
Sponsorship opportunities and additional resources

These are just a few ideas that I have, but what I am requesting is feedback from you, the Church Communications Pro readers. What are your suggestions for improving or building upon the foundation here? What would be beneficial for your church or ministry? How can I make CCP even better? Please think about providing your two cents to me personally or responding here in the comment section. I really appreciate it!

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The new CCP is in motion!

James Dalman — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:15:10 +0000

Cory has been helping me out today to get up to speed on WordPress and we now have the new theme loaded. Over the next couple of weeks I will be tweaking and changing – and hopefully I don’t totally mess everything up! BTW – I really dig the new WordPress platform as it is more visually appealing and seems to make getting around in it easier.

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