http://churchcommunicationspro.com Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:43:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Church Communications Pro got an upgrade over the weekend including a new look, new products, and new sponsors! I admit that I have neglected CCP and keeping it fresh and updated.  It's been a busy year with iThemes - especially with us now acquiring and launching our new business WebDesign.com.  Cory ... http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2009/07/05/church-communications-pro-gets-refreshed/ Church Communications Pro would like to thank our current sponsors and those who have been with us a couple of months already.  We sincerely appreciate you being involved with us and I encourage our readers to check out your websites. Clover Sites Church Chairs 4 Less MailChimp faith Highway Grove Films.com Thank you all so much ... http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2009/07/03/church-communications-pro-sponsors-for-july-09/ Today I learned that my church - Quail Springs Baptist Church in Oklahoma City - is now on Twitter! Follow our church, plus some of our ministers here: QSBC - main church account Ray Griffin - minister of education Tobin Jackson - youth minister Rusty McMullen - middle school minister Scott Campbell - college minister Brian Hobbs ... http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2009/06/19/my-church-on-twitter/ In case you haven't heard...The Advance Conference will be taking place in Durham, NC, June 4th through June 6th, 2009.   Speakers include John Piper, Mark Driscoll, Matt Chandler, Ed Stetzer , and Eric Mason.  It looks like it will address some great topics such as "What is the Church?" and ... http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2009/05/27/advance-09-church-conference/ Twitter is an amazing tool that continues to explode and gain a more mainstream attraction.  The unusual thing Branding Shed has discovered is that Twitter is mostly used by people over the age of 30 and not the younger crowd one would imagine.  With so many people jumping into the ... http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2009/05/07/5-great-twitter-ideas-for-church-communications/ 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 ... http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2009/03/09/southern-baptist-pastor-killed-in-illinois/ It seems these days all we hear about are bailouts, fat corporate cats living high on the hog while taking a handout, the financial crisis in America, or that the Dow Jones is sucking wind.  While these are all true and they are all depressing, I wonder how our churches ... http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2009/03/03/how-is-your-church-doing/ Church Communications Pro would like to announce that we now have a few sets of sermon branding graphics for sale in our new products section: http://www.churchcommunicationspro.com/products. These sermon graphics were created by James Dalman and are easily customizable with the layered Photoshop files or you can use them as is. All ... http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2009/02/16/sermon-branding-and-worship-graphics-from-ccp/ Check out this article on how President Obama is going to create a faith-based office that will "expand and refocus" on the one created by President Bush. Related posts:How States Rank in Religiosity Check out http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2009/02/05/obama-to-create-faith-based-office/ A Time Magazine article titled A Rural Exodus from American Churches No related posts. http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2009/02/01/time-article-rural-exodus-from-american-churches/