Every church needs a crisis communication plan to get leadership on the same page before a negative story is even written.
Since all elections should be a critical decision point for everyone, the church needs to tackle our discourse as politics impacts all of our lives.
I pray, though, that I will avoid the temptation to see the various aspects of my church as a place where I can determine whether it meets my needs and gets my “like” affirmation.
In today's digital age, social media has become an invaluable tool for churches to connect with their congregation, engage with the wider community, and spread their message of faith.
In our noisy world where there are lots of choices to make, with many places of decision, the church needs to be clear about options and very specific with direction.
As pastors, one of our primary responsibilities is communication. Whether we're delivering sermons, offering spiritual guidance, directing ministry leaders, or running church board meetings, effective communication is at the heart of our role.
No longer do people decide to walk into a church on a Sunday just to check things out. Your website is key for pulling visitors in.
Is marketing, branding, publicity, or advertising something that most churches should be doing?
A Barna study reveals that preteens are “on track to abandon biblical Christianity in record numbers.” Let’s not sit back while this happens.
Leadership is important, but I believe communication is even more important.
A key leadership aspect that can greatly impact a ministry is finding a niche. A discovered thought area where you can flourish and become an expert.
One of the biggest communication issues many of us face is truly listening to people rather than simply waiting for a long enough pause for us to be able to spew out our opinions (and if a pause doesn’t come, we just butt in regardless).
Just a few words spoken between two people who never met before, but I experienced an immediate sense of connection between the two of us. I felt good, and I had a sense he did also. This is what happens when true connection takes place between people, even people who don’t know each other.
Winning friends and influencing people is frequently a matter of understanding what is going on and finding a pleasant manner of explaining it to others.
I know it's important to be honest with our thoughts, feelings, frustrations and emotions, but there are some people we should share with, and others we shouldn't. Here are my thoughts on who we should and shouldn't share our frustrations with.
And as we have embraced Zoom meetings as a new reality of our leadership world, we have also seen that such virtual meetings have formed a laboratory of sorts for important leadership principles. Here are four key leadership truths that have been re-enforced by the world of virtual meetings.
We need to be careful with the things we say with our lips, so that we develop a reputation for always being honest in every aspect of our lives.
It is a vivid reminder of how something can be crystal clear to two people and yet have completely different meanings.
Email mistakes abound as weekly emails are sent from many churches.
In uncertain and anxious times, good communication is critical.
