It took only a week to make Pastor Jeff dangerous. A team of church communication pros descended on his church to share their knowledge, a venture known as Creative Missions. The status quo is now endangered.Is your church ready to be dangerous?This booklet is written by the reinforcements, men and women in the trenches of church communication. They’re Creative Missions alumni and now offer that same insight, wisdom and help to you. This booklet includes 19 essays on church...

Christmas is coming—break out the eggnog and candy canes! But for church communicators, this isn’t always a season of peace on earth and goodwill toward men. Christmas often means pulling out all the stops—adorable pageants, packed pews, beloved music. Not to mention planning it all on a very limited budget.For many communicators, planning your Christmas services often starts too late and never seems to end. Just when you think you’ve unraveled that last knot of Christmas lights, s...

Church communicators need heroes. Someone to look up to. Someone to give a jolt of inspiration, a shot of encouragement, a challenge that we can do more than this.While mulling over mobile, sizing up strategy and battling bulletins, church communicators need to know we’re not alone. The tools of the 21st century may be new, but the struggles are familiar. There are heroes who have walked this path before. They were revolutionaries, rebels and reformers. They were also artists, writ...

Let’s get started in church communication. This new series covers writing, websites and landing a job, three volumes collected in one handy ebook.Copy Matters: The written word needs to be written well.Writing is a foundational communication skill and your church needs to wield words with wonder. You’ll find practical writing tips and techniques, plus specific ideas to improve your copy and fine-tune your writing process. 14 chapters cover a range of writing issues, includi...

Church websites are too often woeful. Websites are the digital hub of church communication and it’s time to make them better.Here’s to church websites that wow.The Getting Started in Church Communication series goes online to tackle websites. If your church needs a website or a better one, this is the place to start. Timeless strategy, practical details and realistic expectations are the order of the day, rather than specific techie details that will be outdated next week.

Churches should know better than anyone the power of words. But the written word needs to be written well.Let’s take your church copy to the next level.The Getting Started in Church Communication series turns to writing. It’s a foundational communication skill and your church needs to wield words with wonder. You’ll find practical writing tips and techniques, plus specific ideas to improve your copy and fine-tune your writing process.14 chapters cover a range of wri...

A career in church communication starts here. It’s a ministry calling that requires more real world skills than Bible smarts.Your new job is waiting.The Getting Started in Church Communication series goes to the beginning. Landing that first job—or a new one—is a significant hurdle and it’s OK to get help. This detailed road map will walk you through the job process, from internships to interviews, portfolios to prayer.14 chapters help you get hired, including pract...

Easter is the biggest Sunday of the year—is your church ready? Forget the ham or lamb debate, church communicators need to plan, promote and keep their sanity. That can be a challenge with limited time and budget, as well as a culture that doesn’t engage with Easter.But this is the story of our salvation, when what began at Christmas culminates in the greatest story ever told. From Ash Wednesday to egg drops, the Easter celebrations can be varied—but the stakes are just as high. Af...

Ed Cyzewski shares 10 tips on how writers of faith can improve their blogging based on what he’s learned from his favorite bloggers. From tips on self-deprecating humor, to writing long form posts, bloggers will find inspiration, ideas, and timely advice that will spark life into their blogs as they learn from some of today’s most popular Christian bloggers. Cyzewski has been blogging since 2005 and has been frequently listed among the top Christian bloggers. He is also the author of the K...

Remember when all you needed was a cool business card for cocktail parties? Now social status is determined in a hundred ways that all come with their own pressures-how many Twitter followers do you have? How many facebook page likes? How much traffic does your site get? Are you speaking? Traveling? How full is your inbox? While pressure has always been there, in many ways that pressure is more public than ever.The world is both bigger and smaller today. With access to so much medi...

Today's culture is more connected than any time in history, but all of this connectivity comes with a price. We live in a world that's become cluttered, distracted, and disrupted by social media, with the average person receiving as many as 5,000 messages a day in one form or another. If you're a pastor, nonprofit leader, artist, filmmaker, entrepreneur, or creative professional in this hyper-connected, highly distracted world, how do you get your unique idea, project, or vision on the rad...

Need some fresh, new book marketing ideas? This ebook is made to help you pinpoint one or several new book marketing tactics that will bring new life to your marketing activities.Book marketing is a business activity that will last for as long as you want your book to stay alive.What works this month may not work next year. That is why you have to revisit your strategy once per quarter (I suggest) to evaluate your efforts and make changes as needed.Remember that you...