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Does your church website have a welcome video? I read this Church Juice blog entry and was intrigued by the idea. It seems that, if the video is well done, this could be a very effective tool for your church.
Several years ago, I started an electronic prayer chain for our church using Google groups. All anyone needs is an email address—no more technical skill is necessary than the ability to read their own email. It’s been the easiest thing ever to create and maintain.
What would you save if your house was on fire? Many people answer, “My family photos.” Family photos are precious. Our church is a family, too, and it is good to figure out the best way to store our church family photos.
Questions about how to record or stream worship services have come up several times in our Church and Web network. I thought it might be helpful if I brought information together in one place.
Free software for working with sound recordings.
In my work with churches and small groups, the question I most often get asked is: Where do we start? My answer: The Eco-congregation Resources on the A Rocha Canada website.
Salesforce, like Google Apps, is available to non-profits for free, so I truly am not selling anything. I am writing this article to tell you about how I've set up Salesforce for our church to track membership and our offerings.
Salesforce, like Google Apps, is available to non-profits for free. I am writing this article to tell you about how I've set up Salesforce for our church to track membership and our offerings.
To show your association with the Christian Reformed Church and its agencies, you can include these logos and graphics on your website.
This white paper by Church Juice explains 7 key areas to consider when starting or revamping your website.
This Flickr group is a pool of images for special events, sermon series and other items at churches. Browse the images for ideas to spice up your marketing material or website.
Choosing a domain name is an important choice for a church's online presence. Following are guidelines and unspoken conventions for choosing a domain name for a church.
The CRC maintains a list of its social media presence and blogs on this page so that you can easily follow or friend them on platforms like Twitter, or Facebook. Also, you can read the blogs written by different ministries.
While it’s not possible to include all the steps or to predict the problems you will encounter when developing your site, the following steps will help you create a church website.
“If it isn’t on Facebook, it hasn’t really happened,” a friend‘s daughter told me. Although it’s said jokingly, if something is that vital to people, doesn’t it make sense to look for ways that God can use it?
More and more churches have realized the benefits of sharing their sermons online. Here are some basic steps to know what and how to podcast.
ChurchMag is a popular blog that will not only inform you, but it will make you laugh. It will inform you about using social media, design, SEO, and more.
Google Analytics is a free service provided by Google that enables you to look in depth at all your site traffic. You can look at basic information like page views, traffic sources, which pages are most frequently visited.
Each individual owns his or her likeness or other identifiable characteristic. If the church uses the videos or images to promote the church or makes them available on the web, then the courts will likely find that the church used the images in a commercial manner.
Sign-up and learn more about Google Apps for Non-Profits. Google Apps includes Gmail, Docs, Calendar, and more. Read the article on Google Apps on this Network for more information about how to set it up for your church.
The two biggest reasons your church would want Google Apps are (1) you don't need any hardware or software — no server, no software licenses to buy — and (2) it's free to non-profits!
You'll find help in "Teaching, rebuking, correcting & training in righteous web design" through this blog. Visit here to find tips and hints on how to ratchet your website to the next level.
What does having a simple church website involve? Read the below list of principles to help keep your website simple. Give visitors a reason to stay, not to leave!
Church Juice's in-depth description and ideas for using Twitter in your church is a must-read if you are considering using Twitter in your church.
In a world in which we have endless ways to communicate, people are disconnected from each other. The internet provides an opportunity to reconnect with other believers.