Christian Web Resources

Our good friends over at M2Live just released their August webinar, a conversation with our very own Cynthia Ware, the executive director for our nonprofit parent, the Center for Church Communication. Interviewed in mid-August, Cynthia discusses some participatory media best practices, explores obstacles, remedies to resistance and challenges us to get our Google on!She explores some of these questions:How does your church leadership view the web?Is your church website a communication after...

For many, if not most, churches, this is a pivotal time of the year. School is starting back, families are returning home from vacation, and momentum is high. But things vary church-to-church, and its always interesting to see how reality matches with hopes and expectations. So we decided to ask you how things were at your church this fall.34% of you are feeling great. Energy is high, momentum is high, and you’re pursuing your mission with more clarity than ever. You’ve got new folks on b...

Last year on Sept. 9, 2009 The NINES conference debuted. It was an entirely online, completely free church leadership conference that featured 75 different speakers talking for nine minutes each. There were plenty of highlights and lessons for church communicators.This year The NINES is back with an even shorter format (six minutes!), some for-a-fee extras and more speakers—including our own Michael Buckingham, CFCC board members Kem Meyer and Phil Cooke, and loads of big names, including R...

From freelancers to video pros, there’s something for everyone on the Job Board and Freelance Board this week.Remember, if you’re a church that has a need, you can post for absolutely free. Want to hire a full-time communications director? Graphic designer? Web developer? Post away on the Job Board. Or do you just need some short-term video help or marketing consulting? Check out the Freelance Board.Here are a few opportunities we’ve posted recently:First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue...

The last time that I played organized team sports (1991), “riding the bench” was not a coveted position.  This designation, reserved for people who were on the team, but out of the game, was known to bring more ridicule than respect.  The point of going out for the team and participating in subsequent play review, practice, and pre-game ritual was to see “PT,” playing time.  Though it has been nearly 20 years since I last “suited up,” I suspect that this particular aspect of th...

Brad Abare recently broached the topic of heightened increasing opposition Muslims across the country are facing. Since then, a mosque near Ground Zero and a church in Florida burning copies of the Quran have made headlines, bringing the issue back to center stage. But where do you, noble reader, stand on these disagreements?Well, 62% of you think that we’re not going to get anywhere decrying mosques and burning books. The only way to come to any sort of peace is to discuss and try to coexi...

About a year or so ago, I read a quote from popular author and marketing guru, Seth Godin (a leader I greatly admire I might add), as it relates to the need for more entrepreneurs to become proactive concerning the services they seek to provide others with:“In my experience, much of marketing is a game of waiting on the other guy to go first. Well, if nothing happens, you go first.”While the ‘other guy’ Seth was referring to in this case was that company or organization that serves as...

Now that XOOPS 2.4.5 has been released, the focus is now on XOOPS 2.5.0, with ForMuss and Trabis leading this effort. You can check for latest changes in our SourceForge SVNAnd since they are working on it as we speak, this is also a great opportunity to report bugs to our Bug Tracker, and most importantly to help us resolve these bugs.Therefore this is an official call for help in hunting bugs and solving them: the XOOPS Bug Hunting Week Please use our Bug Tracker, and use these very simpl...

GenoBio 1.15Genobio is a Genological Profiler with Wiki Type Properties. It offers the ability to propagate information on a genological profile like a family or company base. It can also be cloned to a Personnel Profiler.This is the Last stable release so far. Please test and offer comments and bug tickets on the mantis bug tracker.Download now: xoops2.4_GenoBio_1.15.zip (218Kb)XNews 1.69Major Bug Fixes, Changes to SEO Structure and htAccess, xnews was built rom the 1.68RCDownload now: xoops...

Are you a part of a church that could use a hand in your communication? The Church Marketing Directory is built just for you. It’s a repository of companies who specialize in helping local churches communicate more effectively. We’ve been inundated with company suggestions lately, and here are just a few that we’ve posted:Veritas Creative Group handles church marketing from soup to nuts— branding, communication, web design, stage design, lighting & audio services and multi-site c...