Category: Launch Strategy
Now That You’re Online Far More: How to Handle the Critics, Trolls and Weirdness
By Carey Nieuwhof: Ready or not, both you and your church are online more than ever before. You’re streaming your services live and posting clips and videos on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok. Handling the tech is one thing, but a question many don’t think of is how to handle […]
How Do You Measure Church Plant Success?
Home > Blog > How Do You Measure Church Plant Success? How Do You Measure Church Plant Success? By New Churches Team Timing for how to measure church plant success can be tricky. There are two big phases: (1) core and launch team development and (2) going public. Core and […]
Ideas and strategies for church guests in the "New Normal".
by Greg Curtis: It’s a humbling experience to be speaking alongside thought leaders of this caliber. I am so excited about this conference and the help it will give to all of us who strive to serve and connect guests….and it’s coming in just a few weeks from now! […]
CNLP 372: Pat Gelsinger and Scott Beck on the Future Church, How to Connect with the People Watching Your Church Online and Why So Many Church Leaders Resist Tech
by Carey Nieuwhof: Silicon Valley titan Pat Gelsinger, the CEO of VMWare and former CTO of Intel, and Scott Beck, who scaled Blockbuster Video, Boston Market, Einstein Brothers Bagels and Ancestry.com, and is the Founder of Gloo, talk about how the future church can use technology to reach people and […]
Beyond Vanity Metrics and Algorithms: 5 Online Benchmarks Churches Should Start Measuring
by Carey Nieuwhof: How do you measure what happened at church last weekend? How do you know that you’re actually making progress? If the goal is to turn online views into real relationships and actual discipleship, any idea what to look for to know if that’s actually transpiring? The super-inflated […]
Episode 532: Staffing for Planting a Church or Campus During COVID-19
by NewChurches.com: In Episode 531 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss staffing a new church plant or a new church campus during COVID. “When you think about a campus launch, and you want to launch during COVID, what does a staffing configuration look like? How much of […]
7 Observations On the State of the Church
.et_post_meta_wrapper by Portable Church Industries: Good news – Portable churches are meeting live again! It has still been slow in coming but the momentum can be felt across the country now. Like light at the end of this COVID tunnel, our teams are being asked by church planters and multisite […]
PODCAST 098: Patrick Holden & The Potential Simplicity of Online Church
by The Church.Digital: Episode 97 was incredible! We did a deep dive into Creative Online Services with lead creative Craig Dockery at Crossroads Church. Incredible conversation, but man, Crossroads has a ton of resources and staffing to make their incredibly creative worship services happen. Most churches today don’t have large […]
CNLP 369: Greg Atkinson on How to Grow Engagement in Online Attendance, Best and Worst Digital and In-Person Church Practices, and Improving the Church Guest Experience
by Carey Nieuwhof: Greg Atkinson returns to the podcast to talk about welcoming guests online. So much has changed since COVID hit, and Greg shares best and worst practices for engaging online and in-person guests, how to move attenders into engagers, and how to best deal with trolls and other […]
Episode 530: Should I Launch Fully Online?
by NewChurches.com: In Episode 530 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss if it is better to launch online or in-person. “What are your thoughts on launching fully online in the Spring of 2021 and then going to a physical launch for the church in the Fall? Is […]