Tag: online ministry
5 Post-Pandemic Church Growth Accelerators
By Carey Nieuwhof: What will drive future church growth in the post-pandemic era? It’s an important question to ask, because for most church leaders the pandemic has been a question of adaptation and survival, both personal and organizational. The pandemic has been both discouraging and frustration for many church leaders. […]
PODCAST 113: Justin Nava & Modern Evangelism by Pastor Google
By The Church.Digital: Research December 2020 tells us that 80% of people cold to Christ don’t care about our worship services, physical or digital. Event-based evangelism has been waning for years, and now COVID has effectively killed it off. While today’s large gathering church services do serve a purpose beyond […]
8 Disruptive Church Trends That Will Rule 2021 (The Rise of the Post-Pandemic Church)
By Carey Nieuwhof: Having been through a year like no other, what can you expect as a church leader in 2021? In all likelihood, this year will lead the church into the post-pandemic world. It won’t be the light switch you hope for (and suddenly, we’re all back!). Instead, it […]
In-Person Church Attendance Is Here To Stay (But 5 Ways It’s Changing In the Future)
By Carey Nieuwhof: As things continue to change and the crisis we’re in drags on, you’re probably asking what’s going to happen to physical church attendance in the future. That’s a really important question. The good news is that as long as there are people, people will gather. The need […]
5 Simple Questions About the Future Every Leader Should Be Asking Right Now
By Carey Nieuwhof: Knowing what you should do as a leader in normal times is hard enough. As you may have noticed, these aren’t normal times. Trying to figure out what to do in the midst of a global crisis is so much more complicated. So how do you cut […]
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 […]
7 Weird Lies About Online Church Pastors Need To Stop Believing
by Carey Nieuwhof: You’ve had so much change thrown at you this year, it’s hard to know what to do. Especially about church online. As more and more churches re-gather, it will be easier than ever to look at church online as something you had to do to survive, or […]
3 Reasons “The Algorithm” Hates Some of Your Best Content
This post on the algorithms around us is written by Leslie Mack. Leslie is a creative director, singer-songwriter, and communicator from Atlanta, Georgia. I recently interviewed her for ChurchPulse Weekly on how to leverage this crisis to reach the next generation. You can listen to the interview here. By Leslie […]
Is Social Media a One-Way Street?
By: The Church.Digital The short answer is no – the very definition of social media confirms that the purpose of social media is for “users (to) create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content”. (Merrian Webster) So how do you begin to shift the communication to […]
6 Components of Authentic Discipleship that Work Online
By: The Church.Digital One of the greatest pushbacks against church online is that an online church cannot provide authentic discipleship because it is not authentic community. Though I will save the authentic community argument for another post, I want to make the case here that you can provide authentic discipleship […]