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Churches Want Private Group Communication Tools

October 21st, 200908:56 AM ET

By Matt Harrell

Back in April, I listened to a webinar put on by Drew Goodmanson and Cynthia Ware on the State of the Church Online. You can read an excellent review of the research findings that they presented over here and the slides from the presentation are here. These guys are doing a really good work. I personally believe that this research and the mot...
Church Digital Kiosks

October 19th, 200912:20 PM ET

By Anthony Coppedge

The hope of almost every local church is to reach people and watch the congregation grow. As that hope is fulfilled, it is often accompanied with the realization that more people require more ways to connect with them. The boon of growth is that it provides a church with an opportunity to leverage technology in conjunction with beefing up a greetin...
Less Website IS More. No, Really!

October 13th, 200910:41 AM ET

By Paul Steinbrueck

I'm a detail person. The more information, the better. I'm an options person too. I like choices. At least that's what I used to think. Perhaps you do to. But it's not true. For the most part, we think we want more information and more choices, but the reality is that we are busy. We tend to skim rather than read. We want articles, instruc...
Equipping Seminary Students to Communicate Better

October 13th, 200909:54 AM ET

By Matt Harrell

Seminaries face unique challenges. Secular universities and colleges are up to their eyeballs in the new world of communications that include social media outlets like Twitter and Facebook. There are few if any filters on these offerings and they generally pose more problems for a seminary environment than they do solutions. Does that mean that se...
YouVersion Live Launches At Catalyst 2009 Conference

October 07th, 200912:27 PM ET

By Anthony Coppedge

LifeChurch.tv of Edmonton, Oklahoma, has developed a free mobile application, YouVersion Live, for any mobile device, enabling churches to share content during live events. The release is slated for October 8, 2009, during the hugely popular Catalyst Conference. Based on the original YouVersion website, an online Bible resource, YouVersion Live ad...