Digital Ministry News Recap

March 3, 2024

TL;DR: Digital Ministry News Recap 

This edition of the Digital Ministry Journal recaps news of interest to the digital ministry community. The Pro Church Tools Show interviews Elevation Church’s language leader regarding church communications. Church Trac Software shares tips on improving church communications to prevent the dreaded “I didn’t know about that.” Church Production shares how the Resi on Demand platform can improve livestream post production efficiency. Finally Worship Facility shares reasons for and getting started tips on applying project management to church work.

Church Communications: Voice and Language Guide

Brady Shearer and Alexander Mills of The Pro Church Tools Show interview Nicki Shearer of Elevation Church in “An Honest Conversation With Elevation Church’s Copywriter” (48-minute watch). Ms. Shearer, who oversees language and messaging for Elevation Church, discusses developing an accessible church voice and language guide to unify communications across a large ministry, and how the principles can apply to churches of all sizes. She explains tailoring language for different audiences based on familiarity with church culture, strategically using platforms like social media, and practically applying scripture.

Church Communications: Preventing “I didn’t know about that.”

ChurchTrac Software shares “ChurchTrac Livestream - 2/28/2024: Church Communication” (55-minute watch) focusing on preventing people from saying “I didn’t know about that”. The video covers reasons people say this using the 'FAST' acronym - not providing Frequent updates, Audience-relevant content, Simplified communication channels, or Timely notifications. It then shares the 'LEAPS' formula for good church communication - Leadership initiation, Event listing, Active website updating, Pointed targeting, and Strategic alerting. Finally, it offers pro tips like leveraging small groups, text messaging, helping people use new technology, and using Canva for announcements.

Platform Reduces Livestream Post-Production Toil

Church Production shares “Resi Fundamentally Changes Church Media Sharing and Storage” (5-minute read) describing how the Resi On Demand platform from their partner, Resi, streamlines video post-production workflows, making media sharing across social platforms, websites, and church apps more efficient.

Getting Started with Church Project Management

Worship Facility shares “Getting Started with Church Project Management” (7-minute read) describing the benefits of applying project management to ministry work, and providing five steps for getting started.

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