We all love pretty pictures. What better way to encapsulate the wonder of your message of [hope/love/glory/resurrection/etc.] than with a lovely photo of a [cross/dove/burning bush/etc.]?
Images are fascinatingly easy to find on the web. Google’s image search presents a mind-boggling collection of images suited to just about any combination of keywords you can think of. [...]

It is revolutionary.
I have spent a fair bit of my time over the last few years explaining the web to people. The people I talk to are smart people but the internet is new – and it’s new in a new kind of way. It is a transformative presence in our lives in ways we [...]

Every once in a while I come across a church website that is clearly run by someone who “gets it.” That happened this morning what I ended up (by a rather circuitous route that I don’t even remember now) on the website for Park Community Church in Chicago.
Park Community Church is a “non-denominational, contemporary Christian [...]

The slideshow embedded below is full of ideas for church communications material. It comes from a Flickr group called the Church Marketing Lab, organized by the Center for Church Communication.

Please remember that the graphic artists responsible for each work maintain ownership and copyright. I present these as inspiration, not as resources for your own use. [...]

I came across a great little resource on the Presbyterians Today website called “How to Speak Presbyterian.”
Written by Rev. P.J. Southam, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), it helps explain some of the oddities of Presbyterian jargon – with a little theology thrown in.  For the most part it is as applicable to The [...]

Have you ever wondered what The Presbyterian Church in Canada thinks about the various social issues that face our world? Many would be surprised that The PCC takes an active role in analyzing, assessing and commenting on social issues in Canada and world-wide. Poverty, health-care, human sexuality and biotechnology are just some of the tough [...]

Every once in a while I read a blog post somewhere that is so completely relevant to my life or work that I have to resist the urge to sweep my home and office for listening devices. Jon Swanson, of the Levite Chronicles, wrote just such a post this morning.
His story of a “social media [...]

For those of us who grew up in the church, Sunday school teachers hold a special and significant place in our memories. The wacky one, the serious one, the one that always wore jeans and the one that always wore a tie. There is often also one that made a difference in your life in [...]

I went browsing through the PCC/WMS Bookroom last week to see what I might find in the area of Communication. I was pleasantly surprised by this little gem: “Making the News: An Essential Guide for Effective Media Relations” by John Longhurst.
This concise book of just over a hundred pages is geared specifically towards churches [...]

Kevin Hendricks is one smart guy. I’ve been a huge fan of his Church Marketing Sucks project for years, and have also been enjoying his contributions to the Church Communications Pro blog.
In a post on Friday about building effective church websites, Kevin said this:

Tell Stories You can’t just write copy and hope to connect [...]