As the title of the conference indicates, the “Interactive Church Conference” had a large focus on interactive websites and their use within the church.  A well designed and well used interactive church website can allow members to connect with members they don’t know, deepen relationships with members they do know, and grow in their faith.  One of the greatest aspects of an interactive church website is its ability to extend “church” from being a Sunday event to being an everyday experience. Read more…

In the third article coming from the Interactive Church Conference Paul asks the question, “Are you a bridge person?”  In the previous articles Paul looked at the communication issues and solutions between church leadership and church techs.  In this third article, Paul focuses on bridge people, people who can bridge the gap between church leaders and church techs. Read more…

A couple days ago, Facebook announced some major changes. Users now see this notice at the top of their “homepage”

Changes to the Home page are coming soon
Learn about the new features ahead of time. This is happening soon; check out the home page tour now.

It looks like changes to the look and organization of the homepage are being made and the wall is getting another makeover.

But Facebook announced an even more significant change – to Facebook “Pages,” the facet of Facebook designed for businesses and organizations. This news is a total game-changer for churches.

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As I mentioned the other day, this past weekend Paul Steinbrueck and I attended the Interactive Church Conference in Daytona, FL.  We thought we’d blog about some of the discussion topics from the conference and, since much of the conference was related to churches and technology (as opposed to church marketing) we decided to post the messages in the Christian Web Trends blog. Read more…

As lent begins, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington launched a marketing campaign to reach members who have stopped attending mass.  Read more…

This past weekend my brother Paul and I attended the Interactive Church conference led by the Bob Christenson and Matt Farina of Geeks and God. The focus of the conference, as the name implies, was why and how to have an interactive church website, a church website that utilizes social web features such as blogs, podcasts, forums, and Twitter to promote community within the church, help market the church, and spread the love of Jesus Christ. Read more…

Drew Goodmanson (Goodmanson.com) recently announced that he has completed an in depth survey with over 500 responses from over 50 churches.  The State of the Church Online survey, as it is known, sought to gather data about what online practices churches are using and how effective they are.  They have now begun to analyze the data from the survey for “Social and Community Networks” and “Church Websites and Usage”.

They are going to be presenting two webinars with the results of this analysis.  I thought you all might be interested in these webinars.  Read more…