Valentine Gift for all this week! FREE download of devotions to encourage church communicators
HAPPY Valentines Day to all of you wonderful church communicators! All of you work so hard and this is my little gift to you as I praise God for how He uses you to change lives for time and eternity. Just click on the image to the left to download a FREE ebook of selections [...]
Educational tax deductions for church communications training and resources–don’t forget about them for yourself!
This suggestion comes with the important advice that any final decision on whether or not you can claim the resources suggested here as a tax deduction needs to be made with your tax consultant, but it seems like they should apply. Here is an excerpt from: http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc513.html (go to this link for the whole listing [...]
ebook: Typography for Church Communications, a critical and foundational, but seldom-taught skill
Typography is one of the most important and key foundational skills in church communication. No matter what you say, if the typography is less than professional, your message won’t communicate as well as it could. Unfortunately, very few church communicators have had the opportunity for training in typography. That’s why this collection of materials was [...]
NEW Christmas Great Ideas & Samples PDF book!
One of my favorite parts of working on this website and ministry is the opportunity to see the wonderful work done by church communicators literally all over the world. I especially enjoy it when people send in samples and we can put them into PDF booklets and share them. Here is our latest PDF collection [...]
ebook: Church Business and Invitation Cards, small, but powerful outreach tools: samples & how-tos
We’ve put together an updated and expanded version of this book about these essential church communication tools. Church business and invitation cards are a small, but extremely powerful tool for your church to use in outreach, pastoral care, training in evangelism and many other uses in your church. They work so well because they are: [...]
People will come to church for holidays, even if they won’t come any other time–a strategy to reach them successfully
note: its’s never too early to start planning for Christmas and though this article is specifically related to Christmas, the overall strategy is useful for all holidays and lots are ahead! As we were discussing promotion for the Christmas Eve service at our church, our worship pastor said, “Yeah, even I came to church on [...]
ebook: Grow Your Church through Seasonal Celebrations, special edition
In our increasingly secular, post-Christian society, it is sometimes difficult to get our unchurched friends to come to church. But no matter what their opinion of a “church service” few people can turn down a holiday event that is free, for family and singles and where everyone has a great time. Not only can these [...]
Member Discount for Great Ideas & Samples Swap books and all other ebooks
One of the ongoing benefits of membership in Effective Church Communications is that you get a 20% discount on all the ebooks featured in the Effective Church Communications Resource area and other ebooks and resources that are for sale on this website. Our newest addition is four books of Church Bulletin SAMPLES. CLICK HERE to [...]
Video and Ebook on Church Bulletin Essential: How to become a Christian
Our church bulletins can accomplish many purposes, but if they don’t answer some basic questions about the Christian faith or tell people how to become a Christian they miss out on one of the most important things they should do. To paraphrase a Bible verse: “What does it profit a man to have directions to [...]
Digital Evangelism Month #1: How to Write for the Web–FREE Resources through May
The celebration of Digital Evangelism Month of May 2011 is over, but the following material continue to be free for ECC Members, (CLICK HERE FOR INFO on Membership). Membership is only $9.99 a month for or $99 a year and is one of the best investments you can make for yourself or your church. First [...]
