Effective Church Communications

Effective Church Communications provides Timeless Strategy and Biblical Inspiration to help churches create communications that fully fulfill the Great Commission

Effective Church Communications provides Timeless Strategy and a Biblical Perspective to help churches create communications that fully fulfill the Great Commission. Our tools constantly change; our task doesn’t; we can help.

The Sunday after Easter— 5 questions to ask if your church didn’t get the return numbers you wanted

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Your post-Easter or any event evaluation is extremely important for future ministry success, especially if you didn't get the return response you wanted.

For almost two months before Easter, the primary focus of most churches is on how to get the most people possible to the Easter service. With a tremendous amount of work and effort, for most churches, Easter is a fantastic success in terms of numbers of people attending. Also, however, for most churches, the following Sunday is often a big disappointment, with few of the new people at Easter coming back the following week. Following are 5 questions that will help you evaluate why that happened and to plan for next year.

After each question are links to articles that give practical solutions to the challenges presented. Download, file away and save these for next year and make next year's Easter return rate the best ever. [Read more...]

Last minute checklist for Easter Sunday to assure visitor connections

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You work so hard to prepare for Easter--here is a list to make sure it is successful in helping you connect with people who need to know Jesus.

In addition to making certain your Easter celebrations themselves are joyful and honoring to the Lord, take some time to make certain that the guests that come for Easter Sunday return next week. Following is a checklist and some links to help make that happen.

__Involve every member in your Easter outreach

In social media reminders, individually, and every opportunity you have, remind your current church members that the Easter celebration isn't just for them and their families. Remind them everyone is responsible to:

  • Invite their friends,offer a ride, be sure they come
  • Be a greeter and  welcome guests as representatives of Jesus
  • Invite friends new or people you meet to brunch afterwards to talk about the service
  • Invite friends and guests back to church
  • PRAY without ceasing that God would touch hearts and people not only enjoy the service, but that they meet Jesus

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