I create culture shifts. Web Evangelist. Strategist. Consultant. I help non-profits and faith-based groups make the necessary cultural changes to fully embrace online media.
The quality of church website designs are certainly not consistent, and more often than not, downright shameful. This is your opportunity to rate the visual design of your church website. Don’t worry this poll is anonymous; you won’t hurt anyone’s feelings.
Like Starbucks, many churches and denominations across the country have lost sight of their core purpose — to make disciples for Jesus Christ. We build our buildings. Market and advertise. Raise money to build more buildings, then market and advertise even more to grow membership. You get the idea. At some point, what was once a vibrant ministry becomes a big, bloated conglomerate that cares less about Jesus and more about numbers and money.
As many of my friends are aware, my brother Craig is an accomplished artist. While Craig’s body of work is very broad, he is best known for his ‘Big Head’ paintings. While he shows in New York City and Los Angeles on a regular basis, Craig’s upcoming April exhibit will introduce a number of new ‘Big Head’ paintings. If you are collector or simply find yourself engaged by the story that each painting shares, check out his upcoming exhibit and past work at CraigCarlisle.com.
I gained lots of inspiration from today’s Church 2.0 conference and the ministry of Greg Atkinson. These are my free form notes from the morning session.
One easy way to unearth money from your existing church budget is to stop letting your fingers do the walking and dump your Yellow Pages advertisement.
Yesterday I outed myself, declaring that I was tired of my excuses and those of church leaders who allow their so-called justifications to impede the use of new technology in programmatic ministry. Today is your chance to share the excuses you’ve heard. I pulled together this poll to see which excuse tops the heap.
I want to help create a culture shift. Changing the mainline Christian view on the use of technology is in desperate need of help. I’m not simply talking about the mainline protestant churches, but all Christian churches. For some of you, I hate to burst your bubble, but the Internet isn’t a fad and tools of Social Media aren’t going away. The wave has crested. You missed it. Now what?
