Celebrity is ubiquitous. It is not only in culture but its impact permeates the Church world. Katelyn Beaty’s most recent book, Celebrities for Jesus—How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting The Church decodes intersection of the celebrity phenomena in Christian culture and the Church. Here’s an overdue review of the book.
[Read more…] about Celebrities for Jesus [Book Review]Cost Of Streaming To Your Church’s Website
This is a follow up post. If you haven’t already I suggest you start by checking out the previous one: 6 Reasons To Only Stream To Your Church Website here.
There is a cost of streaming to your church’s website. To start, you have to invest in several pieces of hardware. And yes, theoretically, all you need is a smart phone and a strong broadband connection. However, the chances your Pastor will hold a phone up to his face during a sermon is slim to none. So, unless you’ve invented a way to mount a smartphone to your pastor’s body in a way that won’t interrupt his preaching, or distract the congregation, you’ll need to invest in live streaming hardware.
[Read more…] about Cost Of Streaming To Your Church’s Website6 Reasons To Only Stream To Your Church Website
There are now more ways for churches to stream that ever before. COVID-19 has also pushed most churches around the world to make streaming an option and, in some instances the only option. We’ve seen churches reach their congregants and beyond through streaming on social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and many other solutions. Now more than ever, it is more important to stream only to your church website without social media.
[Read more…] about 6 Reasons To Only Stream To Your Church WebsiteWorking Cross Denominationally & Culturally [Podcast #332]
The Church is inherently diverse. Not only at a macro, big “C” Church level, but also in the micro or local churches diversity is something we [should] embrace as our default setting. Blessing Mpofu with Jono Hesp to share some of his experiences working cross denominationally and culturally.
[Read more…] about Working Cross Denominationally & Culturally [Podcast #332]Getting Started With Data Management [Podcast #329]
There’s a lot of data we store, process and use in church. We don’t always realise just how much we’re working with. And once we realise this, it can be overwhelming making sense of it so that we can serve our church and community more effectively. In this episode Blessing Mpofu has a conversation with Jono Hesp, who has extensive experience working data, church management systems. They talk about getting started with data management in your church. Moving from not having data or database systems to understanding your church’s trends.
[Read more…] about Getting Started With Data Management [Podcast #329]Sharing and Privacy; Delayed Reaction [Podcast #328]
Yes, we know, we know. Apple’s WWDC 2021 happened a while ago. But guess what? Somewhere in the mine conversation post that event there were some gems we just had to share. In this episode Blessing Mpofu and Chris Wilson unpack two big themes––sharing and privacy, that came out of the event.
How do they impact evangelism and discipleship? They also contextualise them for churches and organisations, as they explore what they could mean for media, content creation and communication.