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.
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I finally finished listening to Mark Sayers’s book, “A Non-Anxious Presence–How a Changing and Complex World Will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders“. It’s worth a review.
[Read more…] about A Non-Anxious Presence [Book Review]Working 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.
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Blessing Mpofu and Chris Wilson wrestle with where the lines blur when it comes to motives and metrics in church life and media. What’s the line where “borrowing” from pop culture hurts our churches’ mission? How do we know when we’re now more consumed with feeding the algorithm for reaction and compromised the mission?
[Read more…] about Motives and Metrics In Church Life and Media [Podcast #330]Hiring Remote Staff For Your Church – ProChurch [REVIEW]
I’ve been working for at least 15 years as a graphic designer, brand developer, and website designer for churches, ministries, and businesses. I’ve designed for churches both as an on-staff designer and as a freelancer. Churches sometimes struggle to stay relevant with graphic communication because of the constant struggle against a clock of never-ending deadlines with understaffed and underpaid design teams. The end result is often rushed mediocre design. Once in a while they might land on something really good, but it’s inconsistent. One of the solutions to this is hiring remote staff for your church on ProChurch.
[Read more…] about Hiring Remote Staff For Your Church – ProChurch [REVIEW]Mental Health Church Plan: Awareness to Action
May was mental health awareness month and you might be wondering, Jeremy, why are you just now talking about this? Wouldn’t it have been better to discuss it in April or May so churches could be prepared and spread it? I love what churches have done about mental health awareness in the last couple of years, but I’m going to approach this differently this year. We need to act an and think about a more effective plan for mental health in church life; action beyond awareness.
Besides promoting mental health awareness during May, what is your church doing about mental health throughout the year? Instead of giving it a day, what if we pushed to incorporate it into several parts of church life so that it’s not a shock to your congregation and community when May comes around and you bring up mental health awareness?
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