Category: Outreach

  • 7 Church Benevolence System Basics

    7 Church Benevolence System Basics

    There are some church benevolence system basics you need to think through before you field your first request for help. Make decisions about each of the following: Establish a purpose Pray about it and search the scriptures. God has a lot to say about generosity and helping those less fortunate. You need to have a […]

  • Who Should Your Benevolence System Help?

    Who Should Your Benevolence System Help?

    A benevolence system is all about people. But who should it help? At the end of the day, it’s a people process through and through. And there are several categories of people that your benevolence system could help: People from the Community Turns out that this is the least agreed-upon group of people. Not because […]

  • How to Create a Church Plant Benevolence System

    How to Create a Church Plant Benevolence System

    As you get connected in your community, sooner or later someone will contact you for help with a utility bill or car repair. What are you going to do about church plant benevolence when it comes up? There are lots of scriptural mandates around the concept of benevolence, including Jesus’ parable about the eternal reward […]

  • 10 Things to Consider When Shooting Church Staff Video Bios

    10 Things to Consider When Shooting Church Staff Video Bios

    As you’re building the website for your church plant, you should consider including church staff video bios instead of just pictures on your staff page. Staff Pages Rank High Most people will check out a church’s website before their first visit. But which pages do they hit when they’re deciding whether or not to come? […]

  • 5 Creative Ideas for Church Missions Teams

    5 Creative Ideas for Church Missions Teams

    You have a sponsoring or supporting church that wants to send a missions team to help you get your new church plant started. Want some good uses of the free labor? Here are 5 creative ideas for church missions teams: These ideas are roughly in chronological order based on when a planter would typically use […]

  • How to Sync Church Calendars to Save Your Sanity

    How to Sync Church Calendars to Save Your Sanity

    Ever get sick of having to create the same church event over and over on different platforms? If only you could sync church calendars so you only had to enter each event once! It usually goes like this: you’ve planned an event for your church plant. It’s going to be awesome. You need to get […]

  • Church Page vs Church Group on Facebook

    Church Page vs Church Group on Facebook

    Have you ever been confused about whether to use a church Page vs church Group on Facebook? No, they aren’t the same thing, and you should probably know the difference before you jump in. The further you get down the path of using either a church Page vs church Group on Facebook, the harder it […]

  • Free Church Photo Release Forms

    Free Church Photo Release Forms

    Having a fun event this summer? Great! Taking pictures, too? Even better! But you can’t just post those pictures on your church website or Facebook page without having signed church photo release forms. Here’s why: Jeopardizing Children Picture copyright issues aside, I see the biggest issue as children’s safety. Consider these scenarios that could very […]

  • Free Church Event Release Forms

    Free Church Event Release Forms

    Summer event season is upon us! I hope your church is reaching out, serving and spreading God’s love in your community. Whether you’ve planned the event or have coordinated supporting another organization’s event, you need to seriously consider using church event release forms. Remember permissions slips? Yeah, church event release forms are basically those. Especially […]