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 Biblical Inspiration to help churches create communications that fully fulfill the Great Commission.

Connection Card Sample of Privacy Statement

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Privacy Statemenet for Connection Card for Easter
A privacy statement such as the one here on your connection cards can make visitors feel better about filing them out.

People today are understandably nervous about sharing information, even with a church. One of our ECC Members, Karen Thomas, sent in this sample of the back of her Easter Connection Card with a very reassuring privacy statement. A statement such as this one may make visitors feel more comfortable about sharing information with you.

The text is below and you can copy and print it for your Connection Cards.

Click on the image to download the PDF for a closer look.

Privacy statement for the back of Connection Cards:

Privacy statement: Any information given on this sheet is confidential and will be shared only with the appropriate church staff. It will not be used in any way for commercial purposes. It will be used to communicate with you. Prayer requests or comments that are marked confidential will be given to the Pastor. All other prayer requests will be reproduced and distributed to the prayer warriors. Non-confidential comments will be passed on to the appropriate leaders. If you want to be removed from the mailing list, contact the church office.

Please send in your samples to share!

We are so grateful to Karen for sending in her sample of the Connection Card Privacy Statement.

After Easter or anytime, please send in your samples to share with other Church Communicators—we really do learn best from each other. Please CLICK HERE to go to our Great Idea Swap where you can share your ideas. We really appreciate it!

The One Goal of Effective Church Communications

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5 Steps of Effective Church ComThere is one goal and one foundational purpose in all we do in church communications and that is to make disciples.

Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matt: 28:18

These verses are our marching orders, what we are supposed to be about as representatives of Jesus here on earth-that seems obvious. The actions required by these verses also seems obvious-go, baptize, teach-with the end result of making disciples.

Why discipleship is essential for the church to survive—and why your communications are essential to develop disciples

What is  painfully obvious in America today (and most of North America) is that as a whole, we aren't doing a very good job [Read more...]

Church Signs, what works and what to be careful about

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Church signs, important tools for ministry
Church signs are important tools for ministry, here are tips to make the most of them.

 

Recently a church communication elder asked me about the effectiveness of electronic church signs.  She sent this link in reference to the sign their church was considering: http://curbappealled.com/. She added that a church member had donated the money for it and asked for my comments on it. I'm always happy to respond to requests from church communicators and though I can't guarantee how quickly I will respond, please send questions or suggestions for content on this site to: yvon@effectivechurchcom.com.

First, I'd like to offer some comments on a sign like this and then on signs overall. If you have any more comments on signs, examples of effective signage, or sources for good ones, please add them to the comments below.

As to my answer whether or not to get a professionally designed electronic sign—the answer to this is easy—go for it! Particularly, if the other businesses in your area have similar signs, you want people to be able to clearly find you as a church. Having said that a sign like this can be very good for your church, following are a few other comments that might be helpful.

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Easter is a great time to create a church overview booklet

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Many people will visit your church on Easter who will have no idea what your church does on a regular basis. If you want to fully inform them about your church, consider creating a Church Overview Booklet.

This is a lot of work, but it can have positive results for many months to come. Below is a PDF that explains them in more detail and gives examples of some.


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Christian Post interviews Yvon Prehn about How to get people to come back to church after Christmas and Easter

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How to get people back to church
Lots of people attend church for holiday events--here is advice to get them to come back on a continuing basis.

How to get the people who come to church on Christmas and Easter to return and to begin to attend on a regular basis is one of the biggest challenges for churches. The holidays offer great opportunities for people visit the church, but attending church twice a year seldom results in any significant spiritual decision or life-change.

For ideas on how to change that with suggestions from Ed Setzer of LifeWay and Yvon Prehn of Effective Church Communications, check out this article:

How to Keep the 'Chreasters' Coming: Experts Say Preparedness and Follow-Up Are Key

Read the full article at http://www.christianpost.com/news/how-to-keep-the-chreasters-coming-experts-say-preparedness-and-follow-up-are-key-92773/#y7QhYTt0IoGqsdbA.99