Life Here and There

If you can’t tell from reading my blog, I have a HUGE interest in the area of media and its usage in ministry for spreading the gospel. However, I also recognize that we cannot simply imitate the world around us – we can learn from the world, but we ought to do better.

I visited a church last week that has an entire graphic design and printing workshop built in. It’s a room full of Mac’s and they put out some of the best promotional materials I’ve ever seen, but the materials are worthless unless they convey the right message.

Chris Forbes, over in Oklahoma, has a great mind for marketing the gospel in a powerful and biblical way. He’s written a great post about the subject and we’ve exchanged comments back and forth. I wanted to pass it along…

Using Media for Contextualizing and Contending with the Gospel in Your Community | Ministry Marketing Coach

The Six Church Marketing Bad-Attitudes | Ministry Marketing Coach.

Chris Forbes, over in Okhahoma, has done another awesome job of articulating the attitudes that I believe are killing so many churches today. These six bad-attitudes represent six small-minded, closed-minded ways of thinking about outreach. Well worth the read!

What Does the Future Look Like for Your Church’s Ministry? | Ministry Marketing Coach.

Chris Forbes, the Ministry Marketing Church, has written a pretty great article about writing our future as a church. Goals, dreams, ambitions… though they aren’t everything, they do determine our direction. You lean into a curve and try not to lean into a punch. Are we leaning toward success or failure?

If you could write tomorrow’s headlines for your life, your church, your family, or your organization today, what would you want to write? So, write it, and go for it, and let God have all the say, as well as all the glory