Blogging 101 for Pastors Series at CCP … And Some Other Stuff Mixed In

The last two weeks have made my head spin with the Blogging 101 for Pastors series (originally titled, “I Help Pastors Blog”).

In the midst of the series, somehow I came up with the crazy idea of emailing prolific bloggers I admire and have read to ask them 5 Blogging Questions. The response was tremendous and overwhelming! And I got so many AWESOME responses back that I had to get them up for you all to see.

So you don’t miss any of it … I want to list the current articles in the series, along with the 5 Questions responders, and those upcoming … here is the comprehensive list to date:

CURRENT POSTS IN THE SERIES:

1. How to Get Blogging in About Four Steps, Five Minutes [Bookmark this link as it’s where I keep the comprehensive list posts of the series, and 5 Questions responders]
2. Why I Suggest Pastors Use Blogger.com
3. Blog Your Passsion, First and Foremost
4. 10 Topic Ideas for Blogging Pastors
5. Blogging as the Spiritual Discipline of Journaling
6. How to Read a Blog … for Pastors
7. Make a Blog Posting Schedule
8. How to Write a Blog Post … for Pastors: 6 Ideas
9. The Best Blog Posts … Are Often Lists

In the Lineup
10. Writing Great Headlines aka Post Titles

5 QUESTIONS WITH BLOGGING PASTORS/BELIEVERS:

1. Mark Batterson of Evotional
2. Andrew Jones of Tall Skinny Kiwi
3. Ben Gray of OpenSwitch
4. Michael Spencer of InternetMonk
5. Tim Stevens of Leading Smart
6. Tony Morgan of TonyMorganLive
7. DJ Chuang of DJChuang.com
8. Gary Lamb of Mad Babble from a Church Planter
9. Darren Rowse of Problogger.net
10. Marty Duren of SBC Outpost
11. Anthony Coppedge of AnthonyCoppedge.com

Coming Up in the Lineup!

12. Joe McKeever of JoeMcKeever.com
13. Ben Arment of History in the Making
14. Micah Fries of Friesville
15. Kent Shaffer of Church Relevance (Bombay Creative)
16. Mark Roberts of MarkDRoberts.com
17. Wade Burleson of Grace and Truth To You
18. Ariel Vanderhorst of BitterSweetLife
19. Gene Mason of Communicorps
20. Tim Ellsworth of Tim Ellsworth.com
21. Kem Meyers of Less Cluter & Noise

Email me if you want to be included in this series!!!

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MORE NON-RELATED PAST POSTS:

By the way …. I know a lot of you haven’t been here before. I don’t want you to miss out on some of my previous posts … here are some highlights:

Dreaming of a New Church Web Site Design? 50-Plus Places to Get Inspired
On Standing Out in a Crowd
Case Study: How I Promoted a Tuesday Night Service for Single Adults
Great Guest Giveaways Ideas for Churches: Booklets [4-part series … posts 1, 2, 3, 4]

The Job Description of a Church Communications Director

Rockin’ Cool Web Sites: The list - By the way, did you know you can suggest one here?

Podcasting My Pastor

Map Tour of the 25 Fastest Growing Churches in U.S.

Rush Creek Asks People to Google God Questions

Put Daily Bible Verses on Your Church or Blog Site

TheaterChurch.com’s Mark Batterson Releases New Book

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Branding
Blogs & Blogging
Rockin’ Cool Church web Sites
Email
Getting Publicity
Missions, Ministry (Blog)
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