5 Questions with LifeChurch’s Bobby Gruenewald
Last week I had the opportunity to have lunch with LifeChurch.tv’s Innovation Pastor Bobby Gruenewald.
LifeChurch sets the bar, in my opinion, in technological innovation (like starting an Internet campus in the virtual world SecondLife) … and the person behind most of it is Bobby Gruenewald.
Earlier this year, Bobby and senior pastor Craig Groeschel started a blog called Swerve, which I enjoy reading.
Anyway … after our lunch, I emailed him and asked him five or so questions that I thought would be of interest to us in church communications … here they are: Read more
Church Communications Pro Gets An Overdue Facelift
This is long overdue … my Church Communications Pro blog has needed a facelift-redesign for some time to reflect more of my own design style that’s grown from releasing over 20 free WordPress themes … and doing a bunch of other custom WordPress blog designs in the past four months.
Oh … for now … if you haven’t noticed … comments are back (emphasis: “for now” and on selected posts).
We’ll see how that goes … if it again, becomes a distraction … then off they go.
But back to the redesign … I’m still doing tweaks, which is the great thing about WordPress blogs … you can tinker and tweak until you exhaust yourself.
Search Engine Optimization for Churches
Search Engine Optimization for Church… Check out this list of the Top 7 SEO blogs. Great reading for churches looking to enhance their exposure in the search engines.
How Henderson Hills Makes Communications Decisions
I always enjoy seeing how other churches do communications ministry … and Jeff Wilson of Henderson Hills Baptist Church gives a play-by-play detail of how their church manages the communication process on a weekly basis.
Jeff’s an innovative thinker and constantly seeking to improve on what is already great … for the benefit of his church … and to honor the Lord.
By the way, his church staffing 101 series is also a great read.
Ministry Marketing Coach Gets Some New Clothes
Chris Forbes of Ministry Marketing Coach fame is one of my dearest friends and colleagues. We met last year after I started work for Quail in Oklahoma City and I thoroughly enjoy having coffee with him, brainstorming ideas and talking “church marketing” and evangelism and missions.
Chris has been been a mentor to me and an incredible encouragement … so I finally got around to helping him re-skin his Ministry Marketing Coach site, ran totally by WordPress with a custom theme design.
Go check out the new clothes …
How Google Ranks Sites in Its Search Results
Pulling Rank… This great article gives a good overview and details about how Google ranks websites.





