http://www.churchcommunicationspro.com Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:55:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello everyone!  I wanted to take a few of your moments to address a couple of things that have been on my mind lately. First of all - THANK YOU! Thank you to all of you who read Church Communications Pro, that show us link love and support, and who dialogue ... http://www.churchcommunicationspro.com/2008/07/01/commenting-at-church-communications-pro/ I'd like to do a plug and invite all of you to join us for the upcoming MinistryCOM, September 18th - 19th, right here in my backyard of Oklahoma City! Some of the sessions will be lead by cool peeps like Mike Foster, Kent Shaffer, and Michael Buckingham and there ... http://www.churchcommunicationspro.com/2008/06/30/come-on-out-to-ministrycom/ Since we just wrapped up a three part series on The Pros and Cons of Website CMS, I thought I would throw my personal recommendations for CMS providers and web development companies that I have worked with through the years. Lynchpin Design: I recently completed the design of Granite State Baptist ... http://www.churchcommunicationspro.com/2008/06/18/content-management-system-cms-providers/ In case you haven't heard about it there is a plug-in for WordPress blogs that allows you to upload your sermons. Mark Barnes recently sent me an e-mail about his Sermon Browser WordPress Plugin that allows churches to simply upload sermons to their WordPress website, where they can be searched, ... http://www.churchcommunicationspro.com/2008/06/16/uploading-your-sermons-to-wordpress-blogs/ In part one of this series we discussed what a CMS actually is and in part two, the advantages and disadvantages of Content Management Systems. Today I’d like to wrap up the Pros and Cons of CMS series by talking about what you should consider when choosing a CMS ... http://www.churchcommunicationspro.com/2008/06/16/the-pros-and-cons-of-website-cms-part-three/ Last month I received a panicky call from a concerned Search Engine Optimization expert named Chris that regarded one of my client's domains that somehow got placed on the auction block. Chris has no connection to me or my client – he’s just a Christian who didn't want to see ... http://www.churchcommunicationspro.com/2008/06/04/how-to-keep-a-great-name/ In Part One of this series, I talked about the importance of great design and content – as well as what a content management system is. In this second part, I want to share the advantages (pros) and disadvantages (cons) of using a CMS platform. THE PROS 1. Quality through ... http://www.churchcommunicationspro.com/2008/06/03/the-pros-and-cons-of-website-cms-part-two/ Church websites are an essential piece to the church communication process. In fact, The Pew Research Center states that 64 percent of the nation's 128 million internet users use the web for religious or spiritual purposes – and nearly 6 out of 10 Protestant churches now have a dedicated ... http://www.churchcommunicationspro.com/2008/05/28/the-pros-and-cons-of-website-cms-part-one/ CCP has some new guest writers ready to go! I received a huge response for guest writers and have been working through the posting schedule as well as editing submissions and we are finally ready to roll out some posts!  There's some great ideas coming down the pipeline. http://www.churchcommunicationspro.com/2008/05/28/guest-writer-posts-are-starting-today/ Get a picture with Jesus and a smoothie! Cory passed along this link to me and just when you think you have seen it all... The Holy Land Experience has apparently been around since 2001 and billed as the Christian Disney World. Trinity Broadcast Network, the owner since ... http://www.churchcommunicationspro.com/2008/05/27/see-jesus-in-orlando/