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Christianity Today Publishes Article About Expats and International Churches

Nolan — Fri, 24 May 2013 10:10:04 +0000

Read this article published by Christianity Today about the increase in the number of expats and the rising need for international churches to meet the demand. The article highlights was some international churches are doing to help expats adapt to life overseas.

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/global.increases.in.expatriates.challenge.international.churches.in.ministry/30371.htm

Why Men Have Stopped Singing in Church

Nolan — Fri, 24 May 2013 10:01:37 +0000

In the blog ‘A Few Grown Men,’ writer David Murrow addresses a touchy subject: with the onslaught of so many worship songs available today, are we introducing so many new songs at such a fast rate that our congregations are becoming spectators rather than participants?

Read this challenging article and share with your worship leaders!

Twitter For Churches

Nolan — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:54:40 +0000

Either you’re a Twitter lover, Twitter hater or have no idea what Twitter is, Twitter is here to stay and those of us in ministry should learn to benefit from this social networking tool that combines the ease of cell phone text messaging with the power of email.

To learn how Twitter can benefit your church, check out the E-Book ‘Twitter For Churches’ at www.twitterforchurches.com.

According to author Anthony Coppedge, a ministry and technology expert, “The purpose of this book is not to give you one more thing to learn or manage. Rather, the purpose is to provide churches with a *helpful, easy* and *practical guide* to reaching the right people with the right message – for free.

Check it out and Tweet away!

Link: http://twitterforchurches.com/

Eight Ways Your Church Can Use Pinterest

Nolan — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:11:34 +0000

The fairly-new social networking site ‘Pinterest’ is a virtual bulletin board allowing you to ‘pin’ graphics and share them with the world. Pininterest users ‘pin’ their favorite thoughts, ideas, photos, and images to their bulletin board and once “pinned” (the equivalent of “posted”), any user can re-pin the image, like it, or comment on the pinned item.
Pinterest is estimated to be the third most popular social network, behind only Facebook and Twitter.

This article details eight ways your church or ministry can use Pininterest in your social media strategy.

http://blog.managingyourchurch.com/2012/06/8_ways_churches_are_using_pint_1.html

History Channel Brings ‘The Bible’ To TV

Nolan — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:10:35 +0000

‘The Bible’, a made-for-television miniseries broadcast by the History Channel, was a wildly popular success, attracting nearly 15 million viewers to the first two-hour installment. Created by ‘Touched By An Angel’ star Roma Downey and her
producer husband Mark Burnett, the 10-part series covers major highlights of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. With so many people talking about ‘The Bible’, we wanted to resource you with some websites about the series.

Official website:

http://bibleseriesresources.com/

What People Are Saying;

http://bibleseriesresources.com/quotes

Pastor Rick Warren Gives ‘The Bible’ a Thumbs Up

http://www.christianpost.com/news/rick-warren-calls-the-bible-series-the-best-hes-ever-seen-91081/

Why ‘The Bible’ Is So Popular

http://pastors.com/why-the-bible-tv-series-is-so-popular/

‘The Bible’ Is Available for Purchase
On I-Tunes
On Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Bible-Epic-Miniseries/dp/B00AMR5LZA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365131536&sr=8-1&keywords=the+bible+miniseries

Chris Tomlin Writes The Songs We Sing

Nolan — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:09:21 +0000

Last year, churches around the world used 128 sogs written or co-written by singer/songwriting Chris Tomlin. From ‘How Great Is Our God’ to ‘We Fall Down’, to ‘Forever’, to many, many more no doubt your church has sung a number of his songs. CNN recently featured Tomlin in an article on their Religion Blog. Meet the man behind the songs in this article.

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/09/the-most-sung-artist-on-the-planet/

Create an App for Your Church

Nolan — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:51:07 +0000

With the growing popularity of mobile devices (smart phones and tablets) Apps – short for applications – are in high demand. What exactly is an ‘app’?

In brief, an app is software that provides a shortcut to content. Rather than have to go to a website to find content, the app is downloaded onto the mobile device and clicked to conveniently access content.

What’s the significance of apps? More and more people are buying smart phones and using the internet on them. Consider these statistics:

1 million smart phones are sold every day.
50% of data is now consumed on mobile devices
80 minutes are spent by mobile users each day on apps

What can an app do for your church?
With an app you can present content such as: full-length sermon audio and video, articles, images, blogs, and more. Many of these features allow end-users to share your content through Twitter, Facebook, and email. Event listings, maps, and online giving can be presented and integrated. In short, once someone downloads your church’s app, they can access your website content from a mobile device easier and faster.

For more information about how to create an app for your church or ministry see:
http://www.thechurchapp.org/

International Youth Camp

Nolan — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:51:01 +0000

July 14-20
Millstatt Austria
More info: http://www.iyouthcamp.org/

FEIC Relational Retreat

Nolan — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:50:54 +0000

May 27-30
Venice, Italy
More info: Terry Hoggard: toppif@gmail.com

Women’s Ministry Resources

Nolan — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:37:23 +0000

Looking for resources for your Women’s Ministry? Check out Beth Moore’s ‘Living Proof Ministries’. Recommended by Brussels Christian Center Women’s Ministry Leader Caterina Chardome, ‘Living Proof’ offers a multitude of Bible studies, videos, books, cds and other teaching materials designed to teach women the Word of God. More info here: http://www.lproof.org/