The Digital Sanctuary

I finally finished the outline for my breakout session at the Dynamic Church Conference in Dallas which is now just a little over 3 weeks away.  In another week, I'll give it some final updating.  My session is Ten New Media Values Impacting Ministry. 
Because digital media operate differently than traditional media, they change what [...]

Facebook for Pastors by Chris Forbes is available now online. Thanks to all of you who spread the word and participated by submitting testimonials.
Facebook for Pastors was written to help Pastors and other ministry leaders make the most of the popular social bookmarking tool, Facebook.  It includes endorsements from Kent Shaffer, Greg Atkinson, Mark [...]

The upcoming Biola Media Conference (May 3) provides a great opportunity for all Southern California tech / media / ministry professionals to converge, converse and collaborate in our own backyard.  In fact, a conference is a perfect excuse for a get together.
To capitalize on our opportunity, Greg Atkinson of Church Video Ideas has [...]

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More and more established churches are refurbishing and redesigning their existing facilities.  The creation of state-of-the-art worship sanctuaries with media/sound production in mind is booming.  Audio acoustics, projection screen placement and lighting considerations are now all part of church design.  In fact, digital technology considerations are now in the forefront of design.
For [...]

Always on, always available and everywhere – mobile technology provides the unique ability to connect like never before.  Mobile Verses develops and manages mobile marketing services and can reach people in a variety of languages using text messaging, mobile Internet and other mobile formats.
In fact, Mobile Verses is the leading provider of Faith-based Mobile Marketing [...]

One of the most predominant characteristics of the New Media is it's interactivity.  Regardless of what specific application you're using, web-based media, in general, provide more user-to-user interactivity than any other form of mediated communication in history.  Additionally, interactivity between user and information is what marks the shift from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0.  [...]

When I changed my domain name and upgraded my WordPress from 2.3.3 to 2.5 I noticed a lot of things around here were neglected.  I found a pile of 51 unpublished, incomplete drafts.  Time to delete.  I found mis-loaded images, broken links, outdated blogroll entries, etc.  I could use a couple of days of site [...]

There are a couple of new podcasts up at Churchy Media.  Check out their archives here.
Episode #17 with Greg Atkinson of Church Video Ideas (& also the technical arts director at Bent Tree Bible Fellowhship) and episode #18 focusing on College Ministries are the two most recent.

Some people are skeptical about the internet being a viable tool for sharing one's faith.  While some argue about the validity of such efforts, others are mobilizing resources and taking action. 
For example, the Internet Evangelism Coalition, an umbrella group of evangelical Christian organizations who share a vision [...]

Fellowship Technologies is hosting it's 2nd annual Dynamic Church Conference in about a month.  If you are a church leader who wants to know more about ChMS, learn more about leveraging the power of the internet, networking with partners, etc., please join us in Dallas, May 15 – 17. 
Because there [...]