The Digital Sanctuary

Marketing gurus Phil Cooke and Brad Abare appeared in a livestream chat this morning on Conversant Life.  These guys are two of the most sought-after consultants in the field of church and religious media communications.
Hearing them talk about Christians / media / church / communication / change / effectiveness is amazing because of the way [...]

This week I’m headed for Chicago and Cultivate 09.  Then on to Ben Arment’s Story Gathering. Cultivate will be streaming live and I’ll be doing the interviews with facilitators all day. Who do you wanna see?

Kem Meyer
Dawn Nicole Baldwin
Matt Knisely
Tim Schraeder
Maurilio Amorim
Blair Farley
Drew Goodmanson
Jon Acuff
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Since we are still evaluating the reality & potential of church online the question just keeps coming up: “Of course, [virtual church] is possible. But is it biblical?”
The following is a response to me from Douglas Estes, author of SimChurch regarding his reflections on this post by Drew Goodmanson – Is Online Community real community; [...]

I get sent 4 or 5 books a week.  I have form letters both for authors & publishers saying “unfortunately, I cannot review your book because this space is reserved for discussions about the Church & media technologies”.   Sadly, there haven’t been many publications that fit well in this zone.   But recently, Zondervan sent me [...]

We are just two days away from The Nines, a 100% online, 100% free, conference for church leaders this Wednesday, September 9th, 2009.
Catalyst is partnering with Leadership Network to provide us with this first time ever free event.
Todd Rhoades of Leadership Network &  Monday Morning Insight answered some of our FAQ’s recently on The Show, and [...]

Leadership Network is offering a free church conference online called THE NINES on (you guessed it) 09/09/09 at 9:09am CST.
You’ll get to hear from 47+ speakers all in one day!
Each will each spend 9 minutes giving their best leadership advice.
A tiny preview of the speakers includes:
* Mark Batterson :: National Community Church
* Dave Ferguson :: [...]

New Hope on iPhone from Peter Thourson on Vimeo.
This is the third part of my continuing interview  with Peter Thourson from New Hope……..

Can we move the church out of the church?

Churches are now in the midst of an exciting revolution where technology is now making it possible for churches to take their ministry global on [...]

I’m just guessing you may not know who this is.   Let me introduce you to Peter Thourson, the guy who’s just basically responsible for streaming live church services on the iPhone.   You heard me right.    Peter works at New Hope in Hawaii along side the church’s Technology and Innovations Director, Michael Sharpe.   In [...]

Look who’s using MyAlltop.com
Well there’s a first time for everything.  Kem Meyer just posted on Guy Kawasaki’s Alltop and since I’m such a fan of the site (and Guy for that matter), I am reposting her post in it’s entirety.
For the first time in my 5 years of blogging, I’m copying.  It’s worth it because [...]

It’s a well known fact that my 3 favorite church info websites this year are:
1) Church Relevance
2) Church Marketing Sucks
3) Your site (obviously)
which is why I’ve had a keen interest in the recent developments within the LifeChurch.tv volunteer staff.  Kent Shaffer, long-time blogger/developer and the well-respected author of Church Relevance, is joining forces with LifeChurch.tv.
I [...]