The Digital Sanctuary

Special thanks to Tim Schraeder for his impressions / interpretations of some of the concepts / dialog / challenges our session raised at Story 09.  And thank you to the participants who came to our breakout.  Were you there?  You’ll see some of your comments and input here in Tim’s notes.
Social Media Pulse What [...]

Today is a “Mass Blogging Day” for those of us who are meeting in Los Angeles at Biola University on September 11 – 12 for the Christian Web Conference. If you have any interest in the dialog about online faith communities (can digital be incarnational?), this will be the place to have your [...]

While a few people are still debating the merits and validity of “online church” the wise folks at Monk Development are powering forward with the newest addition in their stockpile of well-designed tools.  Highly regarded for their beautiful, effective and innovative products, like Ekklesia 360,  Monk always delivers.   I myself, have used Ekklesia 360 for [...]

Earlier today I co-hosted an online webinar with Drew Goodmanson of Monk Development entitled Beyond the Web 2.0 Noise: How to use the Internet to Disciple & Create Real Community.  We had so much to cover that we didn’t exactly get as specific as we will need to in order to provide the best resources [...]

Top 10 Church Website Features/Activities

Recently I invited readers to participate in a church website survey to determine how church websites are really being used.  The survey, The State of the Church Online, Part 1, is beginning to produce new, concrete data about church website use.
What do people say are the most important features/activities they would [...]

Just before I left for Innovation3, I was contacted by my friend, Drew Goodmanson of Monk Development (and elder/pastor at Kaleo Church in San Diego).  Drew is someone I really respect, both as a Christian leader and as a savvy business person.  He was one of the first people I discovered who was using the [...]

Beautiful new web site rolled out by Monk Development for their ekklesia360 CMS.  I'm a big supporter of ekklesia360 and have used their content management system myself.
Plus, I'm impressed with Drew Goodmanson and what he has done to support the planting of San Diego Churches via innovative online means (i.e. SEO).  I've visited his [...]