From the ChurchCIO.com series Blogging Guidelines for Pastors:
Tell Repeatable Stories
People love to listen to and retell compelling stories. Share yours in a way that is meaningful and easily remembered. Provide facts and others tidbits that are reusable in blogs and conversations.
Department: Best Practice, Blogging, Community, Web Ministry, Writing
From the ChurchCIO.com series Blogging Guidelines for Pastors:
Remember the Audience
Readers are from everywhere, but our target audience is local. As you write, think about their context and their needs. They are hurting and hungry, and only some are Christ-followers.
Department: Best Practice, Blogging, Community, Web Ministry, Writing
From the ChurchCIO.com series Blogging Guidelines for Pastors:
Extend the Relationship in Every Post
Start conversations. Realize we are on a journey together, and people want to see and be a part of it. Come alongside those who will allow it and encourage them to join in with us.
Department: Best Practice, Blogging, Community, Web Ministry, Writing
From the ChurchCIO.com series Blogging Guidelines for Pastors:
Write About What You Know and Love
Write things that are important to you. Communicate with passion and then your love for the topic will be contagious. Share your heart’s cry so others may echo it back to us and others.
Department: Best Practice, Blogging, Community, Web Ministry, Writing
From the ChurchCIO.com series Blogging Guidelines for Pastors:
Ask “How Does This Post Help the Reader”?
Resist the urge to be the “subject matter expert”. Provide growth opportunities through interesting and useful posts. Value readers time and attention by trying to inspire and engage.
Department: Best Practice, Blogging, Community, Web Ministry, Writing
From the ChurchCIO.com series Blogging Guidelines for Pastors:
Be Honest and Show Candor
If we mess up, admit to it and share a plan for how we intend to fix it. Show humility and transparency at every turn. Cultivate the grapevine rather than be overrun by it.
Department: Best Practice, Blogging, Community, Web Ministry, Writing
From the ChurchCIO.com series Blogging Guidelines for Pastors:
Be Authentic and Real
Value Authenticity over having it all together and being polished. This isn’t a seminary paper. Include the details of what prodded you to write. Show personality and preference.
Department: Best Practice, Blogging, Community, Web Ministry, Writing
From the ChurchCIO.com series Blogging Guidelines for Pastors:
Write Like You Would in an Email to a Friend
Blogging is conversational and first-person. Like emailing a friend, the approach is intentional and thoughtful, but not constrained by format, language, or protocol. Express yourself properly.
Department: Best Practice, Blogging, Community, Web Ministry, Writing
Going on a year and half ago I wrote up some simple pastoral blogging guidelines for the church where I was working. I recently found the doc on some old back-up disk and thought you might be interested in discussing these and maybe even passing them along to pastors who are just starting to blog.
Department: Best Practice, Blogging, Community, Web Ministry, Writing
This blog post is to gauge interest in a Florida Regional Church IT Roundtable event. We seem to have a group in the Tampa area and others along the East coast of Florida from Orlando to Miami. Redundancy could be a good thing, so let’s talk it out in the comments below about what everyone is looking for, if people are willing to drive, and what the focus could possibly be for the event. Whether we land on two gatherings or one, I think it would be good for Florida churches to represent better through some networking, fellowship, and knowledge-sharing.
Department: Community, Knowledge Management, Production & Maintenance, Strategy & Planning, Training, Web Ministry