by Joe Garrison | Jun 8, 2020 | Clear Church Communications
Change your church without losing your people FollowFollowFollow Every good story has a controlling idea. A controlling idea is the theme of the story that carries from beginning to end, no matter how many times the narrative shifts. Have you seen the movie Crash...
by Joe Garrison | May 26, 2020 | Clear Church Communications
Church Online: Who is it really for? FollowFollowFollow To paraphrase an old saying, “If it’s for everyone it’s for no one.” The idea being you can’t please everyone so you have to pick a subset of your audience as a priority when creating something. Over the last few...
by Joe Garrison | May 12, 2020 | Clear Church Communications
Pastors: 4 Tips to Write Better Online FollowFollowFollow Writing for an online audience is not the same as writing a formal letter or preaching a sermon. In a lot of traditions, there is a certain formality to the way a pastor writes and preaches. Often, there is an...
by Joe Garrison | Apr 29, 2020 | Clear Church Communications
Why you need to throw out your old order of worship (for now) FollowFollowFollow Imagine 75% of your congregation walking out before you even start your sermon. That is basically what is happening right now as our churches produce online worship services. Chances are,...
by Joe Garrison | Mar 21, 2020 | Clear Church Communications
Church Giving Through a Crisis FollowFollowFollow The world just flipped upside down. For as long as any of us can remember, our churches have found our center of gravity on Sunday mornings in our sanctuaries. With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and associated...
