Trigger Warning: Spiritual Abuse

In this episode, we discuss Spiritual Abuse. What is it and what can we do to recognise and avoid it, whilst communicating with sensitivity to those who have been hurt.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Book - Marcus Honeysett - Powerful Leaders
• Diary of a CEO - Stephen Bartlett

Find Francesca online:

www.linktr.ee/ssa.restart

www.survivingspiritualabuse.com

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1999985648/

Other books relating to Spiritual Abuse:

www.amazon.com/Othered-Finding-Belonging-Pursues-Marginalized/dp/1540903915/

www.amazon.com/Subtle-Power-Spiritual-Abuse-Manipulation/dp/0764201379/

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In this episode, we cover our favourite church comms resources.

Gourds & Pomegranates is one of many resources aimed at churches, each with their own individual flavours and benefits.

So as to best serve you, we’ve created a page at ⁠https://gppodcast.uk/resources⁠ where we’ll add any new resources we come across and try to keep things up to date.

But for now… mentioned in this episode (hold your breath!):

Church Comms Communities

Church Comms Resources

⁠Top 5 Resources Every Church Communications Director Needs⁠

⁠G&P Episode 12 — Benjamin Lyon⁠

⁠14 Church Communication Resources to Save You Time and Money⁠

⁠Book - Meta Church⁠

Non comms orgs that have comms resources such as:

Resources from Denominations/specific churches

⁠Baptist Union First Friday⁠

⁠G&P Episode 27 — Joel Murray⁠

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In this episode, we cover something that’s often forgotten about — how to actually lead a church service in a way which is helpful and engaging.

To help us cover as much of a range of church backgrounds and cultures as possible, we have contributions from a number of friendly voices — some of which you might just recognise.

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In this episode, we welcome the brilliant James Doc, to talk about all things church and tech and to find out a bit more about Kingdom Code.

Tickets for Kingdom Code’s Build event in October are now available at https://kingdomcode.org.uk/build/2024/

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In this episode, we talk about how we can bring people into the comms team within your church.

We believe that digital and comms are a ministry and giftings area and it’s important to have the right people onboard.

So we talk about aspects to think about such as strategy, onboarding and workload priorities.

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In this episode we chat to 3 church leaders from very different contexts, all about how their church vision fits together with the way they communicate.

This one is a bit of a mammoth — it’s longer than usual but it’s absolutely packed with fascinating insights that can inspire you in your own church context.

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In this episode, we talk about things to think about when wanting to invite people to attend our events — whatever they might be.

It can be really frustrating putting loads of effort in to organising something - only to have a handful of people turn up.

So we chat about a few aspects of event planning, promotion, post event comms and how inviting people to events can be a great catalyst for community fellowship and keeping in touch with people.

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In this episode we speak with Liz — a marketer with loads of church comms experience, including several roles within the Church of England. We cover ways to encourage volunteers to get started, knowing where to focus, going back to basics and even some of the unique communications opportunities faced by C of E churches in the UK.

Connect with Liz:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizkmorgan/

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In this episode we're thinking about excellence in church communications — what it is and what it isn't. We know we're not after perfection, so how do we figure out where to aim?

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We're back... almost!

Listen for a little preview of what's coming up in this series of G&P, with loads more church comms topics to cover and some brilliant guests.

Head to https://gppodcast.uk/ for all our past episodes with transcripts and links to things we mention.