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- How to Create Shareable Content for Your Church
While no one knows what it takes for a piece of content to go viral, there are some things you can do at your Church to create shareable content. Today Cory Sullivan joins the podcast to discuss what is shareable content and how can Churches create that content that people want to share to their friends and others.
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ACTION STEPS:
- What about you? What other factors go into creating shareable content? Share them with us below or on social media
- Cory is a great resource and you can find him blogging here. You can also follow him on Instagram here. He's a great resource so hit him up and pick his brain.
- Join the Digital Bootcamp Facebook Group. To learn how to be more effective using digital tools for your ministry join the group. This is for ALL Ministers, not just Church Communicators or Social Media Managers as we share resources, tools and digital trends to see how we can reach more people for Christ with these tools.
- If you are in Digital Ministry, be part of the Digital Ministry Twitter Community. We share daily encouragement and support to help you do ministry in this online world more effectively. Click here to be part of it.
- Looking for Digital Ministry Coaching? The Church Digital is offering a variety of digital, phygital or metaverse ministry coaching and cohorts. Just click here.
- Sign up for the Sidekick Scoop Weekly Email. Each Friday get a fresh email with content from all over the ministry world (especially online and student ministry topics) and be encouraged in how you can minister more effectively in today's world.
- If you have an idea for a topic or a person for Tom to interview for a future podcast episode, email here.
25 min - How the Church Digital Network Can Help Your Online Ministry
Jeff Reed has been doing online ministry for a very long time, well before Covid hit. Today we get to hear his story of how servers going down propelled him to online ministry and how the Digital Church Network can help people doing online ministry succeed and have a community to help support and encourage. Learn more about it in this episode.
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ACTION STEPS:
- What do you think? What questions do you have from this interview with Jeff? Share your thoughts below or on Twitter tagging Tom.
- Jeff is a great resource. You can listen to or read his podcast and blog here or you can find him on Twitter. He is very active on social media so definitely hit him up if you have a question.
- Join the Digital Bootcamp Facebook Group. To learn how to be more effective using digital tools for your ministry join the group. This is for ALL Ministers, not just Church Communicators or Social Media Managers as we share resources, tools and digital trends to see how we can reach more people for Christ with these tools.
- If you are in Digital Ministry, be part of the Digital Ministry Twitter Community. We share daily encouragement and support to help you do ministry in this online world more effectively. Click here to be part of it.
- Looking for Digital Ministry Coaching? The Church Digital is offering a variety of digital, phygital or metaverse ministry coaching and cohorts. Just click here.
- Sign up for the Sidekick Scoop Weekly Email. Each Friday get a fresh email with content from all over the ministry world (especially online and student ministry topics) and be encouraged in how you can minister more effectively in today's world.
- If you have an idea for a topic or a person for Tom to interview for a future podcast episode, email here.
46 min - How to Help People Know and Care About Your Church
Even though your Church may have been a long time in your community, it does not mean that your Church is known in the community. The reality is that less and less people are attending Church today. So how does your Church become known in the community today? Today Justin Nava and I talk about how you can do that so that more and more people can come to know Christ as their savior.
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ACTION STEPS:
- What do you think? What questions do you have? Share your thoughts with us below or on social media
- Justin is a great resource. You can find him and connect with him on his website. You can also connect with him on Twitter and TikTok.
- Join the Digital Bootcamp Facebook Group. To learn how to be more effective using digital tools for your ministry join the group. This is for ALL Ministers, not just Church Communicators or Social Media Managers as we share resources, tools and digital trends to see how we can reach more people for Christ with these tools.
- If you are in Digital Ministry, be part of the Digital Ministry Twitter Community. We share daily encouragement and support to help you do ministry in this online world more effectively. Click here to be part of it.
- Looking for Digital Ministry Coaching? The Church Digital is offering a variety of digital, phygital or metaverse ministry coaching and cohorts. Just click here.
- Sign up for the Sidekick Scoop Weekly Email. Each Friday get a fresh email with content from all over the ministry world (especially online and student ministry topics) and be encouraged in how you can minister more effectively in today's world.
- If you have an idea for a topic or a person for Tom to interview for a future podcast episode, email here.
44 min - Communication Challenges Every Church Faces and How to Address Them
Church communications is so important in today's world. But, with every opportunity comes challenges. Today, Seth Muse comes on the podcast to talk about what those challenges are in communications and how Churches can address them.
To find out the other challenges are and how you can fix them with this FREE download.
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ACTION STEPS:
- What do you think? What questions do you have? Share your thoughts with us below or on social media
- Seth is a great resource in communications and would be happy to connect with you. You can check out his blog and podcast and as well as his Facebook Group. You can also learn more about how to fix your Church Communication challenges by checking out the Church Comms Team.
- Join the Digital Bootcamp Facebook Group. To learn how to be more effective using digital tools for your ministry join the group. This is for ALL Ministers, not just Church Communicators or Social Media Managers as we share resources, tools and digital trends to see how we can reach more people for Christ with these tools.
- If you are in Digital Ministry, be part of the Digital Ministry Twitter Community. We share daily encouragement and support to help you do ministry in this online world more effectively. Click here to be part of it.
- Looking for Digital Ministry Coaching? The Church Digital is offering a variety of digital, phygital or metaverse ministry coaching and cohorts. Just click here.
- Sign up for the Sidekick Scoop Weekly Email. Each Friday get a fresh email with content from all over the ministry world (especially online and student ministry topics) and be encouraged in how you can minister more effectively in today's world.
- If you have an idea for a topic or a person for Tom to interview for a future podcast episode, email here.
41 min - Getting Started with Google Analytics
There are a lot of different analytics that you can track for your Church communications. While all of them are important in different ways, Google Analytics is one of the most important analytics to track.
Today Jeremy Zach joins the podcast to talk about why and how to get started on Google Analytics.
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ACTION STEPS:
- What do you think? Have you started working with Google Analytics yet? What do you think? What questions do you have? Share your thoughts with us below or on social media
- Jeremy is a great resource. You can find him and connect with him on his website. You can also connect with him on Twitter.
- Join the Digital Bootcamp Facebook Group. To learn how to be more effective using digital tools for your ministry join the group. This is for ALL Ministers, not just Church Communicators or Social Media Managers as we share resources, tools and digital trends to see how we can reach more people for Christ with these tools.
- If you are in Digital Ministry, be part of the Digital Ministry Twitter Community. We share daily encouragement and support to help you do ministry in this online world more effectively. Click here to be part of it.
- Looking for Digital Ministry Coaching? The Church Digital is offering a variety of digital, phygital or metaverse ministry coaching and cohorts. Just click here.
- Sign up for the Sidekick Scoop Weekly Email. Each Friday get a fresh email with content from all over the ministry world (especially online and student ministry topics) and be encouraged in how you can minister more effectively in today's world.
- If you have an idea for a topic or a person for Tom to interview for a future podcast episode, email here.
28 min - New Research about Gen Z and Faith
Covid has been hard on all of us and have effected us all in different ways. Now, Springtide Research Institute has NEW research out about how the pandemic has directly affected Generation Z in regards to faith and faith leaders.
To talk to me about their findings is Dr. Josh Packard, the Executive Director of Springtide. He shares 3 findings that the Institute has found about how Gen Z coming out of covid.
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ACTION STEPS:
- What do you think? Have you seen Gen Z responding in this way in your area? How are you ministering to Gen Z? Share your thoughts with us below or on social media
- If you want to connect with Josh, you can always connect with him on Twitter.
- Join the Digital Bootcamp Facebook Group. To learn how to be more effective using digital tools for your ministry join the group. This is for ALL Ministers, not just Church Communicators or Social Media Managers as we share resources, tools and digital trends to see how we can reach more people for Christ with these tools.
- If you are in Digital Ministry, be part of the Digital Ministry Twitter Community. We share daily encouragement and support to help you do ministry in this online world more effectively. Click here to be part of it.
- Looking for Digital Ministry Coaching? The Church Digital is offering a variety of digital, phygital or metaverse ministry coaching and cohorts. Just click here.
- Sign up for the Sidekick Scoop Weekly Email. Each Friday get a fresh email with content from all over the ministry world (especially online and student ministry topics) and be encouraged in how you can minister more effectively in today's world.
- If you have an idea for a topic or a person for Tom to interview for a future podcast episode, email here.
30 min - How to Start a Digital Church on Twitch
When you say the word Twitch, people often think about gaming. In fact, Twitch is often associated with gaming. However, it is much more than that. It's a great live streaming app that people from all different backgrounds use for different purposes. It can even be used to start a Digital Church!
Today Mark Lutz, founding Pastor of Lux Digital Church joins me on the podcast to talk about how he used Twitch to start Lux and what he is doing on that platform to minister to people.
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ACTION STEPS:
- What about you? Do you use Twitch? If so, how? Share your thoughts with us below or on social media
- If you want to connect with Steve, you can always connect with him on Twitter. He also writes and podcasts on his own site as well as writing blog posts for Youth Specialities and Orange.
- Join the Digital Bootcamp Facebook Group. To learn how to be more effective using digital tools for your ministry join the group. This is for ALL Ministers, not just Church Communicators or Social Media Managers as we share resources, tools and digital trends to see how we can reach more people for Christ with these tools.
- If you are in Digital Ministry, be part of the Digital Ministry Twitter Community. We share daily encouragement and support to help you do ministry in this online world more effectively. Click here to be part of it.
- Looking for Digital Ministry Coaching? The Church Digital is offering a variety of digital, phygital or metaverse ministry coaching and cohorts. Just click here.
- Sign up for the Sidekick Scoop Weekly Email. Each Friday get a fresh email with content from all over the ministry world (especially online and student ministry topics) and be encouraged in how you can minister more effectively in today's world.
- If you have an idea for a topic or a person for Tom to interview for a future podcast episode, email [email protected]
39 min - How Student Ministry has Changed Over the Past 2 Years
Student Ministry is always changing. But, over the past few years, it has changed so much more than normal. And that change was in large part because of Covid.
So what has changed and how can student ministers adapt to the change? That is what Steve Cullum and I talk about in this podcast. Steve has been on the podcast before discussing how he is using games (especially online games) for ministry and how you can best recruit and train leaders during the pandemic.
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ACTION STEPS:
- What about you? What are some other ways you can communicate more effectively to middle schoolers in this digital and online world we live in? Share your thoughts with us below or on social media
- If you want to connect with Steve, you can always connect with him on Twitter. He also writes and podcasts on his own site as well as writing blog posts for Youth Specialities and Orange.
- Join the Digital Bootcamp Facebook Group. To learn how to be more effective using digital tools for your ministry join the group. This is for ALL Ministers, not just Church Communicators or Social Media Managers as we share resources, tools and digital trends to see how we can reach more people for Christ with these tools.
- If you are in Digital Ministry, be part of the Digital Ministry Twitter Community. We share daily encouragement and support to help you do ministry in this online world more effectively. Click here to be part of it.
- Looking for Digital Ministry Coaching? The Church Digital is offering a variety of digital, phygital or metaverse ministry coaching and cohorts. Just click here.
- Sign up for the Sidekick Scoop Weekly Email. Each Friday get a fresh email with content from all over the ministry world (especially online and student ministry topics) and be encouraged in how you can minister more effectively in today's world.
- If you have an idea for a topic or a person for Tom to interview for a future podcast episode, email here.
33 min - How to Communicate More Effectively to Middle Schoolers
Ministering to Middle Schoolers has always seemed hard. They aren't children anymore and yet they aren't teenagers. They are tweens in which a 6th grader looks very much different from an 8th grader developmentally and spiritually.
To make matters more challenging, there just isn't a lot of resources out there for middle school ministry and how to best communicate to them. That is why I am excited to have Ashly Bohinc on the podcast again. She works for Orange and is the Director of Middle School Strategy. She recently wrote a new book called "Communicating to Middle Schoolers: A Guide to Developing and Delivering Messages That Stick". You can find it on Amazon today!
It's a great book and today Ashley and I talk all about it.
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ACTION STEPS:
- What about you? What are some other ways you can communicate more effectively to middle schoolers in this digital and online world we live in? Share your thoughts with us below or on social media
- If you want to connect with Ashley, you can find her on Twitter and on IInstagram. She is very active on social media so definitely hit her up if you have a question.
- Join the Digital Bootcamp Facebook Group. To learn how to be more effective using digital tools for your ministry join the group. This is for ALL Ministers, not just Church Communicators or Social Media Managers as we share resources, tools and digital trends to see how we can reach more people for Christ with these tools.
- If you are in Digital Ministry, be part of the Digital Ministry Twitter Community. We share daily encouragement and support to help you do ministry in this online world more effectively. Click here to be part of it.
- Looking for Digital Ministry Coaching? The Church Digital is offering a variety of digital, phygital or metaverse ministry coaching and cohorts. Just click here.
- Sign up for the Sidekick Scoop Weekly Email. Each Friday get a fresh email with content from all over the ministry world (especially online and student ministry topics) and be encouraged in how you can minister more effectively in today's world.
- If you have an idea for a topic or a person for Tom to interview for a future podcast episode, email [email protected]
30 min - How One Digital Missionary is Using Twitter to Minister
Twitter doesn't have the best of reputations amongst people on social media. It is knowns as a place where more arguments happen than agreements. Yet, hundreds of millions of people are on this platform. As Digital Missionaries, we are called to minster to all nations...and platforms. We are called to love and serve those around us...and on Twitter.
So what can people do to minister to people on Twitter? Today I talk to Sarah Kinzer about how she is using Twitter to minister to people. She has a wonderful ministry on Twitter and it's not even her main job! Find out what she is doing and how it can encourage you today.
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ACTION STEPS:
- What about you? Have you tried using Twitter ? If so, how? Share them with us below or on social media
- If you want to connect with Sarah, check her out on Twitter. She is very active on social media so definitely message her with questions.
- Join the Digital Bootcamp Facebook Group. To learn how to be more effective using digital tools for your ministry join the group. This is for ALL Ministers, not just Church Communicators or Social Media Managers as we share resources, tools and digital trends to see how we can reach more people for Christ with these tools.
- If you are in Digital Ministry, be part of the Digital Ministry Twitter Community. We share daily encouragement and support to help you do ministry in this online world more effectively. Click here to be part of it.
- Looking for Digital Ministry Coaching? The Church Digital is offering a variety of digital, phygital or metaverse ministry coaching and cohorts. Just click here.
- Sign up for the Sidekick Scoop Weekly Email. Each Friday get a fresh email with content from all over the ministry world (especially online and student ministry topics) and be encouraged in how you can minister more effectively in today's world.
- If you have an idea for a topic or a person for Tom to interview for a future podcast episode, email here.
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About The Sidekick Podcast
From the publisher's feed
The Sidekick Podcast focuses on Social and Digital Ministry Strategy. Each week Tom Pounder, the Host, interviews ministers who are applying digital and social media strategies to their ministries.