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6 Contact Work Strategies to Help Grow your Ministry

September 19, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments contact work, friendships, online, relationships, social media

As a minister you are judged and evaluated on a variety of different things. One of the primary is numbers.

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Helping Students by taking a break from Social Media

May 9, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments cell phone, online, social media, student ministry, teenagers, Teens

A little bit ago I came across a posting from a teen who quit social media.  It was fascinating to read

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What is NOW and NEXT in Ministry Notes

April 28, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments adapt, church, culture, online, technology

Geoff Surrat and a Church Planting Guru who has held basically every position ever created in a Church before.  He lead

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What’s trending in Online Ministry

April 27, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments apple tv, community, facebook, Facebook live, online, online ministry, periscope

Today, Tom brings back Jay Kranda to the podcast.  Jay is the Online Pastor at Saddleback Community Church in California.

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The Pros and Cons of Online Church

February 24, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments church communications, church online, online, online church, social media

One of the great things about Tom working more in Church communications and Online Church stuff is that he’s had

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Church Communication with Dave Shrein

July 29, 2015October 16, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments communicate, communications, digital ministry, newsletters, online, social media

Episode 24 Show Notes: Today Tom interviews Dave Shrein. Dave is a communications guru and helps you become more equipped

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Kahoot! A GREAT online tool to use in your Ministry

July 13, 2015October 16, 2017 Tom Pounder 2 Comments gaming, kahoot, online, online games, quiz, schools, teaching, tools

I first heard about Kahoot! after a middle school home group when some of the students (including my own) were talking about

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4 Ways to Maximize your Smartphone for Ministry

June 9, 2015October 16, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments apple, candy crush, communication, email, ipad, iphone, online, relationships, smartphone, wordswag

Smartphones might be the most important ministry tool you have.  Why?  For 4 very specific reasons: Instant Contact.  You have

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Expanding your Online reach

April 6, 2015February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments ads, easter, facebook, good friday, hastag, marketing, online, outreach, reach, social media, twitter, visual marketing, youtube

In June 2014 we started live streaming our Church services.  The primary reason was to test out whether or not

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YouVersion’s MAJOR “minor” update

March 23, 2015February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments bible, bible verse, campus, church, lifechurch.tv, online, social media, visual content, website, word swag, youversion

If you use the Bible on your smartphone or tablet, you’ve probably discovered YouVersion’s “Bible” app.  I’m sure it has

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