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May the Force Be With You

May the Force Be With You

Ben Arment is the director of STORY in Chicago and founder of The Whiteboard Sessions, a one-day exchange of ministry ideas. He blogs daily at BenArment.com and has written his first book for Broadman & Holman called Church in the Making, which is due out in April. Ben and his wife Ainsley live in Virginia Beach and [...]

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Whippersnappers & Nonfiction Faith

Whippersnappers & Nonfiction Faith

Mark Steele is the President and Executive Creative of Steelehouse Productions where he creates art for business and ministry through the mediums of film, stage and animation. He has received national acclaim as an actor, comedian, film and stage director, producer, and writer. Mark has produced, written, and directed award-winning commercials and film shorts for [...]

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Diving into Text Messaging

Diving into Text Messaging

Dawn Nicole Baldwin is a strategist with a passion to help churches reach people more effectively. She lives this out as founder and lead strategist of AspireOne and as a senior partner with Jarbyco, a mobile communications firm specializing in live events that works with organizations such as Park Community Church, Lifechurch.tv and Youth Specialties.
A [...]

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The Truth About Church Websites and Effective Online Outreach

The Truth About Church Websites and Effective Online Outreach

Drew has a passion to help churches use technology to do outreach, build community and advance the Gospel.
2,600 churches use Monk Development technology.

I’ll post Drew’s notes on this when I get them, they will be more accurate than mine!
Are church websites effective tools for outreach and evangelism?

John 17:18… as you have sent them [...]

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The Church Panel

The Church Panel

This was an awesome session moderated by Scott McClellan of Collide Magazine and featured Conway Edwards (CE), Cynthia Ware (CW), Scott Hodge (SH), Carlos Whittaker (LS), and Bobby Gruenewald (BG).
Does the church leadership conversation focus too much on innovation, just enough, etc?
CW: We’re not focusing enough on it because our culture is changing [...]

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Using Technology without Technology Using You

Using Technology without Technology Using You

John Dyer lives in Irving, TX with his beautiful wife and awesome new son. He works at Dallas Seminary as the director of web development (meaning “main code guy”) where he also earned a theology degree. He is actively involved in several open source web projects, builds ministry resources such as www.bestcommentaries.com, and blogs about technology [...]

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The Open Media Revolution: The Shift That Will Change Everything You Know About Media

The Open Media Revolution: The Shift That Will Change Everything You Know About Media

About Phil Cooke
Phil Cooke is the Founder and Creative Director of Cooke Pictures in Burbank, California. Many of the largest and most effective Christian organizations in the world ask for his advice, and his ideas are changing the way people of faith use media to communicate with the culture. Christianity Today magazine called him a “media [...]

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My Life as a Tomato

My Life as a Tomato

Phil Vischer made his first animated film when he was nine years old; by the age of fourteen, he was convinced he would be a filmmaker when he grew up.
Phil is actively developing new ways to integrate faith and storytelling through his new creative shop, Jellyfish Labs (JellyfishLabs.com). Phil captured the breathtaking rise—and heartbreaking fall—of [...]

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Leveraging Social Media in Ministry

Leveraging Social Media in Ministry

About Dawn Nicole Baldwin
Dawn Nicole Baldwin is a strategist with a passion to help churches reach people more effectively. She lives this out as founder and lead strategist of AspireOne and as a senior partner with Jarbyco, a mobile communications firm specializing in live events that works with organizations such as Park Community Church, Lifechurch.tv and [...]

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Beyond the Web 2.0 Noise: How to use the Internet to Disciple & Create Real Community

Beyond the Web 2.0 Noise: How to use the Internet to Disciple & Create Real Community

Drew Goodmanson serves as CEO of Monk Development and is co-founder/pastor at Kaleo Church. Monk is an internet strategy and development company. Drew often speaks at conferences about how churches can use the internet, his blog is recognized as one of the Top Church Blogs, he wrote a chapter in Voices of the Virtual World: Participative Technology [...]

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