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Editor’s Note: We’ve been talking about Creative Missions all year, sharing posts from Creative Missions alumni. The trip starts on May 18 and they could use your support. Below Eric Murrell, who serves on the Creative Missions leadership team, shares their immediate need. We’ll be making a big announcement next week with another way you can support Creative Missions. It’s an awesome idea and one we’re proud to support—our nonprofit parent, the Center for Church Communication, han...

One of the best things about technology today is that it’s faster, it’s cheaper and it’s better than it’s ever been. All of these qualities are a boon for the small, medium and large church because we have nothing but opportunity now to engage with our congregation, reach our local communities and expand our message unlike we’ve ever done—and again, we can do it on the cheap.That’s why I’ve been a fan of WordPress for the church for a long time. Did you know that WordPress now...

“Churches are like announcement factories that pump toxic levels of noise pollution into the atmosphere.” -Scott McClellan (Sunday Magazine)

Google has several tools churches can leverage to effectively communicate internally and externally to their communities. These tools allow for creative collaboration and the ability to share with multiple users.How to Get StartedCreate a church specific Google Account that will be the ultimate owner of everything and will create key documents. Creating a church account as opposed to using an individual account will make staff transitions easier.Share documents, spreadsheets, forms and calend...

Are you looking for a job in church communications? The CFCC Job Board has some listings that you might be interested in. Here are a few of the recent listings on the board:LifeChurch.tv is looking for a YouVersion Web & Rails Engineer at their Edmond, Okla., location.Irving Bible Church is looking for a Graphic Designer to join them in Irving, Texas.River Oaks Community Church in Clemmons, N.C., is looking for a Creative Communications Director.

The ImpressCMS team is proud to present the second alpha release for ImpressCMS 2.0.0. This release is the first release since the move to Git, and contains several major changes compared to the previous alpha release.This release is now ready to test, and depending on the amount of feedback we get, a new alpha release could be coming in one or two weeks. Let's take out the test sheet and make this a rock-solid release!The complete list of changes can be found on the changelog on Assembla.

My team recently picked a platform for the next iteration of our church website. We had to choose between a fully hosted church CMS solution and a self-hosted WordPress set up.Many churches have been going with the tried and true church CMS product, because they understood the unique needs, functionality and budgets of churches. But while there are many good CMS solutions out there, they aren’t the only way to go.Late last year we made the decision to switch our church website from a hosted...

“If by chance you are not yet sick and tired of communicating the vision, then you haven’t communicated it enough.” -Tim Peters (TimPeters.com)

The XOOPS Development Team is pleased to announce the release of XOOPS 2.5.6 Final. This release is focused on making XOOPS 2.5.6 compatible with PHP 5.4.x, on security enhancements, and on updating external libraries to their latest versions:- Smarty 2.6.27- TinyMCE 3.5.8- jQuery 1.8.3- jQueryUI 1.10Since this version includes security fixes, it is highly recommended to update to this version ASAP!See the Changelog for more details.IMPORTANT NOTE: -----------------------------------Due to...

I started doing video for my church 10 years ago. I used my own $300 handheld camcorder and edited it on my own computer using the cheapest video editing software I could find.Ten years later I am now the full-time director of video at my church. I don’t use a camcorder anymore.  I have several high-end cameras and video editing software suites. My team produces several videos a week, including the sermon videos for our multisite locations.Getting here hasn’t been an easy road, nor has i...