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Surrounded by snow-capped mountain scenery begging to be Instagrammed at every turn, a team of creative missionaries from 17 different states and England spent the week pouring into ministries in Alaska, a state where license plates say “The Last Frontier” and snow is measured by the foot.“Alaska is a beautiful place. But the real beauty is the people,” said Creative Missions founder Cleve Persinger at the beginning of the week when the Anchorage region was hit with a late spring snow...

The Echo Conference is coming to Dallas July 24-26. It’s a conference for artists, geeks and storytellers. Score a 15% discount by using the code “ILOVECFCC”.The Center for Church Communication will be there, so stop by and say hello.You also have to check out the geekiest conference promo video ever. Also, the best:Echo 2013 Promo from Echo Hub on Vimeo.

Last week Google CEO Larry Page took the stage at the I/O keynote and shared some personal insights as well as a powerful quote that you may have already seen floating around the web:“We should be building great things that don’t exist.”Isn’t that amazing?Go ahead and read it again and let it soak in.Here are two major takeaways the church can take from Page’s keynote:1. The Church Should Build Great Things That Don’t ExistWe’ve spent so much time trying to be like the world, we...

“Creative Missions helps remind me that the church is bigger than Bellevue, Wash., … I love that for one week a year, I get to learn from pastors outside my region and denomination how they are sharing God’s love.” -Kyna Moore (Q&A With a Creative Missionary)This week Creative Missions is serving in Alaska. Consider supporting the effort and follow along to see what God is doing.

This week church communication professionals are serving in Anchorage, Alaska, with Creative Missions. It’s a missions trip for creatives and a chance to help local churches communicate better. Learn more about this year’s trip and follow along:(Not working? View the story “Creative Missions 2013″ on Storify.) [View the story "Creative Missions 2013: Anchorage" on Storify]

Right now church communication pros from all over the country are gathering in Anchorage, Alaska, for this year’s Creative Missions. They’re getting ready to serve churches, helping them to become courageous storytellers of the gospel. That’s the poetic way to put it. In more practical terms, they’re going to help churches write announcements, fix sound systems, create video and more.We’ve been talking about Creative Missions all year. We’ve supported the effort since the beginnin...

“Now I know just enough to be dangerous.”It’s a common refrain from pastors served by Creative Missions. A team of creative professionals served their church for a week, empowering them to communicate the gospel to their community. These churches have now become dangerous.That’s the idea behind the new book we released earlier this week, Dangerous: A Go-to Guide for Church Communication.It’s a collection of thoughts for beginners, written by Creative Missions participants, enough id...

“There is nothing more powerful than a well-told story about someone whose life has been changed by Jesus. Fortunately, God’s story can be told with or without money or expensive equipment.” -Dave Hartland (Dangerous: A Go-to Guide for Church Communication)

I’m pleased to announce the publication of Dangerous: A Go-to Guide for Church Communication:It took only a week to make Pastor Jeff dangerous. A team of church communication pros descended on his church to share their knowledge, a venture known as Creative Missions. The status quo is now endangered.Is your church ready to be dangerous?This booklet is written by the reinforcements, men and women in the trenches of church communication. They’re Creative Missions alumni and now offer that s...

Facebook is beyond popular. Over 1 billion people are registered to use the social media giant as of September 2012. With that many people on Facebook, it’s a perfect place to have your church be active, alive and interacting with users. Facebook is super easy to use and easy to get started.Maybe you already have a Facebook fan page for your church and it needs to be dusted off, or maybe it’s a new idea and you don’t know where to start. Either way, we can help your church get started o...