The Pro Church Tools Show with Brady Shearer

Anthem Church is a four-month old startup church in Plano, Texas. Kris Prince is their bi-vocational lead pastor shepherding a church about 50 people. Kris is convinced he has the volunteer resources and infrastructure to double in size. In this edition of the Pro Church Podcast: Coaching Edition, Brady and Kris discuss growing Anthem Church using a value-first Facebook Ads funnel.

http://prochurchtools.com/170 - With Millennials being a dominant portion of the workforce in America it is important to understand who they are, and why they aren't as involved in church life. Wes joins us to discuss common misconceptions regarding millennials.

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools -- #TIMESTAMPS: 1:06 - What would you actually target for your website headline? Would you target the greatest felt need, or would you target what you're positioned to provide right now? 12:20 - What is the best way to find your style? How can I find out what people like to see without copying ideas from other churches? 23:25 - Do you think it is ok to mention giving in announcements videos? 28:04 - What do you recommend for podcast hosting? For those that will be quick to say that they don't use technology much, how could we as the communications staff to get them into the central hub model? Brady Shearer is the CEO of Pro Church Tools Inc., a company helping churches communicate better. Through weekly videos, podcasts, and articles, Pro Church Tools reaches more than 25,000 churches every month. Brady is the host of The #AskBrady Show, a church communications focused Q&A video show and podcast, as well as the Pro Church Podcast, a weekly interview audio podcast. Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: http://instagram.com/bradyshearer Facebook: http://facebook.com/prochurchtools Website: http://prochurchtools.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/bradyshearer

Northwest Assembly Of God is the perfect example of a prototypical church. The church averages about 200 in attendance, their website homepage has a giant slider on it, and their domain name is a five-letter acronym. The great news is that they've got a young and talented leader on staff named Christian Lamb, and he's ready to lead the church through a rebrand. I sit down with Christian and together we create a gameplan for his ambitious rebranding project.

http://prochurchtools.com/169 - Images are an important part of your church brand. Alexander share how capturing and editing photos can add to your visual brand.

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools -- #TIMESTAMPS: 3:47 - Where would you start with implementing exclusive content for your churches social media accounts? 12:07 - Should we be posting videos? If so how long/what content? 16:56 - Should our posts be more graphics or more people/photos of the community? 21:47 - What is the best way to increase the amount of quality photos we get each Sunday? For those that will be quick to say that they don't use technology much, how could we as the communications staff to get them into the central hub model? Brady Shearer is the CEO of Pro Church Tools Inc., a company helping churches communicate better. Through weekly videos, podcasts, and articles, Pro Church Tools reaches more than 25,000 churches every month. Brady is the host of The #AskBrady Show, a church communications focused Q&A video show and podcast, as well as the Pro Church Podcast, a weekly interview audio podcast. Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: http://instagram.com/bradyshearer Facebook: http://facebook.com/prochurchtools Website: http://prochurchtools.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/bradyshearer

Living Faith Fellowship lives in a college town and every August they see an influx of nearly 10,000 new students & faculty. This presents a huge opportunity for Living Faith Fellowship as a church, but in their experience, they only have a small window of time to reach them before they settle in to college life. On this session of the Pro Church Podcast: Coaching Edition, you'll hear me strategize with a team of five leaders from Living Faith Fellowship on how to best reach these students with the hope of Jesus.

http://prochurchtools.com/168 - Over the last several months we've been working with a development team on a new platform - Nucleus. One of our developers joins us to discuss the process.

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools -- #TIMESTAMPS: 3:30 - What camera would you recommend for live streaming? 10:15 - My church has recently been having a bit of a debate on the number of lyrics on our slides for Sunday morning services. What do you recommend? 16:49 - How do you manage volunteers without micro managing? And how do you get them excited about what they are doing? 25:39 - What do you recommend for keeping track of church attendance. For those that will be quick to say that they don't use technology much, how could we as the communications staff to get them into the central hub model? Brady Shearer is the CEO of Pro Church Tools Inc., a company helping churches communicate better. Through weekly videos, podcasts, and articles, Pro Church Tools reaches more than 25,000 churches every month. Brady is the host of The #AskBrady Show, a church communications focused Q&A video show and podcast, as well as the Pro Church Podcast, a weekly interview audio podcast. Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: http://instagram.com/bradyshearer Facebook: http://facebook.com/prochurchtools Website: http://prochurchtools.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/bradyshearer

When you're a one-man-band at your church, every minute you have to spare is precious. On the inaugural session of the Pro Church Podcast: Coaching Edition, you'll sit in with me as I coach & consult with Fellowship Community Church in realtime and help their one-man-band, Ben Panter, create systems and processes to help create more free time in his schedule.