The Pro Church Tools Show with Brady Shearer

Why does the church down the road from you grow while your church's numbers stay the same? Are they just praying harder? Does God love them more? These are the 4 quadrants of success that I believe are the equation for reaching your goals.

For the last couple of weeks I've presented the same announcements to our church each week. How do I keep these announcements fresh and inspiring each week? This is the secret sauce...

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools -- #TIMESTAMPS: 2:18 - How should churches use Twitter? Should we be creating original Twitter content? 9:01 - How can a church media team that consists of volunteers with jobs in the digital marketing field be respectful and submissive of the pastors in charge, but at the same time, guiding them in the way the digital media should go? 24:05 - What are your top 2-3 church sites you think are spectacular and what makes them that way? 31:26 - Mac over PC?   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

Facebook Stories officially rolled out this week. Nearly every church enjoys their biggest social presence on Facebook. So what does this mean for the future of Facebook and our churches?

I saw a Facebook video that a pastor published promoting his church’s upcoming Easter experiences last week. The video was only 39 seconds long so I transcribed it to share with you.

http://prochurchtools.com/158 - Churches work really hard to avoid crisis, but Justin talks about how to handle it if the worst happens.

I am 100% convinced that the most impactful churches of the next decade will look very different than the churches we currently idolize. Why? Because we're living through the biggest communication shift in the last 500 years. And even the most modern and on-trend churches that we all look up to were founded before this shift could ever have even been predicted.

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools -- #TIMESTAMPS: 4:48 - My church has a person in the communications position who isn’t creative whatsoever. I would love to get into the position but they aren’t planning on leaving anytime soon. What should I do? 12:13 - Should the opening and closing scripts be the same each week, or change it up? Should we change the background music every week, or keep it the same? 17:03 - Do you think you can have too broad of a targeted audience with ads? 20:10 - What’s a good way to take up tithes without disrupting the flow of service?   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

Church apps can be a spectacular tool for your church. In this episode, Brady explains WHEN you should begin thinking about building an app for your church...

As Easter approaches, churches are beginning to formulate their promotion strategies. In this episode, Brady discusses the key advantages and disadvantages of Facebook Ads versus mailers.