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Using Technology to Enhance Ministry and Mission

Utilize technology to enhance ministry by improving communication, building relationships, organizing worship, enabling effective teaching, expanding evangelism, boosting stewardship, and enhancing staff effectiveness. Learn how to leverage various tech tools for impactful ministry and mission work. Discover field-tested technology solutions to strengthen church image, influence, community, worship, teaching, evangelism, stewardship, and staff productivity. This resource covers practical tips and insights to maximize the benefits of technology in church settings.

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Using Technology to Enhance Ministry and Mission

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  1. Using Technology to Enhance Ministry and Mission Paul Hennings

  2. Outline • The Case for Technology • Technology for: • Image and Influence • Creating Community • Worship and Teaching • Evangelism and Stewardship • Staff Effectiveness • Field-Tested Technology • “Church Tech” Now and Future = Relationships • Q & A

  3. The Case for Technology • How many of you…? Three Quick Stats • 77.4% of people in the US use the Internet • Over the last 20 years mobile phone subscriptions grew from 12.4 million to over 4.6 billion • Almost 50% of couples I marry meet online

  4. Light-hearted Video

  5. Technology For… Image and Influence • How you use technology influences how people view your relevance. • In particular, younger generations assess churches through technology. • Today, your web presence is directly related to your image. • Social media impacts your influence.

  6. Technology For… Creating Community Community is all about communication. • Leaders need up-to-date communication from staff. • Groups use technology to organize. • Technology helps the whole congregation (and others) be informed.

  7. Technology For… Creating Community Community is all about relationships. • Relationships are built with face time. Technology helps from scheduling to skypeing. • Church and staff social media is used (and misused) to strengthen relationships.

  8. Technology For… Worship • Technology enhances the audio and visual aspects of worship. • Technology helps to organize worship. • Technology improves the creativity of worship. • And, well… it can make sermons a lot better!

  9. Technology For… Teaching • Especially for visual learners, technology is a vital part of teaching. • Teaching can be recorded, reproduced, and disseminated effectively. • Technology allows teaching to be experienced by multiple people in multiple locations. • Technology also allows for students to express their faith in various ways.

  10. Technology For… Evangelism • The Internet allows you to reach beyond geographical boundaries with the gospel. • It also allows you to target specific locations. • Technology opens up multiple mediums for evangelism.

  11. Technology For… Stewardship • Technology allows your church to be environmental stewards. • The Internet offers more options for financial giving. • Stewardship of time is a welcomed aspect of technology (especially for leadership).

  12. Technology For… Staff Effectiveness • Technology enhances inter-staff communication and planning. • Technology helps staff manage time. • Technology improves staff productivity. • Mobile technology is a must.

  13. Field-Tested Technology Image and Influence • Clover Websites (www.cloversites.com) • In-house/congregation Graphic Design (or find someone in your community)

  14. Field-Tested Technology Image and Influence • Facebook page (www.facebook.com) • Blogs (side note on Google) • Wireless access to Internet onsite – or/and terminals

  15. Field-Tested Technology Creating Community: Communication • The Basics – E-mail lists and on-line calendars • Constant Contact (www.constantcontact.com) • The City by Zondervan (www.onthecity.org) • Group texting (www.tatango.com, www.jarbyco.com) • Video displays on location

  16. Field-Tested Technology Creating Community: Relationships • The Basics – Outlook, Social media • Skype (www.skype.com) • Instant Conference (www.instantconference.com)

  17. Field-Tested Technology Worship • The Basics – Screens, PowerPoint, Sound System • MediaShout(www.mediashout.com) • Worship House Media (www.worshiphousemedia.com) • CCLI “Song Select” (www.ccli.com) • Worship Planning Software (www.planningcenteronline.com, www.worshipplanning.com)

  18. Field-Tested Technology Worship • Audacity (www.audacity.sourceforge.net) • Video Recording (multiple possibilities) • Worship Stream (www.worshipstream.com)

  19. Field-Tested Technology Teaching • TVs are the way to go… • Audio Recorders (multiple options) • Video Recorders (www.theflip.com) • Image + Audio/Video Software (www.adobe.com)

  20. Example Video

  21. Field-Tested Technology Teaching • Podcast it… (iTunes, podcast.com) • You can also webcast…

  22. Field-Tested Technology Evangelism • Digital Media (billboards, street signage) • Google Adwords • TV Ads, Worship Broadcast • Online Demographic Studies (through your LCMS district or www.perceptgroup.com)

  23. Field-Tested Technology Stewardship • Being in two places at once (vids for devos) • Less Meetings – More Doing! (e-mail groups, private webpages, online blogs/forums, conference calls) • Financial Stewardship (www.paypal.com, online giving through thrivent, lcef, etc.) • Less paper is just the beginning to a better Earth (www.webofcreation.org/Environmental%20Guide.pdf)

  24. Field-Tested Technology Staff Effectiveness • Storage and Access (server, the cloud) • Outlook Calendar and Scheduling • Laptops, Tablets, Cell Phones • Integrity (www.safeeyes.com, www.integrityonline.com)

  25. “Church Tech” Now and Future • Mobilization of Christians. • Draw people together (community) and send people on mission (empowering) • Sharing of God’s activity • Ability for more cross-cultural engagement. • Decentralization of Christianity. • Not just a “younger person” issue, but must be if you want to reach them.

  26. Q & A

  27. Using Technology to Enhance Ministry and Mission Paul Hennings

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