CHURCH OPERATIONS

Communications

Promo Packs

Resources

Recommended resources

Invisible

Recommended Websites

Church Media Drop – Find free media including graphics and bumper videos, shared by other churches

Creation Swap – Find free and paid church media assets uploaded by churches from all over the world

Pro Church Tools – A never-ending supply of church communications tips and resources. You can follow along with the blog, podcast or Youtube channel

Church Motion Graphics – Motion background packs, Photoshop templates, social media kits, and time-saving graphic downloads

Lightstock – Download Christian stock photos, vectors and footage. You can create a free account and receive a free photo once a week

Church Juice – short and sweet info on church communications

Your Church Website

Back to Basics: Church Websites 101 – Blog Post

Top 25 Church Websites of 2019 – Blog post round up of some excellent inspiration and ideas from churches al over the world

Squarespace – a simple website builder to help beginners create a website that looks great on any device

Divi – this is an affordable plugin and/or theme builder that you can use with your WordPress site to make it a drag-and-drop builder (we use Divi on our website!)

Nucleus – a website builder that helps you create an online hub specifically for churches (a little more pricey but simplifies things a lot!)

Nucleus Launcher – a free website add-on that makes taking next-steps easy!

The Church Co – a church website built for you in one week

Graphic Design

Canva – An incredible free online graphic design program. Access thousands of pre-made templates and customise them, and create anything from a Facebook post to new business cards.
You can also get their pro plan for free if you send them proof of your not-for-profit status.

Unsplash – Avoid copyright issues and find beautiful stock photos on Unsplash.

Creative Market – Download 6 free design resources each week, plus find millions of ready-to-use design resources fit for a tight budget.

Messenger Graphics – A Christian graphic designer who creates sermon series graphics and free social graphics to help churches! Sign up to her mailing list to get designs straight to your inbox.

Marketing

Content Marketing for Churches – a short blog post with ideas to repurpose content you’re already creating

Church Metrics – a free app to help you track attendance and data at your church

Invisible

Conferences

That Church Conference – a online conference for church communicators across the world

Church Marketing Conference – A free online conference in September that will help your church build a marketing plan

Christmas

Team Recommendations – Ideas and recommendations from the team at the Baptist Centre

Christmas Ad Pack – A Facebook Ad strategy to invite your community to your Christmas events

Easter

Team Recommendations – Ideas and recommendations from the team at the Baptist Centre

Download the ‘Ultimate Easter Kit’ from Church Marketing University for graphics, email and text templates, bumper videos, Facebook Ad campaigns and more!

COVID-19

Church Communications during a global pandemic – Blog Post

Guide to LIVE Streaming for churches – a great explainer video on setting up a livestream

Church Online Platform – free software for livestreaming church

Cheapest Live Stream set up for churches – recommendations for affordable gear to set up a live stream from $250

Creating guest experiences (COVID-19 edition) – A recording of a Zoom chat with church communicators on welcoming visitors during COVID-19

Ideas for battling screen fatigue – Blog post