The Pro Church Tools Show with Brady Shearer

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002 - 5 Action Steps to Identifying Your Church Story Apr 08, 2014

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http://prochurchtools.com/002 - The future of church media revolves around your church. And your church's story. It's not about mass production and following the big guys. It's about identifying your church's unique story and letting that influence every type of media you produce. But how do you find that story? Just ask yourself these 5 questions.

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Identifying your church's unique story and narrative isn't always easy - but it's absolutely necessary. And once you figure it out it should inform every type of media your church produces.

5 Action Steps

Identify church leadership
Examine your church's size
Examine church demographics
Identify church talents
Identify church values

Switchfoot Lyrics

I wanna thrive not just survive This is your life, are you who you want to be? You and I were meant to live for so much more I made a mess of me, I wanna get back the rest of me I'm ready to come alive, I'm not waiting for the afterlife

Beginning to see a trend? Switchfoot has found their niche in the alt-rock scene. They continue to sing the same song over again - but not in a bad way. They voice their story and narrative and they do it better than most.

001 - The Future of Church Media Mar 26, 2014

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http://prochurchtools.com/001 - What does the future of church media look like? It's not doing what the church down the road is doing. It's not doing what the big guys are doing. In the very first session of the Pro Church Podcast we'll explore the future of church media and what to expect.

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Millennials aren't materialistic. Newsweek even says so. Read the article.

The very first session of the Pro Church Tools podcast, where we discuss the future of church media.

2 Instant Takeaways

Millennials are the future. And Millennials love anything tech: videos, devices, on-demand content, live streaming, mobile giving, and worship with backing tracks. The church Millennials grew up with the "staged" church; but they want the "experiential" church. This generation is so media-saturated that they can smell hype a mile away and long for authenticity. All of this needs to be taken into account by the church if they want to reach out to next gen believers.
Every church speaks with its own voice. In the past, the church may have done things because other churches did it, because it was tradition, because it was the default. In a crowded, loud culture, churches can use media to differentiate themselves from the crowd.