There’s a current event that everyone is talking about and you're wondering - "should my church make a post about this?" On the one hand, you don’t want to be reactionary, but you also don't want to ignore it. So let’s talk about about two questions you need to answer before making a big statement online.

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Table of Contents:

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0:00 - Intro

1:36 - When should you post on social in response to big news items?

8:32 - What traits do you look for in a creative employee/church leader?

13:13 - What's your best tips/advice for asking out an awkward introvert church girl?

16:42 - Should we do a before/after series about renovating our new church building?

21:40 - What are your favorite Christmas traditions?

28:50 - How do you balance *being* in the moment and *capturing* the moment?

33:28 - What's your max tattoo session time you can handle?

36:44 - What do you wish your designers would do without being asked?

38:56 - What's something people don't know about your home country?

42:51 - Would you reserve Posts and Reels for evergreen social ministry and things like Stories and Highlights for snapshots of what's going on right now in your church?

46:04 - Do you have any tips for missionaries and non-profit ministries?

48:26 - In honor of autumn, what is your favorite apple?

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0:00 - Intro⁣⁣

1:20 - Habit #1: Walking⁣⁣

12:10 - Habit #2: Sabbath⁣⁣

17:47 - Habit #3: Sleeping⁣⁣

25:00 - Habit #4: Silence⁣⁣

34:36 - Habit #5: Being Unoffendable⁣⁣

39:45 - Habit #6: Psychotherapy⁣⁣

44:52 - Habit #7: Framework For Honest Evaluation

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0:00 - Intro

1:12 - How do I get leadership to take social media seriously?

13:19 - Would you ever consider using text for mass updates?

18:44 - How can we improve our email open rates?

26:46 - What advice do you have for cheap male fashion?

36:02 - How do elder millennials stay up to date with trends?

42:03 - Is it too late to join TikTok?

42:58 - What's the most interesting fact about your family histories?

52:13 - How do we promote so many ministries without over promoting?

57:29 - We're struggling with our youth who are serving in tech or worship...

1:01:44 - Best fiction book you've read recently?

1:09:01 - Does burying a link in the caption increase engagement?

1:11:08 - What are good events for both members and non-members?

1:15:07 - Is Nacho Libre a good movie?

1:18:09 - What are the essentials for a minimal church website?

1:25:43 - Why does cream and sugar make coffee so much better?

1:31:40 - Are the NCAA conference change ups a good move?

1:34:29 - How do we respond to members not buying in to social for ministry?

1:35:23 - Why is Facebook not performing well for us?

1:37:20 - What's on the fall-time fragrance rotation?

1:41:31 - Will you ever grow/cut your hair?

1:43:08 - Do you play Fantasy Football?

1:45:51 - What order do you put your socks and shoes on?

The best way for your church to reach young people is to disproportionately dedicate resources to them. At least, that's the thesis from Fuller Youth Institute and an extensive study they conducted of more than ten-thousand hours, thirteen-hundred interviews, and two-hundred and fifty churches. Today we're joined by Dr. Kara Powell to discuss the research she was a part of and also to answer the burning question we're all thinking: if the cost of reaching young people is to disproportionately prioritize them - what does that mean for everyone else?

Show notes:

Growing Young - https://fulleryouthinstitute.org/growingyoung

Growing Young Research Method - https://churchesgrowingyoung.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Growing-Young-Research-Method.pdf

Fuller Youth Institute - https://fulleryouthinstitute.org/

The Only Denomination Not In Decline - https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2021/august/assemblies-of-god-grow-us-council-denomination-decline-poli.html

Barna - https://www.barna.com

Springtide Research Institute - https://www.springtideresearch.org

Dr. Kara Powell - https://karapowell.com

Dr. Kara Powell on Twitter - https://twitter.com/KPowellFYI

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0:00 - Intro

1:15 - Plenty Never Lasts

7:34 - Die A Thousand Little Deaths

12:15 - The Compounding Power of Consistency

15:30 - Learn To Die Well

22:50 - Reassess Problems From Altitude

28:40 - Be Where Your Feet Are

33:40 - Say The Quiet Part Out Loud

38:50 - Pray Without Ceasing

44:28 - Just Keep Trying And Be A Good Friend

49:42 - Follow The Leader

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0:00 - Intro

1:45 - Our Honorable Mentions

10:40 - The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter

18:45 - Sinners In The Hands Of A Loving God by Brian Zahnd

25:25 - Outlive by Peter Attia

34:29 - Working The Angles by Eugene Peterson

39:54 - The Psychology Of Money by Morgan Housel

46:01 - Liber Mundi

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Question #1 (2:39): What is the best way to share to all of social content using 1 app?

Question #2 (9:55): How did you guys meet your wives?

Question #3 (29:40): We are a small (but multi-generational) church with a part-time staff, all of whom wear many hats, so we are very limited on the content we can create. What platforms and types of content do you think we should be prioritizing when creating?

Question #4 (32:15): Which of the social platforms will become the most worthy of investment over the next year or so? I'm a one-woman team and I can only do so much.

Question #5 (34:18): Can you do  social media post ideas for small churches again with some new ideas? I feel like I post the same thing over and over. I always hear you saying repeat = defeat, every time I repeat a post!

Question #6 (45:34): Does Instagram grid aesthetic matter still? I've gotten feedback from some staff that my SocialSermons fill up our Instagram grid and it looks like our pastor is egocentric since the grid is all stills of him. So I've resulted to posting 5-6 photos of families at our weekend services each week in addition at the SocialSermons to keep the grid looking family oriented. That's been a lot of caption writing and it's tough to have that many new pictures weekly.

DRAFT SEGMENT (52:39): The Best Christian Rock Festival Lineup

Question #7 (01:49:32): I attend a church of less than 100 and have a lot of older generation rather than younger people in the church, due to this, it's sort of hard to explain the concept of social media and technology, especially when we implement them in our events. What's the best way of going about this situation?

Question #8 (01:53:24): How much value do you put into boosting posts/ads on social media? Are there any general recommendations you would give for how to use paid advertising on social platforms?

Question #9 (01:56:11): If Threads is destined to fail, what is the value in getting started with it?

Question #10 (02:00:17): How long and how much work, does it take to shoot a single podcast?

Question #11 (02:02:58): What's wrong lately?

Question #12 (02:17:13): What's one weird pet peeve you have?

Question #13 (02:21:37): Can you make a video on the balance of working in social media? I've been following you for 10 years now, and you constantly have insanely good ideas. All the more, you always give off a presence of peace. I can't work social media like that and a lot of people struggle with the mental side of it. How are you doing this?

Question #14 (02:23:05): My Pastor loves videos for everything. He would rather post a video on our website About Us page than write a paragraph explaining who we are. I don’t think people will watching a video and would rather read or even skim the paragraph. Who’s right?