Church Growth: 1st Time Experience at Plantation UMC – Club or Movement?
I recently went to Plantation United Methodist Church in Plantation, FL. I had a good worship experience there, so I want to share with you what happened at this church. Entering the Church Here is a picture of the street view. What’s interesting here is that the church didn’t appear to have any signage on the street. If I didn’t …
Interview with Pastor BJ Rutledge of Grace Fellowship Church About Church Growth!
Our guest is Pastor BJ Rutledge, a pastor at Grace Fellowship Church in Paradise, TX. Who knew that paradise was actually located in Texas? That’s awesome! Pastor BJ: Everybody wants to be in paradise, man! Patrick Steil: That’s right! Just a little introduction about Grace Fellowship and BJ. Grace Fellowship was started in 2003-2004 with about 10 core families. There …
Announcing: Kingdom Church Website Template
One of my life goals is to impact 10,000 churches across the United States. My hope is that I can help them have a more inviting, welcoming website to help spread God’s love throughout every community. Churches have the opportunity to make a lasting impact on this earth, leading more people into The Kingdom, and I hope to help churches …
Church Growth Tips: Our First-Time Guest Experience – EASTER SUNDAY!
How to Design a Welcoming Service Hey, this is Patrick Steil here with ChurchBuzz. On Easter Sunday, my family attended Grace Fellowship in Paradise, TX. Yes, that’s right, we went to a church in Paradise, which was kind of cool. We were actually invited to Grace Fellowship by some friends of ours who’ve been going there for about 3 years …
Church Website Review for Bath First Church of the Nazarene
Barry, thank you for giving me permission to review your church’s website. Happy to do it. I think I have a lot of value that I can bring to you. Let’s talk about some of the good things first. It is good that when I resize your website, it automatically resizes things and re-lays them out so they are still …
Live Video Review of Sun City UMC – 12pm CST on 4/19
Hey guys, tomorrow (Tuesday, April 19, 2016) I will host a LIVE Facebook Video about our experience at Sun City United Methodist Church in Sun City, FL. This church has been recognized by its annual conference as one of the top 15 churches in the conference for church growth! Come listen in on what we loved about worshipping with these …
Church Hospitality: First-Time Church Visitor Experience at Valley Creek Church
Learn from our experiences at Valley Creek Church in Denton, TX. They did a pretty good job of welcoming us and teaching about Evangelism! The Sunday before Easter 2016, we went to Valley Creek Church in Denton, Texas. They’re actually a satellite of the Valley Creek Church in Flower Mound, Texas. I chose this church for a couple of reasons: I …
Church Online Giving 2016 Update
Here at ChurchBuzz, we’ve been paying attention to online giving in the church for years now. It’s important stuff because as the world continues to “go online,” the Church must adapt in order to “reach people where they are.” With that in mind, we thought we’d share our 2016 online giving update. The following is our most current thinking about …
Guest Post! First-Time Visitor at Hales Corners Lutheran Church by Brittney Lynn
Hi everyone! My name is Brittney Lynn. I recently met Patrick through a local social media networking Meetup here in Dallas. I reached out to Patrick after hearing him mention that he owns a business helping churches build optimized websites. Working in the social media marketing industry, I was intrigued. We met for coffee and ended up talking about a …