Who forms the Online Ministry Team?

  • Team Leader
  • Social media coordinator
  • Web designer
  • Photographer
  • Graphic designer
  • Video editor
  • Audio editor
  • Host (video and/or audio)

What are my First Steps?

  1. Know the reason behind your online ministry (your WHY)
  2. Get your church board “on board”
  3. Get your church members on board
  4. Create a budget (even if it’s $50)

What are the Basic Platforms?

Church Website

  1. Basic info (about us, service times, etc.)
  2. Blog
  3. Video
  4. Podcast
  5. How-to Articles
  6. Bible studies
  7. Infographics
  8. E-books
  • Don’t just talk about your church – meet needs and uplift Christ.

A Social Media account

You can share:

  • Live videos
  • Graphics
  • Written content
  • Photographs

Also

  • Generate feedback
  • Take polls
  • Create event promotions

Church Email Address

What basic things should our budget cover?

  • Social media ads and boosts
  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Custom URL
  • Hosting site

What are some other Action Items?

  1. Create online ministry strategy
  2. Create content calendars
  3. Assign tasks
  4. Evaluate regularly
  5. Stay up-to-date
  6. Continue in earnest prayer always

What should my Church Assessment Survey include?

Find out the skills and tools available in your congregation. Create a survey that collects the following information:

  • Age
  • Gadgets they have available
  • The software they have available (e.g. audio, video, or photo editing software)
  • Interests, hobbies
  • The purpose they believe God has placed on their heart
  • Social media platform they use

Set the Goals of your ministry

Share the Gospel

  • Experience Jesus Christ
  • Explore Bible doctrines
  • Strengthen faith
  • Prepare for End Times
  • Finding peace

Meet community needs

  • Loneliness
  • Drug/alcohol abuse
  • Marital problems
  • Pornography
  • Debt
  • Grief
  • Violence
  • Sexual assault
  • Unemployment

Grow church membership

  • Baptisms

Involve young people

  • Harness their digital skills

What resources are there?