Practical conversations about church marketing, digital ministry, and reaching your community online.
Today's church visitor is more likely to be Gen Z, more likely to be a man, and has usually researched your church online before walking in.
We rank seven of the newest church tech trends, from website chatbots and church apps to AI worship music and NFC tap-to-give, as green, yellow, or red light.
We dug into the data behind America's fastest-growing churches and found four patterns: they invest in the next generation, mobilize volunteers, put community
AI has rewritten four rules of church marketing: how content gets made, how personalization works, how people find churches, and how high the bar for
Most church social media is written for members, but only about 4% of your followers will ever see a given post.
Only about 10% of first-time church visitors ever come back for a second visit.
93% of pastors are using or exploring AI, but only 5% of churches have a policy for it.
We put ten of the most repeated pieces of church growth advice through a three-tier ranking.
93% of church leaders are already using or exploring AI, and teams doing it well are reclaiming 5 to 10 hours a week.
75% of visitors judge a church's credibility on its website alone, and 61% leave if they can't find what they need in five seconds.
TikTok has 1.5 billion monthly users and is the least saturated major platform for church content right now — only 34 of the 100 most influential churches are
60% of Protestant churches are plateaued or declining, and only 8% of pastors are extremely satisfied with their discipleship process.
