July 2009

Is Online Community real Community? Questions about the Virtual Church

by Drew Goodmanson|30 July 200930 July 2009|Church Technology, Featured Articles

Lately this question seems to be popping up more and more so I thought I'd post some initial thoughts. For example, while at the Echo Media Conference I have met several 'Internet Campus Pastors'. Including a church planter who has...

Would Jesus be on Facebook? and other questions for Christian web leaders

by Drew Goodmanson|28 July 200928 July 2009|Church Technology

I want to encourage those Christians in the tech space to attend the Christian Web Conference. Where most conferences on technology are geared toward 'how', 'what', and 'who' this conference will ask more 'why' questions. As the conference main site...

The Small Group Host Location is More Important than you Think

by Drew Goodmanson|22 July 200922 July 2009|Church, Church Planting, Ministry Design

Often it may be tempting to pick where you will host a small group primarily on issues such as convenient location, size of house or willingness of the host to open their home. Avoid these temptations. If you agree with...

Kaleo Vision and Philosophy of Ministry

by Drew Goodmanson|21 July 200921 July 2009|Church, Church Planting, Ministry Design

At the end of last year I posted a document on Kaleo's Philosophy of Ministry created by Tim Cain as he worked to plant a new church site as part of Kaleo. As an updated now there is an added...

The Necessity of Mission for Small Groups

by Drew Goodmanson|20 July 200920 July 2009|Church

Kaleo Church is still learning what it means to be a community of believers gathering throughout the week in homes across the county. We call these groups Missional Communities. Why? Our desire is that we would be gospel-centered communities on...

Internet Presence Management

by Drew Goodmanson|07 July 200907 July 2009|Church Technology, Church Websites, Ekklesia

Monk Development has begun our shift from a Content Management provider to an Internet Presence Management company. What is the difference? Most Content Management Systems (CMS) focus on managing the content to publish to a client's website. "If no one...

Cobblestone Community Network Goes Live

by Drew Goodmanson|07 July 200907 July 2009|Church Technology, Church Websites, Monk Dev

Cobblestone was created to help your community be the church. Cobblestone is designed to encourage behaviors that are important for the body of the local church. Learn how Cobblestone can assist you with objectives such as: Helping People find opportunities...