Website Wisdom
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church Technology, Church Websites, Ekklesia and Monk Dev on 11 2nd, 2009 | No Comments
Your Church magazine, part of Christianity Today published an article I wrote, Website Wisdom - New research, cooperative reveal best practices for churches in the Nov/Dec 2009 issue. The article begins:
Research conducted earlier this year, which surveyed hundreds of churches representing more than...
Story - Churches and Social Media breakout
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church Technology, Church Websites and Ekklesia on 10 31st, 2009 | 1 Comment
Tim Schraeder did an excellent job capturing Cynthia Ware (http://thedigitalsanctuary.org/) and my session at the Story Chicago conference.
Social Media Pulse
What are churches current social media patterns?
We are living in a world people dreamed of.
There used to only be a computer at work…...
The Shape of the Future - Online Ministry
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church Websites, Ekklesia, Ministry Technology and Monk Dev on 09 15th, 2009 | No Comments
Outcomes a quarterly magazine from the Christian Leadership Alliance just released their Fall 2009 issue highlighting Internet Ministry. I wrote an article entitled, The Shape of the Future - A four-part ministry Web strategy. The issue includes several articles you should consider reading by respected...
The Ministry Internet & Technology Summit
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Ekklesia, General Technology, Ministry Technology and Monk Dev on 09 11th, 2009 | 3 Comments
The Christian Leadership Alliance has asked that I organize an Internet Ministry conference for CLA 2010 and beyond. This year it will be in San Diego, CA, on April 19-21, 2010. This year we have our schedule of speakers that will include numerous panel members from ministries around the world.
SUMMIT...
Internet Presence Management
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church Technology, Church Websites and Ekklesia on 07 7th, 2009 | 2 Comments
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 visits your award-winning new website...
Church Website Cooperative Project
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church Technology, Church Websites and Ekklesia on 06 2nd, 2009 | 4 Comments
Kaleo Church along with several other churches plan on cooperating and implementing a new church web strategy. This strategy is influenced from a study that examined the analytics of 50+ church websites. In this research there were answers to questions such as: Why do people come to a church website?...
Cobblestone Community Network BETA Release
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church Technology, Church Websites, Ekklesia and Monk Dev on 05 19th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Our team at Monk Development has been hard at work and now we finally have the BETA release of Cobblestone. Today four organizations are on the system with more to come. Here are a few of the screenshots to whet your appetite:
Grace Login page. Cobblestone can be pointed to a subdomain of your site....
ECHO: Church Media Conference
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church Technology, Church Websites, Ekklesia and Monk Dev on 05 11th, 2009 | No Comments
A conference for church leaders that love using media, technology, and the internet to be more effective in sharing God’s story.
Why you should go
* To discover new forms of media
* To be inspired to use media in new ways
* To learn how to create original forms of media
* To move...
Churches: Using the Internet to be on Mission, Disciple and Create Community
Denver Seminary sponsored a webinar for their alumni network where I presented on the Future of the Church Online. Here is a brief description:
We have all heard about the importance of a church website, the craze of social networking and the need for pastors to blog. But how effective are these really...
Christian Social Networks and Private Community Sites
As we’ve begun to look at numerous Christian Social Networks and Private Community Sites there is one test that easily distinguishes two paths that make a large difference in whether a Christian should use them:
Does the Social Network focus on the Community over the Cause?
Let me give two private...
Website Stolen
Any help you can lend out there but DataFizz is taking credit for this design of Viviana Rodríguez Amoblamientos SA. It is a direct rip of Denver Seminary built by Monk and designed by Designwise Studios. They’re even using the same css file names (monkcms.css).
The State of the Church Online - Part II Church Websites & Usage
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Technology, Church Websites, Ekklesia, General Technology and Monk Dev on 02 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment
How effective is your church website?
Are regulars coming back frequently?
Are you gathering new people? If not, who is visiting your website?
Why are they visiting?
Where are these visitors coming from?
Church website designs have improved greatly over the last few years but are the designs created...
2009 Technology & Church Planting Conferences Roadmap
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Planting, Church Technology, Ekklesia, General Technology, Leadership, Ministry Design and Monk Dev on 01 8th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Here are a few good conferences coming up that are on my roadmap:
[REVISED 5/11]
National Religious Broadcasters Convention & Exposition (February 7-10 Nashville, TN) The NRB annual Convention & Exposition is the largest nationally and internationally recognized event dedicated solely to assist...
Ministry Websites Launched
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church Technology, Ekklesia, General Technology and Monk Dev on 12 4th, 2008 | No Comments
Monk Development has a number of ministry sites coming down the pipeline, here are a few of our recent launches:
Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) has spread to more than 100 campuses across the country and has grown to include well over 200 full time staff. RUF holds to the core beliefs of historic...
New Church Websites launched
Our client’s church websites continue to receive awards and recognition. For example, Church Relevance lists the top 90 church websites and numerous Ekklesia clients are on the list. On ChurchBeauty one-third of the sites on the current home page are on our system. Even the Ekklesia 360 admin...
Drew Goodmanson serves as CEO of Monk Development and is co-founder/pastor at Kaleo Church. Monk is an Internet strategy and development company. Monk created Ekklesia 360 which is used by thousands of churches and ministries. Drew often speaks at conferences and has written for several national publications about how churches/ministries can use the Internet. Goodmanson.com is recognized as one of the Top Church Blogs. Kaleo Church is a missional community, multi-site church planting movement in San Diego, CA. More about Drew Goodmanson.
