3 differences between preaching in a room and preaching online
Pastor, there’s differences between preaching in a room and preaching online. You understand, because the last few years has been a challenge! For hundreds of years we’ve been communicating to people, in real life (IRL), in a room. Growing that audience has been a challenge throughout our history but we’ve gone into the highways and byways and compelled them to come in.
Once in the room, IRL, it’s one thing to communicate to them from a pulpit; and a totally different skill to preach to a camera’s red light. Trying to engage a seemingly-imaginary online audience is difficult!
If we don’t master those skills, and partner them with your IRL skills; we risk missing the greatest opportunity to reach our entire world...
Yikes! 5 Things Pastors Aren’t Saying. And Should (Weekly)
I understand. It’s difficult to talk about things Pastors aren’t saying since they juggle so much! They’re responsible for delivering weekly Biblical messages, leadership of staff and volunteers, engaging the congregation, and studying on top of that. Plus, many other tasks go unnoticed too!
The time the Pastor spends as the on-stage church communicator is critical. It needs to be more than just preaching (although that’s a huge priority)! And, of course, everyone else who engages from the stage, needs to be an ambassador of important church communication, messaging, and church branding too — with the teaching Pastor setting the standards and establishing the controls.
What are the church communication things Pastors aren’t saying? Here are 5:
Not uniting sermons and announcements...