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http://prochurchtools.com/104 - Brad Lomenick joins us today to talk about identifying your calling, the importance of a calling statement and how to develop your calling statement. Ready to download some premium church knowledge? Then lets go!

http://prochurchtools.com/103 - Mike Sheley & Nick Dilberto give us 5 digital tools for working with students and talk about the role of church media in student ministry. Get ready because Mike & Nick are about to take your youth/young adult ministry's to the next level!

http://prochurchtools.com/102 - Elle Ginter joins us today to share some advice for young film makers. She talks about how to find a story that you love and goes over her specific film making process. Buckle in because your about to get an inside look at the cutthroat attitude of the production industry!

http://prochurchtools.com/101 - Nate Griffin is a Creative Director/Executive Producer in the world of film making and talks to us today about the beginning of the filmmaking process as well as the tension between manipulation and emotional storytelling in film. He also lets us in on his secret of how he attained such a massive Instagram following!

http://prochurchtools.com/100 - So you have accumulated all these amazing volunteers in your church but how do you gauge if your volunteers are actually trained well and being effective? Scott Magdalein answers this question and talks about the art of volunteer training and why it’s critical.

http://prochurchtools.com/099 - Finding volunteers can sometimes be a difficult struggle, so what are some strategies we can implement to make this process easier? Carl Barnhill give us 10 awesome strategies that we can start using right now to double our volunteer numbers!

http://prochurchtools.com/098 - Our very special guest Mike McHargue, AKA Science Mike, is going to give us the lowdown on the science of storytelling. Get ready because this is going to blow your mind!

http://prochurchtools.com/097 - Tim Peters is back to help us understand the reason WHY we create and how to get inside the lives & minds of those we’re creating for. Get ready because Tim is about to drop some serious knowledge when it comes to the creative arts!  

http://prochurchtools.com/096 - Dallas Jenkins joins us today to discuss the storytelling philosophy at Harvest Bible Chapel and how we can apply film techniques to church videos. Are you ready to take your storytelling to the next level?!

http://prochurchtools.com/095 - People will look for your church online long before they ever physically step into your building but how do we know that are church websites are effective? Brad Miller helps us to answer this question and give us insight into why design and user experience with digital media is so important.

http://prochurchtools.com/094 - Are you ready to see a game changing new way to do church?! Then get comfortable because Jimmie Davidson is about to break down this unconventional new church model.

http://prochurchtools.com/093 - User experience is easily one of the most important factors when creating a church website or any form of digital media related to your church. If your congregation or a potential new guest finds it hard to get information or navigate your site, they will have moved on before you know it. Stephen Morrissey gives us a list of helpful UX tools & shares some common UX mistakes churches are making today.

http://prochurchtools.com/092 - Millennials tend to live exclusively in the online/digitial world, so how do churches connect and market to this generation? What is inbound marketing & how do you determine your church’s audience/demographic? Sandy Ellingson helps us to answer these questions & shares mistakes churches are making in the realm of inbound marketing.

http://prochurchtools.com/091 - Often churches have a plethora of content that they can use such as recorded sermons, sermon notes & teachings. How then do we repurpose this content and properly communicate it in the realm of social media? Should we post the same status multiple times? Can we share the same status on multiple platforms? We bring in Diana Wei Fang to answer these questions and to show us how to best repurpose content for social media.

http://prochurchtools.com/090 - Its the Christmas season, which means that giving will be at a all time high in churches and charities all over the world. So how can you maximize December giving in your church and more importantly, why is recurring giving important in the first place? Kent Woodyard joins us to answer these questions and more on this session of the Pro Church Podcast. 

http://prochurchtools.com/089 - The average size of a church in North America today is roughly 200 people, so why is it so hard to get past this magic number? How do we break past 200 and continue to expand our congregations? Michael Lukaszewski helps us to answer that question and to understand some of the reasons why your church might not want to grow. 

http://prochurchtools.com/088 - What is The RIO of Digital Discipleship? It isn't something we hear about often but it holds a tremendous amount of importance when looking to see if your church is making an impact or simply being ineffective. Derek Gillette joins us on the Pro Church Podcast to talk about this and how we can quantify digital discipleship.

http://prochurchtools.com/087 - Brad Davies joins us to discuss the #1 mistake to avoid in email marketing & how to balance teaser headlines vs. authentic headlines. Not sure what email marketing even is and how it can be used in your church? Then get comfortable and hit that play button.

http://prochurchtools.com/086 - When it comes to church branding we often ask ourselves where do I even begin? Are there mistakes I am already making? Justin Keller answers those questions for us today and talks about the new rules that have emerged for church branding.

http://prochurchtools.com/085 - Today Jason Inman shares with us some things you might not know about social media and why your church needs to stop broadcasting on social media platforms. Why should we not be broadcasting? Listen in and find out!