Karl Vaters talks with Brady Shearer, summarizing a report about church trends and church size. They address what those stats mean for small church ministry, including:
- How stats don’t tell you a church’s story, but they can help you see things you might not otherwise pay attention to
- Good news about racial, age and ethnic diversity in churches over the last 20 years
Plus, Brady uses his technical skills from his work with Pro Church Tools, to help churches navigate the biggest time of change in the last 500 years, including huge recent shifts in the way social media promotes content that can be a big benefit to your church.
Bonus Chat
In the bonus chat Karl and Brady talk about Vertical Video and Cross-Platform Posting. This convo covers some of the very recent changes happening in social media and how content is promoted based on people’s likes, not their relationships.
Brady also helps us understand how to use vertical videos better, plus some very practical steps on how to post that content to all social media platforms.
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Links from this Episode
- Brady’s original thread on Twitter
- Brady’s thread content for those not on Twitter
- The Faith Communities Today report
- Pro Church Tools YouTube page
- Pro Church Tools podcast
- Nucleus website
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Veronica Beaver | [email protected]
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Phil Vaters | [email protected]
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Composed and performed by Jack Wilkins | JackWilkinsMusic.com
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by Solomon Joy
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Shelley Vaters | Shelley@KarlVaters.com
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Karl Vaters produces resources for Helping Small Churches Thrive at KarlVaters.com.
He's the author of five books on church leadership, including his newest, De-Sizing the Church: How Church Growth Became a Science, Then an Obsession, and What's Next. His other books include The Grasshopper Myth and Small Church Essentials.
Karl also hosts a bi-weekly podcast, The Church Lobby: Conversations on Faith & Ministry, featuring in-depth interviews about topics that concern pastors, especially those who minister in a small church context. He has served in small-church ministry for over 40 years, so he speaks and writes from decades of hands-on pastoral experience.
You can follow Karl on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, and LinkedIn, or Contact Karl to inquire about speaking, writing, and consultation.
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