Talk to most church website compaines and they will tell you that your pastors should be blogging. That it will connect your congregation with your pastor, give them the inside view of what your pastor is thinking and feels about theology. Well, I am here to tell you that no one cares right now and you need to change the way you think about having your pastors blog.
Your blog is always, always, ALWAYS out dated.
This is probably the largest turn off for most potential readers of your blog. Most pastors I have seen, post one or two things, then forget that they even have a blog. This is not a good blogging strategy. Blogging and building a sense of community takes time. You need to focus on creating content on a regular basis, a few times a week is a good pace, it doesn’t need to be every day. Blogging is a big time commitment and pastors are busy people, so if they cannot commit to blogging regularly, then don’t have them attempt it!
Your pastor is easily offended.
Blog posts live forever. People can make comments and talk about blog posts. If your pastor can be easily offended by the criticism his/her blog generates, it might be a good idea to not have that pastor blog. Or at the very least, turn off the comments of the blog. But that is more like having a one sided conversation than a blog.
Your pastor can get angry.
Some pastors get offended, so skip that and go right to angry. Hey God gave us that ability, and it can be justified, but a blog is probably not the best place for your pastors anger. Nothing like having your angry comments live in Google’s archive forever for news reporters to reference when writing a story about your church.
But everyone is doing it.
Yeah, they are. That’s the problem. Churches and Pastors are not thinking about why should they blog. It takes time, persistence, knowledge, expertise, and a strategy to execute. If you can do these things, you should start to see more comments, more people visiting, and engaging your blog. If you can’t commit to these things, please do the internet a favor, don’t start a blog.
7 replies on “No One is Reading Your Pastor’s Blog”
This is so true, every point. What we try to tell people who use our Church CMS is to get a bunch of entries ready, then set the post date of the blog entry to some date in the future…leaking them out over time.
I think that we stopped and restarted our blog several times over years…then we finally took our own advice. At first, we were only posting every other Monday. To be perfect honest, it felt kinda lame. Much like working out for the first time after a couple year sabbatical. But the persistance paid off. We are now posting once a week and have content for the next 5 months already ready!
Travis
According to the statistics from our web host, we have the opposite problem… our Pastors’ blog feeds got over 4,000 views in January. We are not a Mega-church, we have about 1,000 members, so I have no idea what to make of that. We do have the problem of getting the pastors to write their blogs – we only had one during month of December and one during January. I would love to hear from anyone who could shed some light on this.
@Judy
That’s very interesting. Are you running Google Analytics or is it your web host stats?
I would also be curious where the traffic is coming from. Sometimes, if your pastor posted something that made it’s way up to the front page of Google for a popular keyword, that will send a lot of traffic. For example, we get a lot of traffic for “best church websites”.
If you’re not using Google Analytics, I would highly recommend setting that up, the amount of information you can see is amazing.
Pastors who get angry easily if someone passes them a note or makes a “critical”comment on his sermon,or pics on a certain comment in a note passed on to him,out to remember that therethere are many church goers(children of God)who have been hurt by other pastors,who for some reason or other,elevate themselves above the pew warmer,and think that they are one step higher,or better,merely because they have been “ordained”to preach,and collect funds for the church.Telling a pastor to repent,is Ive found out,a conflicting issue.Thomas..Durban..SA.
Full Gospel ministry Pakistan
Brother and sisters,
Honorable
Greeting in the lord Jesus Christ, god bless you,
I am Rev yousaf musrat I having service to in church 50 year’s ago and I am make to many disciples of Christ and send them for field works they are win thousands souls for Christ, our vision got world wide as his witness, we are believe to Matthew 28:19-20 we are spreading good seed in Pakistan,we are working in many cities and villages,we are woring in bhagto pura , hazara colony , christain colony , bishop town ,japha pur , javed colony villages, today we are sharing new projects in Pakistan,we arrange many healing crusade and revival programs since 5 year arrange healing crusade many christain change their lives and many healed ,many muslims healed brother samson otieno came from africa every year in november.
Our Ministries Vision
1: Free Education Ministry
2: Revival Crusade Ministry
3: Out Reach Ministry
4: Worship Ministry
5: Youth Ministry
6: Sunday School
7: Music Ministry
8: Jail Ministry
9: Bible School
10:wesing centre
Currant Projects
1 : Free Education Ministry
As you know about pakistani christians is suffring in pakistan here is christian families
Not able to pay fee good school for childs beacuse they are to much poorest.
Our vision is will be open free Tuition for orphanage and poors chlids.
We are needs 2 female teaches and 2 male teachers . here is coming summar vaction in june to Augst
First i have request you please keep in prayer for childs educational programs.
Inculding primary school in Gojra city here is to much needs this school for poor childs .
Needs of Orphan/poor Children
Books
Pencils
Pens
Markers
Ruled paper
Colored pencils
Construction paper
Blunt scissors
Note Books
Crayons
English word search books
Coloring books (kids love them)
Pencils sharpeners
Craft Supplies
Like, Popsicle sticks
Glitter glue (all colors)
Foam shapes and sheets
Glue (Elmer’s glue and Tacky glue)
Jigsaw puzzles of various levels of difficulty (they love these too)
Other Items
Boy’s shoes
Girl’s shoes
Boys clothes (ages 4 to 9-12)
Clothes and other items to make costumes for skits (the kids love to do skits)
Furniture (Desks and Chairs etc)
Fans
Computer Lab
2: Bible School
Our bible school is on- going 8 students attents bible stutdies.
More we are have hope God is briging many students get spitural studies.
Our Requst you we are promate bible school,our needs 2 teachers if will more growth body of christ
In pakistan,and books for bible school matrial for diploma.
We are doing distributing Urdu Bible in needy peopels who is like study and love with his word
So we are needs 100 for Hindu and christians peopel.
3: Sunday School Ministry
We are have so wonderful sunday school ministry here in our central church Gojra city
We are train to childs they are learn about jesus christ woh is die for our sin,poems
Christian gospel songs,bible studies,we are have train teacher for childs.we are every sunday
Teach them about christian education.as you know we are living in pakistan is muslims country
Our needs sharing and spreading seed his Filed .we have sunday branches in 4 areas evan doing works
In villages childs,on -going now by grace of God,we are have vision more out reach open sunday school
Ministry and train many childs.just keep in prayer this plan .
4: Evangelism Ministry
Thanks the lord jesus christ,we are have so hard worker team in pakistan, pastoral team is doing
Service day and night reach the unreached areas,spreading seed in other place in gojra city ,
We are have 3 other villages lands for get church building we are hope God will open door for this matter Than more and more growth body of christ in villages and other cities in pakistan,we are standing with by Faith God is provide everything for gospel share in muslims and other nation in pakistan.
More we are vision open more branches in pkistan,if god is provide monthly support and sources.
Sewing Centre For Womens
We want to opne sewing center for poor and who are widow :we are dedicated to serve this center only for the Destitue,widows,orphans,poor young girls and handicapped and given them vocational training in a way theycan earn After the
Training and every lady who completes the art of tailloring for one year ,we are praying to give them a sewing machine Fee of cost
Many women who according to their family circumstances such as fatherless ,motherless,and widows and even some Women due
To their low salaries,and some women who discontinued their studies due to lack to money, and even some women Can not even have food and clothing and all these women who are in a postion to earn themselves and some women Do house maids jobs low salary and our sewin center want to be served and trained and given them an opportunity to Live themselves in their lives without depending on any body for their survival the main aim of this institution is not to Learn then courses,but as the women we join here are not join are not joined on religon basis but irrespective of Caste,creed and religon we serve them and also preach them the gosple of our lord [ james 1:27, james 2:14_16 ]
sewing center needs
Daylight task lamps and lighting
Scissors pinking shears and thread snips
All types of fasteners,hooks and clips
Tape measures
Sewing machines thread and overlocking thread
Hand sewing needles
Sewing Machine Needles
Top Quality Beads, Sequins, Diamantes and pearl
Wool and Knitting Yarns
Knitting Accessories
Bias Binding
Cover your own Buttons
Quilting Fabrics in 100% Cotton for Patchwork & Crafts
Dressmaking Pins and Safety Pins;
we want you work with us for the kingdom of god. and win souls for his kingdom ,
thanks
+ Rev. Yousaf musrat
Office:
0092-463-515-346 cell# 0092-312-704-3986 – 0092-303-498-6453
Christian colony Gojra city distt. Toba tek Singh Punjab Pakistan 36120
Email: [email protected]
Full Gospel Ministry Pakistan
Brother and sisters,
Honorable
Greeting in the lord Jesus Christ, god bless you,
I am Evanglist edwin john .I having service to in church 7 year’s ago and we make to many disciples of Christ and send them for field works they are win thousands souls for Christ, our vision got world wide as his witness, we are believe to Matthew 28:19-20 we are spreading good seed in Pakistan,we are working in many cities and villages,we are woring in bhagto pura , hazara colony , christain colony , bishop town ,japha pur , javed colony villages, today we are sharing new projects in Pakistan:
Our Ministries Vision
1: Free Education Ministry
2: Revival Crusade Ministry
3: Out Reach Ministry
4: Worship Ministry
5: Youth Ministry
6: Sunday School
7: Music Ministry
8: Jail Ministry
9: Bible School
10:wesing centre
Currant Projects
1 : Free Education Ministry
As you know about pakistani christians is suffring in pakistan here is christian families
Not able to pay fee good school for childs beacuse they are to much poorest.
Our vision is will be open free Tuition for orphanage and poors chlids.
We are needs 2 female teaches and 2 male teachers . here is coming summar vaction in june to Augst
First i have request you please keep in prayer for childs educational programs.
Inculding primary school in Gojra city here is to much needs this school for poor childs .
Needs of Orphan/poor Children
Books
Pencils
Pens
Markers
Ruled paper
Colored pencils
Construction paper
Blunt scissors
Note Books
Crayons
English word search books
Coloring books (kids love them)
Pencils sharpeners
Craft Supplies
Like, Popsicle sticks
Glitter glue (all colors)
Foam shapes and sheets
Glue (Elmer’s glue and Tacky glue)
Jigsaw puzzles of various levels of difficulty (they love these too)
Other Items
Boy’s shoes
Girl’s shoes
Boys clothes (ages 4 to 9-12)
Clothes and other items to make costumes for skits (the kids love to do skits)
Furniture (Desks and Chairs etc)
Fans
Computer Lab
2: Bible School
Our bible school is on- going 8 students attents bible stutdies.
More we are have hope God is briging many students get spitural studies.
Our Requst you we are promate bible school,our needs 2 teachers if will more growth body of christ
In pakistan,and books for bible school matrial for diploma.
We are doing distributing Urdu Bible in needy peopels who is like study and love with his word
So we are needs 100 for Hindu and christians peopel.
3: Sunday School Ministry
We are have so wonderful sunday school ministry here in our central church Gojra city
We are train to childs they are learn about jesus christ woh is die for our sin,poems
Christian gospel songs,bible studies,we are have train teacher for childs.we are every sunday
Teach them about christian education.as you know we are living in pakistan is muslims country
Our needs sharing and spreading seed his Filed .we have sunday branches in 4 areas evan doing works
In villages childs,on -going now by grace of God,we are have vision more out reach open sunday school
Ministry and train many childs.just keep in prayer this plan .
4: Evangelism Ministry
Thanks the lord jesus christ,we are have so hard worker team in pakistan, pastoral team is doing
Service day and night reach the unreached areas,spreading seed in other place in gojra city ,
We are have 3 other villages lands for get church building we are hope God will open door for this matter Than more and more growth body of christ in villages and other cities in pakistan,we are standing with by Faith God is provide everything for gospel share in muslims and other nation in pakistan.
More we are vision open more branches in pkistan,if god is provide monthly support and sources.
Sewing Centre For Womens
We want to opne sewing center for poor and who are widow :we are dedicated to serve this center only for the Destitue,widows,orphans,poor young girls and handicapped and given them vocational training in a way theycan earn After the
Training and every lady who completes the art of tailloring for one year ,we are praying to give them a sewing machine Fee of cost
Many women who according to their family circumstances such as fatherless ,motherless,and widows and even some Women due
To their low salaries,and some women who discontinued their studies due to lack to money, and even some women Can not even have food and clothing and all these women who are in a postion to earn themselves and some women Do house maids jobs low salary and our sewin center want to be served and trained and given them an opportunity to Live themselves in their lives without depending on any body for their survival the main aim of this institution is not to Learn then courses,but as the women we join here are not join are not joined on religon basis but irrespective of Caste,creed and religon we serve them and also preach them the gosple of our lord [ james 1:27, james 2:14_16 ]
sewing center needs
Daylight task lamps and lighting
Scissors pinking shears and thread snips
All types of fasteners,hooks and clips
Tape measures
Sewing machines thread and overlocking thread
Hand sewing needles
Sewing Machine Needles
Top Quality Beads, Sequins, Diamantes and pearl
Wool and Knitting Yarns
Knitting Accessories
Bias Binding
Cover your own Buttons
Quilting Fabrics in 100% Cotton for Patchwork & Crafts
Dressmaking Pins and Safety Pins;
thanks
+ Evangelist Edwin John
Office:
0092-463-515-346 cell# 0092-312-704-3986 – 0092-303-498-6453
0092-306-723-7691
Christian colony Gojra city distt. Toba tek Singh Punjab Pakistan 36120
Email: [email protected]—— [email protected]
hello brother and sister
greeting in the name of lord Jesus Christ
i am evangelist edwin john please help for our church ministry and kindly remind us in your prayers,god bless you
your dearest brother in christ.
evangelist edwin john