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Now displaying: July, 2014
Jul 29, 2014

Pastor Greg Laurie is a notable pastor (Harvest Christian Fellowship, Riverside, California) and evangelist with Harvest Crusades that has held large-scale outreaches since 1990. He was interviewed by Brendan Stark (Web Director at Harvest) in a keynote address at theCITRT (Church IT Roundtable) Regional event back in March 2014. Pastor Greg Laurie shared his value as a pastor for using technology, the Internet, and social media, and how they must be used for the ministry of the Gospel. Special thanks to CITRT and Brendan Stark for permission to post the talk on this episode of the Social Media Church podcast.

Show Notes

Connect with Brendan Stark on Facebook facebook.com/brendanstark + on Twitter @brendanstark

#video Watch “Pastor Greg Laurie on Technology and the Internet” on YouTube

#event 2014 National Roundtable & Refresh Cache (October 22-24, 2014 @ Peoria, IL) + Call for 2014 Fall Event Ten-Talk Presenters — this is a great event for Church IT (information technology) staff and volunteers to talk shop and faith, topics include: web dev tools, help desk tools/tips/tricks, personal productivity, remote support, SQL best practices, social media analytics, training tools or methodologies, OSX on a windows network, and social media should show up somewhere in the mix too.

Jul 18, 2014

Social Media Church celebrated the launching of OnlineChurchLeaders.com with a livestreamed web event, hosted by Innovation Pastor Nils Smith (@NilsSmith) of Community Bible Church and its OnlineChurch.com, previously on #81 and #2, with special guests:

Jason Caston (@jasoncaston) – on SocialMediaChurch.net #86 and #13

Jason Morris (@jasonandmaria) – on SocialMediaChurch.net #67 and #11

Jay Kranda (@JayKranda) – on SocialMediaChurch.net #19 + his new eBook Social Media Made Easy for Small Businesses @ socialmediamadeeasysb.com

OnlineChurchLeaders.com is a new website with free online training for your church to develop its online church campus. 10 learning modules will show you all the how-tos and essentials. Over 100 have already signed up today!

Watch the video of the livestreamed launch party for OnlineChurchLeaders.com [no longer available]

Tech note: We encountered several technical difficulties on the streaming and recording of this episode — Google+ Hangout on Air was not available minutes before our scheduled event due to YouTube maintenance?! We switched the event over toSpreecast.com, and then the audio on DJ Chuang’s computer wouldn’t work. Nils stepped right up to host the launch party, and then Jay Kranda’s computer crashed. Not to mention the bandwidth buffering and a few audio dropouts. #ugghhhh

Jul 8, 2014

New domain names ending in .CHURCH are part of the new Internet name space expansion beyond the currently popular .COM, .NET, and .ORG domain names. With an estimated 1,000+ new gTLDs (generic top-level domains) being launched this year and next year, the web addresses and URLs will look very different in 10 years or sooner.

Social Media Church podcast host DJ Chuang explains why .CHURCH domain names matter, how they are a huge window of opportunity and innovation for churches in the 21st century, and praying that the good guys prevail. This episode unpacks what you need to know: when, how much, why, and where to register.

Show Notes

Will Your Church Domain Name Be at Risk? (@ leadnet.org/blog) with 5 reasons why your church should consider how to use .CHURCH domain names

When can .CHURCH domain names be registered? (@ .BIBLE blog)

The fastest way to register a new gTLD domain name like .CHURCH (@ .BIBLE blog) – describes the 2 qualifications and overview of the “sunrise period” for trademark holders to have first priority to register .CHURCH domain names

Important Dates

  • July 8 to September 6, 2014 = 60-day “sunrise period” for qualifying trademark holders to register .CHURCH domain names, the first of two windows of opportunities for priority access.
  • September 10-16, 2014 = Early Access Program (EAP) is the other window of opportunity for earlier registration before the free-for-all, with prices starting around $12,000 on day 1, and dropping daily for this week
  • September 17th, 2014 at 9:00am Pacific Time (16:00 UTC) = the public launch for anyone to register .CHURCH domain names, first-come first-serve

Where to register .CHURCH domain names – list of known registrars with sunrise period:

How to get the new gTLD domain names you really want (@ djchuang.com)

#audio Everything You Need to Know About .church [Podcast] (@ churchm.ag)

#video DJ Chuang: All About the New .church Domain [Video] (@ churchm.ag)

#episode about .BIBLE domain names = The Coming Internet Expansion: Episode 61 (@ SocialMediaChurch.net)

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