HOW TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL ONLINE CHURCH …

HOW TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL ONLINE CHURCH MINISTRY

CONTENTS

Introduction: Why Every Church Should Have Virtual Worship ........................................................................ 3

Build the Foundation of Your Virtual Ministry with an App ........................................................................ 4

Giving Your Church a Virtual Home ? Building a Website ............................................................................. 7

How to Conduct Virtual Church Services .......................................... 9

Offering More Than Just Sunday Services .................................... 14

INTRODUCTION: WHY EVERY CHURCH SHOULD HAVE VIRTUAL WORSHIP

For your members and guests, your church is a key pillar supporting their daily lives. But what happens when members are unable to congregate and receive the spiritual guidance they require?

After all, members can get pulled away. Students go off to college in the fall. Snowbirds head south for the winter. People take vacations during the summer, and sometimes they're just not able to attend. Though these members can't physically attend, it doesn't mean your church should forget about their spiritual needs, and its responsibility to fulfill them.

This is where virtual church service comes in. Since COVID-19, virtual worship has transformed from something only megachurches and the most tech-savvy congregations conduct, to a worship tool churches of all sizes use. Virtual church service's move into the mainstream proves that offering basic services can serve as an extension to ministries. And virtual ministry is not terribly difficult or expensive for even the smallest congregations to support.

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CHAPTER 1

BUILD THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR VIRTUAL MINISTRY WITH AN APP.

There are plenty of tools and techniques churches should use, which we'll outline. But, before you begin building out your virtual ministry, you'll want to have a centralized hub to host and organize all the activities and links to tools you'll need. Vanco Mobile's church app offers the central space you need, and it's free.

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What Our Church App Can Do for Your Congregation?

1. Build an Online Church Directory ? According to a Gallup study, the number of members attending weekly has dropped 13% in the last 20 years. That's why churches can't solely rely on worship services to solidify their community. They need group participation such as prayer ministries and Bible studies. They need to encourage members to interact with pastors and their peers. They need to promote church events and fundraisers, and they need to gather volunteers to strengthen the community through good works. Vanco's church app helps with all of these things, but at its heart is a directory that serves as a virtual hub for everyone to connect with online profiles.

Building a virtual church directory with the Vanco Mobile app is easy. Individual users can download the Vanco Mobile app and create their profile within minutes. They can select their avatar, enter their contact information (phone number and email) and choose to make that information private or public within your church's community.

2. Manage Groups Online ? Virtual Bible studies, prayer ministries, leadership committees and other gatherings allow members to take a more active role within the church community, but it can be hard for individuals to meet up at the church with busy schedules and restrictions on group gatherings due to COVID-19. Having the central, virtual hub that Vanco Mobile provides allows you to create groups, join groups, invite others to groups and share virtual meeting information. This all makes remote meetings much easier.

Managing groups within Vanco Mobile is simple, and it's even easier for your members to join. It only takes three steps.

Step 1 - Send members a notification to join the group.

Step 2 - After selecting the invitation sent to them by their church, members will be prompted to accept or decline the invitation.

Step 3 - Select "Accept."

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