We know that churches are flocking onto Facebook in droves. If you’re part of the drove, we’ve got something for you…

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Launching into the great unknown world of Pastor PowerPoints can be really intimidating. Pastors who are unused to using church PowerPoint templates, Bible PowerPoints, and Sermon slides may be very hesitant to start using PowerPoint sermons. I totally understand. It’s a whole new world of digitized media, an extra thing to think about during preaching, and a major change to the style and manner of presentation. Nonetheless, there are some pastors who are ready to make the switch and start using pastor sermon slides. If that’s you, read on. Here are some tips for making that transition to using pastor sermon slides.

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The countdown for Easter has begun, and we’ve just released two brand new Easter mini movies. Click on the images below to watch the Easter mini movies.

Resurrection of Jesus Mini Movie

What is Palm Sunday Mini Movie

See more Easter church media.

If you’re not yet a Sharefaith member, please sign up to download these videos and use them in your Easter services. All Sharefaith sermon videos, worship videos, and other Christian video loops are available in multiple formats and will work with any church media software, including PowerPoint and Keynote. All movies produced since the beginning of 2011 are available in HD.

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Stacy had been the church’s volunteer secretary for five years. For the most part, she loved helping out. She would spend Tuesday through Friday mornings at the church, coming in at 9am or so, and leaving just before lunch. A typical morning would include answering the phone, preparing the church bulletin, typing up the prayer request slips, and an assortment of other secretarial responsibilities. She was glad to contribute her time and abilities to the church, and to do it for no pay. But then, things changed….

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Most pastors know the feeling of looking forward to next Sunday and thinking, “Ooh, I wonder what I’m going to talk about.” It’s a gut-wrenching sensation, usually resulting in some intense studying, a late Saturday night, and a few extra prayers on Sunday morning. We’ve come up with six popular methods of determining what to preach on, plus a powerful tool (the Bible software Logos), that will help you as you prepare sermons of any kind.
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Your Sharefaith website allows you to put different widgets on each page. A widget is anything that displays on the sidebar of your website next to your content. There are a large variety of widgets available. Browse our collection of sidebar banners and learn how to add them in a widget. This tutorial will show you how to control what widgets appear where.

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Nearly any pastor or speaker who uses Christian PowerPoints is interested in having the best PowerPoint sermons, Pastor PowerPoints, and Christian PowerPoint templates that he can possibly have. Having the best sermon PowerPoints is possible, in part, by having good design skills. Reading a few of the articles on PowerPoints will help give you those rudimentary skills. Beyond that, here are some of the features of the best church PowerPoint templates.

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One trend of worship services in recent years is the use of PowerPoint for worship lyrics in lieu of hymnbooks. More and more churches are using “worship PowerPoints” to project the words to songs. The choice is a good one for a variety of reasons. Here’s what worship PowerPoints are, and how to use them.

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PowerPoint Sermons are about presenting information, usually as text. It logically follows that the fonts you use in your PowerPoint sermon are really important. Unfortunately, it is precisely in this all-important area of fonts that people get bogged down. Sharefaith is serious about great-looking PowerPoints, and maintain high standards in our PowerPoint sermons. We want to tell you how to do the same. Here are six tips to help you as you create your PowerPoint sermons.

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Identity crisis is no stranger to the church. Across the centuries of church history, God’s people have faced quandaries, crossroads, schisms, and even reformations in the pursuit of a biblical model of “doing church.” God is not the one with the identity crisis, and the church’s purpose has remained unchanged; however, the way people have approached the issue has been one of controversy. Despite all the deliberation, there has been no consensus on one right way. The endless smorgasbord of denominations,varieties, subgroups, methods, and styles of church are a testament to this fact. Today, there is a bit of disagreement that has to do with the purpose of church services. A church’s solution to this question can affect their whole program, budget, location, attendance, music style, and just about everything else.

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