by Wil Ranney | Jul 18, 2016 | Church, Innovation |
Social Capital: the capacity an average person has to organize into groups, giving that person the power to accomplish social change. The decline of the Church in the developed world has been debated ad nauseam. Many are quick to point out that their...
by Wil Ranney | Jul 15, 2016 | Church, Innovation, Social Media |
Viral: when the transmission of a message takes on a life of its own, spanning far beyond the reach of the original sender. In 1455, Johannes Gutenberg produced 200 illustrated Bibles in Latin, using his now famous printing press. He didn’t invent the press or...
by Wil Ranney | Jul 14, 2016 | Church, Innovation |
Augmented Reality: overlaying digital elements on top of our surroundings. Pokemon Go is not a fad, it’s been a long time in the making. Go is currently surpassing searches for “porn” and “Donald Trump” on the internet, it has more active...
by Wil Ranney | Jul 13, 2016 | Church |
Bust: a startup that flames out, despite a strong and promising start. In the year 2000, the Super Bowl featured a commercial that starred a sock puppet. That puppet was the mascot for Pets.com, the poster child of Dot Com busts. Pets.com did everything right –...
by Wil Ranney | Jun 24, 2016 | Church, Innovation |
People spend more time online then at church. This may be the understatement of the century, but it’s important to understand why this shift occurred. It used to take a lot of work to be social. You had to join a bowling league, a bridge club, or you had to go...
by Wil Ranney | Jun 20, 2016 | Church, Innovation |
In 1996, now megapastor Craig Groeschel was an associate pastor at a United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City. Like myself Craig studied business in college before choosing a life in ministry. In his book “Confessions of a Pastor” he alludes to presenting...
