Local Churches and the Media

The changing landscape of local media, and the advance of new media, provides a big opportunity for local churches to engage with their community. In this episode, Adrian Reynolds (Head of National Ministries), Phil Topham (Executive Director), and Joel Murray (Communications and Media Officer) discuss the opportunities that the changing landscape of local media and the development of new media offers to local churches.   00:00 - Introduction 03:35 - What is local media? 06:12 - Opportunities in streamlined media 10:12 - Media opportunities for churches 14:33 - How should church leaders engage with local media? 18:01 - Tips for media engagement 23:25 - Churches and new media 28:06 - More tips for media engagement You can access further resources for church leaders on the FIEC website. Resources mentioned in this episode Effective Facebook Advertising (fiec.org.uk) About In:Dependence: In:Dependence is FIEC’s official podcast, where you’ll hear teaching and resources for church leaders from the FIEC Ministry Team and guests from FIEC churches and partners. You can access video podcasts by subscribing to the FIEC YouTube channel. About FIEC: We are a fellowship of Independent churches with members of the family across England, Scotland and Wales. Our mission is to see those Independent churches working together with a big vision: to reach Britain for Christ. Being part of FIEC links you to a growing number of Independent evangelical churches and there are now more than 50,000 people who are part of churches affiliated to FIEC. Follow FIEC on social media: Instagram Facebook Twitter