The Challenge
Religious institutions flourish through successfully establishing a sense of community among their
members, clearly communicating their “Vision” and “Message”, and effectively welcoming and engaging
members to become active in the community. With more religious institutions to choose from, there is an
increased pressure that is placed on the leadership to strengthen the spiritual and financial growth of the
institution. Spiritual leaders are appointed to perform multiple tasks of their organization, from creating a
greater sense of community, reaching members to share news, providing spiritual education and coaching
to members in need, efficiently addressing all inquires, to providing a way for members who are unable to
attend to stay involved and spiritually educated.
The Solution
In place of traditional methods of attracting new members and reaching a wider audience, video
communications is a proven method of increasing and maintaining growth of religious institutions. Studies
show that people remember 10% of what they read, 20% of what they hear, 30% of what they see, and
50% of what they see and hear together. Multi-sensory messaging, with graphic-rich video emails, live webcasting and video instant messaging, offer a cost-effective solution for any religious leader and institution to engage with their community: by welcoming new visitors with personal prerecorded video emails; recording and emailing service summaries; broadcasting information about events with blogs & podcasts; sharing news with all members simultaneously, and easily attaching links with different ministries and services.
The Results
John Posey, a Pastor at Zoe Christian Fellowship in Atlanta, Georgia, began using the helloWorld Studio, which offers multiple easy-to-use streaming video solutions, with graphic-rich video email, live webcasting, and video instant messaging. Prior to using the helloWorld Studio video communications, to bring more members to his community, Pastor John Posey relied on traditional methods of costly advertising, including the traditional referral method of attaining new members and spreading his vision and message. He found that he spent long hours responding to inquiries from new members, and meeting concerns of existing members. Recognizing that with the use of video communication, his base membership would increase, Pastor John Posey began to send his archive of broadcasts and communicate with his members via video email. As a result, he was able to reach a much wider audience, include those who could not attend, as well as attract potential members. This instantly proved to become an effective way of helping members to stay abreast of the services and ministries, and create more interest and active participation from both existing and prospective members of the community.
The results have been immediate, and have proven to be an effective method of communication to his
church and potential members. Using the helloWorld Studio, Pastor John Posey now records all Church services and broadcasts them to the community, welcoming new visitors with personal prerecorded video emails, records video emails with service summaries, broadcasts information about events and simultaneously shares news with all members, while connecting with the wider community through attaching links from different ministries and services within his church.
By utilizing video communication through the helloWorld Studio, Pastor John Posey has been able to dramatically reduce his costs, while the innovative method of communication has helped him set his Church apart from all the rest, and expand his membership base. Using helloWorld Studio, he effectively engaged existing members to become more active in the Church community, and continues to welcome a record number of new members, including members of younger generations and those who are not residents of the community.
