{"id":537,"date":"2014-10-21T22:18:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T22:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.savn.tv\/?p=537"},"modified":"2014-10-21T22:18:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T22:18:10","slug":"christian-media-whos-doing-it-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.blog.savn.tv\/?p=537","title":{"rendered":"Christian Media: Who’s Doing it Right?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Article written by Phil Cooke \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0http:\/\/philcooke.com<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

From time to time I\u2019m asked \u201cIs anyone doing Christian media well?\u201d It\u2019s a good question, since so many are doing it badly. I often joke that I want to create a Museum of Bad Christian Media, but I can\u2019t find a building big enough. But the truth is, many are doing it right. So from time to time on this blog I\u2019m going to highlight media leaders and organizations that are making a difference. This list isn\u2019t about theological persuasion or doctrinal differences. It\u2019s about people who are making a significant difference through media. Here\u2019s a handful we can start with:<\/p>\n

Brian Houston<\/a> \u2013 Pastor, Hillsong Church in Sydney. When it comes to legacy, Brian will have built a pretty serious one, and a significant part of that is media. Hillsong Church created a worship music platform before many knew what worship music was, and from Darlene Zschech<\/a> to Hillsong United, they\u2019re changing the way the church worships. He\u2019s built a team that\u2019s not only launched churches around the world, but used television, short films, social media, and now feature films to share a message about Jesus. Hillsong NYC\u2019s \u201cNo Other Name\u201d<\/a> campaign in Time Square was seen throughout the world, and the feature film \u201cLet Hope Rise\u201d<\/a> featuring Hillsong United will be released the week of April 1, 2015 by Warner Brothers Pictures.<\/a><\/p>\n

Jack Graham \/ PowerPoint Ministries<\/a>. As a leader, Jack has probably inspired more ministries and business launches than anyone I know. Somehow, just listening to Jack\u2019s messages motivates people to go out and accomplish great things for God. And his TV facility is a great thing indeed. State of the art in every way, his team \u2013 led by Executive Director Scott Seal and COO Jason Graham \u2013 is effective through broadcast TV, social media, publishing, and live events. TV director Tim Kelley has built a great crew and to see a treat, watch the production of the Prestonwood Christmas program \u2013 it\u2019s as big a production as you\u2019ll see anywhere in Hollywood. And for the record, through it all, Jack has never comprised his message or taken a shortcut to reach an audience.<\/p>\n

Joel Osteen Ministries<\/a>. Joel Osteen\u2019s television program is second to none in quality, production values, and reach. It may be because Joel started as a TV producer and director himself, but reaching millions through television has always been a priority. Now, Jon Swearingen, his Director of Media has pushed his team to the very limits of what TV technology can do. From purely a technical perspective, watching his team record a Sunday service is not that different from watching the Emmy or Oscar broadcasts.<\/p>\n

Joyce Meyer Ministries<\/a>. From the earliest days of her ministry, Joyce understood the power of television, and now she has a remarkable worldwide audience. Years ago, Dan Meyer, COO of the ministry took her to an early Hillsong Conference where she caught of glimpse of reaching the next generation through media, and she\u2019s never looked back. Ginger Stache leads her media team, and today they use state of the art equipment to create a ministry that\u2019s seen throughout the world. And it\u2019s not just her teaching through TV that connects with people. They\u2019ve built a remarkable creative team that\u2019s doing amazing work through commercials, promos, short features, and documentaries.<\/p>\n

YouVersion.com<\/a>. There\u2019s not much left to say about Bobby Gruenewald\u2019s team at YouVersion. 155 million+ installs on mobile devices, 1037 Bible versions \u2013 and it\u2019s only the beginning. This team is one of the most innovative and creative in the country, which is probably why he was named one of the \u201cTop 100 Creative Leaders\u201d<\/a> by Fast Company magazine. One of the most interesting things about Bobby and digerati leader Terry Storch is that they are church leaders first. Both are also leading the digital team at LifeChurch.TV<\/a> in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

YesHeIs.com<\/a>. Created by the global team at Christian Vision<\/a>, Yes He Is, is one of the most sophisticated methods for sharing short films about faith online. Early on, they understood the evangelistic power of sharing your faith through video, and designed a brilliant site that not only helps you share short films about Jesus, but helps walk that person through the salvation experience. With offices in 22 countries on 6 continents, not only producing short films in multiple languages, but they\u2019re creating radio content, and exploring new ways to reach people in today\u2019s digital age. That content averages more than 50,000 unique visitors a day, and delivers radio contact to 460 FM Affiliates in 25 countries. They\u2019re also passionate about using YesHeIs.com to help the local church.<\/p>\n

SAVN.com<\/a>. The first \u201cDigital Street Corner\u201d for the Salvation Army, the Salvation Army Vision Network is dedicated to telling the Salvation Army story online, and linking it\u2019s 77,000 employees worldwide. It\u2019s not just about short films, but SAVN is pioneering online recovery, Bible study, and other groups as well as offering online TV channels to outside groups as well. Plus, led by Executive Producer Guy Noland<\/a>, they just completed production of a feature length documentary called \u201cHard Corps<\/a>\u201d which exposes the connection between pornography and global human trafficking.<\/p>\n

IAmSecond.com<\/a>. You know you\u2019ve made an impression when hundreds of other producers copy your distinctive look. Using the iconic \u201cwhite chair\u201d they\u2019ve done in-depth interviews with major celebrities, sports stars, and other leaders and produced national TV commercial, billboard, and online campaigns. A brilliantly creative idea, it\u2019s all about the surprise that people who have accomplished so much, give all the credit to someone else \u2013 God.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned and in the upcoming weeks we\u2019ll look at others, including international producers\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From time to time I\u2019m asked \u201cIs anyone doing Christian media well?\u201d It\u2019s a good question, since so many are doing it badly. I often joke that I want to create a Museum of Bad Christian Media, but I can\u2019t find a building big enough. But the truth is, many are doing it right. So…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,33,21,35,36,37,25,27,28,23,31,22,26,34,48,30,24,32,29],"class_list":["post-537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-brian-houston","tag-christian-vision","tag-darlene-zschech","tag-guy-noland","tag-hard-corps","tag-iamsecond","tag-jack-graham","tag-joel-osteen-ministries","tag-joyce-meyer-ministries","tag-let-hope-arise","tag-lifechurch-tv","tag-no-other-name","tag-power-point-ministries","tag-savn-com","tag-savn-tv","tag-top-100-creative-leaders","tag-warner-brothers-pictures","tag-yesheis","tag-youversion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.savn.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.savn.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.savn.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.savn.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.savn.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=537"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.savn.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":543,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.savn.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537\/revisions\/543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.savn.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.savn.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.savn.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}