2021 Quarter 1 Report

2021 has been marked by exceptional growth for our clients and by extension Good Grain Creative.

Retaining Movement Church, Grace Alive Church, Canopy Church, Emmanuel Presbyterian Church Nashville and Refuge Church from 2020, Good Grain Creative added City Awakening Church and Hub City Church in January and added Doxa Church in March of 2021.

In the first 90 days clients experienced incredible growth and reported record breaking Easter attendances at the beginning of Quarter 2 on April 4th.

As I continue working with each of these churches, the more I see that the Lord’s hand is upon each partnership, not only in how each church coordinates and cooperates in the partnership but in the recommendations that are being produced and acted upon and the results they are bringing forth for Gospel engagement online. In fact, would go as far to say that the clients that have seen the most results, have been the ones to take more of our recommendations than less. The churches that are allowing us to be bold, and comprehensive in our recommendations and implementation of ideas on their sites are seeing the results we hope to bring about for every church we have the privilege of partnering with. Below is a full report on the status of each account.

Refuge Church

Upon activating their new site, Refuge Church continues to want a digital ecosystem that complements their practical ministry while celebrating what God is doing in their midst and communicating effectively through all channels. Through a simple one - two strategy, we were able to produce two months of +15% growth for Refuge Church and secure an additional 8% growth on their social media accounts. This simple approach resulted in an attendance spike of 250% on Easter Sunday well beyond what they expected as a young church.

Grace Alive Church Orlando

Cam Triggs and Bradley Norris are not strangers to bold goals and their scope did not exclude their digital presence in anyway. We redesigned their connect page, and their Membership Pipeline experience to take advantage of every feature Squarespace offers. Additionally, we made significant improvements to email got our footing on calendar coordination so that their congregation can stay informed and get involved through a current calendar, as well as an events guide that is sent out with the first email of every month.

City Awakening Church Orlando

Louis Tamburro and Zack Casey want a comprehensive experience for their congregation that focuses on sermon content, stories and their church calendar while giving new and prospective attendees the information they need to know more about their mission vision and values. We delivered this in our partnership and paired this with a robust and simple email strategy that focuses on RSVPs for COVID compliance and putting their content in front of their most involved members and forwarding those articles to Social Media as well.

Hub City Fellowship

Located in Lubbock Texas, Hub City Church redesigned their website to be comprehensive and simple, focusing on Worship, Community and Multiplication initiatives. While this account is relatively new, we have been encouraged by the early growth we’ve seen on the website and the potential we see for their presence on social media.

Canopy Church

Canopy Church chose a redesign and a simple posting strategy so that they could focus on carrying out practical ministry in Costa Mesa California. Their decision paid off in the form of a Quarter defined by 5-30% growth each month. Sometimes the best plan for Digital presence is jumping into God’s plan and saying, “All of our information is on the website”.

Movement Church Network

On the heels of a website transfer to Squarespace, Movement Church Network saw their best traffic in January. Since January we have sought to reproduce this success by thinking through new content strategies that will engage their congregation for the Gospel effectively and promote long term retrained growth.

Doxa Church

While Doxa Church joined us in the month of March, we were able to create a devotional campaign for their church that drove 33% higher traffic to their site for the month of March.

Emmanuel Presbyterian Nashville

This quaint church in Nashville Tennessee is making big steps for their digital presence through weekly sermon content and consistent growth within their demographic of 40-65+.