Welcome to Church of England Digital Labs - a hub of resources, news and events to support digital evangelism and digital discipleship in the Church of England.
Digital Labs blog
Weekly blogs and how-to guides for churches around maintaining a good digital and online presence
Through the Digital Labs blog, the Church of England digital team and other guest bloggers share their knowledge on livestreaming, social media strategy, design and more. Aimed specifically at those running social and web projects in churches, we hope the advice will help grow the confidence of the Church's digital skills and help us to reach more people online.
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Digital Labs conference
An online conference for anyone involved in church digital communications: Learn the latest skills and strategy for your church
Join us as we talk about topics such as livestreaming, mix mode services, online engagement, and insights. Plus, network with churches, speakers, and experts in our first online conference taking place 23 - 24 October, 2020.
Discover the conference here
Newsletter
Monthly email newsletters filled with digital hints, tips and best practice
We understand it’s not always easy to keep up to date with changes to social media - Join the Digital Labs newsletter to receive blogs, news, updates, free resources, campaigns and more. The perfect accompaniment for anyone involved in church communications.
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Webinars
Learn digital skills to improve your church digital communications
Join a free webinar and learn about topics such as creating a Facebook group, copywriting for social media, or how to livestream a service from your church building. Our interactive webinars are run by members of the Church's Digital Team and industry experts.
Sign-up to a webinar here
As part of this training is our free one-day Introduction to digital course. Since the beginning of 2018, the Digital Team have trained 2500+ on one of these days. Additionally, a further 4000+ attendees have joined online for a webinar.
Since March 2020, the training day has been paused and we hope to be able to continue in the near future. For now, all our webinars are available to join online.
Digital Labs is part of the Church of England’s Renewal and Reform programme, aimed at helping us become a growing Church for all people and for all places!