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MINISTRYCOM features innovative and talented communjicators

 EDMOND, Okla. – August 26, 2008 – If you're crazy enough to love working in church communications, make plans to give yourself a mental break at MinistryCOM, a two-day experience bringing together today's most innovative and talented church communicators.

 The only conference of its kind, MinistryCOM will be held September 18-19, 2008, at Quail Springs Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, OK. Addressing topics like church branding, websites, multimedia, public relations and writing, MinistryCOM speakers challenge their audiences while providing candid answers and practical solutions.

Keynote speakers for 2008 include:

Mike Foster, Founder, XXXChurch.com In 2002, Mike founded XXXChurch.com, the Internet's #1 Christian porn site. Utilizing his creativity and passion for people, Mike has helped bring healing and freedom from pornography addiction for people around the world. He has appeared on CNN, FOXNews, Good Morning America and has been featured in the New York Times.

Scott Hodge, Senior Pastor, The Orchard
Scott serves as Senior Pastor of The Orchard, an 80-year-old church community in Aurora, Ill. Recently named one of America's top 25 most innovative churches, The Orchard is a diverse church community that is making a missional impact both locally and globally.

Dawn Nicole Baldwin, Founder, Aspire!One
Dawn Nicole is Founder and CEO of AspireOne, a strategic branding firm with a passion for helping churches reach people more effectively. She has led visual communications and advertising teams at Willow Creek Community Church and Big Idea Productions, Creators of VeggieTales. For over 10 years Dawn Nicole has consulted with some of today’s most innovative churches, such as Granger, Seacoast and Perimeter. 

Jon Acuff, Blogger, StuffChristiansLike.net
Over the last 10 years, Jon Acuff has written for everyone from John Mayer to Andy Stanley. Jon started stuffchristianslike.net and in less than five months, 180,000 people from 175 countries around the world showed up to read his ideas more than 1.2 million times. Now, he’s writing a book. Using all the motivational skill he gained telling millions of people about brands like Staples and Bose, he’s sarcastically challenging the way Christians and Atheists look at this thing called “faith.”

In addition to these high-impact general sessions, MinistryCOM also features hands-on and interactive workshops. Participants will leave feeling invigorated, refueled with fresh ideas and creative approaches for leading change and focusing the church on competing in a crowded culture.

 For more information, go to www.MinistryCOM.org or call 888.765.6256.