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Hosted by Natchi Lazarus · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 288 episodes
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As a Church, the Body of Christ, we are all called to fulfill the Great Commission given to us by Jesus in this digital era. In order to do that effectively in today's social-media-dominated world, it is important for us to equip ourselves with the knowledge, skill, and understanding of how this online ecosystem works. In The Connected Church Podcast, along with his expert guests, Natchi Lazarus covers practical and strategic topics that will equip the Church for this digital and social media age. Natchi has more than two decades of experience working with nonprofits, churches, ministries, Christian faith-based businesses, and entrepreneurs. In this podcast, he not only uses his experience and expertise from his work to derive solutions to complex digital media challenges that ministries face but as an experienced educator, he also breaks down complex technical topics to simple, doable actionable tasks. Discover why top global nonprofits, churches, and faith-based ventures seek Natchi'
Natchi Lazarus hosts Connected Church, a religion show with 288 episodes published.
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Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 253 Connected Church Academy: https://cca.live The Weekly Digital, Social Media, AI & Emerging Tech News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofi
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