The name may be a bit different, but the intent is still the same – to grow the Kingdom by embracing new media. M2LIVE.org (formerly Ministry 2.0) will host its inaugural webcast on April 14, 2010 at 11 a.m. (EDT), featuring 8BIT founder and North Point Ministries’ creative web director, John Saddington. Saddington will be discussing church social media strategy development.

The first in a series of FREE webcasts, the M2LIVE webcast will feature insight from many of today’s brightest church web evangelists. While presenters will have opportunity to share their message, the format will allow you ample time to ask questions and engage the presenter.  To access the webcast, visit http://www.M2LIVE.org/live on April 14th at 11:00 a.m. (EDT). Each webcast will last about one hour.

M2LIVE.org is a grassroots effort allowing believers of all backgrounds to come together to celebrate Christ, while sharing and learning from one another. A series of web-based and live hands-on workshops, M2LIVE is designed for church leaders and volunteers interested in enhancing their ministry using the latest in web and social media technology. Learn more at http://www.M2LIVE.org.

It’s been a while coming, but we have now received our first bit of press on MemberHub.com. We began looking for an outlet to let church pastors, administrators and small group leaders learn about MemberHub about 2 months ago. We then stumbled upon ChurchCrunch. After exploring their blog and the various write-ups and commentary, I quickly learned that this was exactly what we were looking for; a focused platform for folks involved in ministry to “explore the intersection of technology and the church”.

We really appreciate the review and we’re also very exited for John and the folks at ChurchCrunch. Their active, participating readership is growing exponentially and I think it’s exactly what this community has been searching for. We’re looking forward to keeping the readers over at ChurchCrunch up to speed on all our updates and improvements to MemberHub. I also look forward to being an active participate to the digital conversation taking place at churchcrunch.com.

We’d like to point out the offer that we’ve extended to ChurchCrunch readers. On the MemberHub signup page you may enter the coupon code: churchcrunch0129. This coupon code will work through March 31, 2009 and will lock you in on the introductory rate of 10 cents per member per month for 12 months.

Thanks again John!