Center for Church Communication

The Center for Church Communication (CFCC) team is comprised of:

• Cynthia Ware, executive director
• Michael Buckingham, creative director
• Kevin D. Hendricks, editorial director
• Joshua Cody, associate editor
• Tim Schraeder, project catalyst
• Justin Wise, project catalyst

Cynthia Ware is an interactive media consultant with an in depth expertise in two areas: online technologies and strategic church development. Equipped with two decades of pastoral ministry and a master’s degree in mass communication, Cynthia helps Christian leaders develop online communication strategies to compliment their ministry goals. She consults pastors, churches, ministries and nonprofits in how to use their online presence to enrich and expand their ministry reach. Besides consulting, Cynthia is an active conference speaker and writer. Her personal blog, The Digital Sanctuary, encourages Christian leaders to explore and embrace participatory media to serve the kingdom of God. Additionally, she is a co-contributor to Digital, the Leadership Network’s technology blog. Cynthia and her husband Bob, have served as Foursquare pastors for 20 years.

Michael Buckingham‘s business card says founder and creative director of Holy Cow Creative but really, he’s just a guy who wants to help the church stop being so churchy. That’s what he’s trying to do with Holy Cow Creative and his work with CFCC. Holy Cow Creative is the church’s design studio created to link arms with the church and make it the most creative place on the planet.

Kevin D. Hendricks is a freelance writer, editor and web geek. His communications company, Monkey Outta Nowhere, has worked with major national organizations and tiny local businesses, both secular and faith-based. Kevin has been blogging since 1998, once spent a summer as a yo-yoing street performer on the streets of Chicago and has a minor obsession with public art. He’s attended church all his life and always volunteered actively. Kevin and his wife, Abby, life in St. Paul, Minn., with their two kids and two dogs.

Joshua Cody resides with his wife in beautiful Portland, Ore., freshly minted as a college graduate with information technology as his specialty. A man of many hobbies, when he isn’t exploring the area or playing outside, you can find him brainstorming, writing, designing or doodling. He’s worked with churches small to huge and holds tight to the passion of helping the church tell the whole story of Jesus Christ in innovative and personal ways. The Church Marketing Sucks blog has gotten the benefit of Josh’s posts for the last couple of years and he is an integral part of the CFCC community.

Tim Schraeder is the director of communications at Park Community Church, a gospel-centered innovate church that reaches nearly 3,000 young adults and families in downtown Chicago. He blogs his thoughts on church communications at TimSchraeder.com and is an incessant Twitterer. Tim is passionate about seeing the church leverage new media to reach our wired culture with the most important message: the gospel.

Justin Wise is a blogger, communicator and thinker. He writes daily for BeDeviant.com, a blog focused on church, culture and technology. Justin is on staff at one of the largest Lutheran churches in the United States, Lutheran Church of Hope, where he serves as the church’s digital director. He likes reading, drinking good coffee, long boarding and mowing the yard. Justin lives in West Des Moines, Iowa, with his wife, Kerry, and son, Finnegan.