Communications Guidelines

Do your communications need an upgrade at your parish?  Sometimes it can be hard to know where to start.  Click here for a beginners guide for how to spruce up your church's communication plan.    Another good source for creating a solid communication plan for your church can be found here. 

Below, you will find a number of manuals, stylebooks, and guidelines for communications in different contexts.  These different guidelines are from other dioceses or churches, but they can help guide you in your parish communications. 

Guidelines for Communication

• The Episcopal Church Digital Evangelism - Visual Identity Guide - Visual Identity is an outgrowth of our mission. It’s much more than the proper use of a logo or color. It is about achieving a common look and feel – about speaking with one voice. It reflects the core values and dedication to the spirit that form the fabric of our Episcopal heritage. 

• Diocese of Floridia Marketing Stylebook - Marketing our churches is all about thinking of how an outsider who comes to visit your church sees it is the aim of this stylebook which offer a step-by-step guide to good, practical, effective and simple marketing and evangelism practices.

• Saint John's Denver Communications and Standards Manual - This style guide has great tips for anything from punctuation, to signage, to logos, to crises communications. Communication items include: bulletins, posters, websites, newsletters, bulletin boards, signage, business cards, and letterheads.

• The Episcopal Communicators Manual - the manual is from the Diocese of Texas' Office of Communication. Topics covered within this manual include news releases, photographs, and advertising materials. 

Copyright Guidelines

• Copyright Guidelines for Churches

  • Are we breaking copyright? - Read this article to determine whether or not you need to change your communication practices in order to avoid breaking copyright law.