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Ryan Hayden

Ryan Hayden

Trust the Coach

When I was in High School, we had basketball practice at 5AM. If you’ve never worken up at 4:15 AM to go run windsprints and drills till…

Mar 20, 2018

Trust the Coach

Mar 20, 2018

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Simple Church Tools

The Economics of Cheap Church Websites

I’m in the unique position of being both a pastor (like, the senior pastor that preaches several times a week) and a web developer.

Mar 1, 2018

Mar 1, 2018

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Simple Church Tools

Why church websites are so hard (and what we are doing about it.)

I’ve been making church websites for nearly 15 years and if I’ve learned anything, it’s that getting a great church website is really…

Feb 28, 2018

Why church websites are so hard (and what we are doing about it.)

Feb 28, 2018

Ryan Hayden
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Simple Church Tools

Why Simple Church Sermons Is Different/Better

In a few weeks, I will have been the pastor at Bible Baptist for six years. In those six years, I’ve preached nearly 1,000 Bible messages…

Oct 17, 2017

Oct 17, 2017

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Simple Church Tools

Introducing Simple Church Tools

Today, I’m proud to be launching Simple Church Tools. Simple Church Tools is a growing suite of software designed for churches. Right now…

Jul 10, 2017

Introducing Simple Church Tools

Jul 10, 2017

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Simple Church Tools

I hate apple right now…but

I really want to ditch the mac. Really, I do. I’ve spent the last couple of days planning out a windows PC build. I even bought a cheaper…

Dec 22, 2016

I hate apple right now…but

Dec 22, 2016

Ryan Hayden

Organizational Scar Tissue

Policies are organizational scar tissue.

Dec 16, 2016

Organizational Scar Tissue

Dec 16, 2016

Ryan Hayden
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Simple Church Tools

My favorite writing app (it’s free)

As a pastor, I write A LOT. Every week I write out two sermon manuscripts. At 3,200 words each, my base of writing each week is at least…

Nov 22, 2016

My favorite writing app (it’s free)

Nov 22, 2016

Ryan Hayden
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Simple Church Tools

Want to ditch Adobe (or learn graphic design)? Check out these apps. They are on sale this week.

I love Adobe software. I used it every day for around 10 years. But I don’t love their current pricing model. ($50 a month forever.) I…

Nov 19, 2016

Want to ditch Adobe (or learn graphic design)? Check out these apps. They are on sale this week.

Nov 19, 2016

Ryan Hayden
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Simple Church Tools

My wife had this idea for church announcements and I can’t believe the difference it’s made.

I’m a technophile. You name an online service — I’ve probably tried it. I pride myself in using lots and lots of tech stuff and learning…

Nov 18, 2016

My wife had this idea for church announcements and I can’t believe the difference it’s made.

Nov 18, 2016

Ryan Hayden

Ryan Hayden

Ryan Hayden lives in two professional worlds. He serves as the Pastor of Bible Baptist Church in Mattoon, IL and is also a web entrepreneur and web designer.

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