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SALT Certified Church Communications Leader

The SALT Certified Church Communications Leader path is a 5-week sprint designed to help your team move from scattered, reactive posting to a clear, strategic, and sustainable communications system. Built from trusted SALT Community training, this certification equips churches to align their messaging, streamline their workflows, and create content that actually reflects who they are and what they’re trying to accomplish.

You’ll define your strategy, build a repeatable weekly rhythm, clarify your voice, and strengthen your digital presence—while also putting the right tools and collaboration practices in place to sustain it long-term. This isn’t about doing more communication—it’s about doing the right communication, consistently.

By the end, your team won’t just be posting—you’ll have a SALT Certified Church Communications Leader communicating with purpose, clarity, and confidence.

Key Takeaways

  • A Documented Strategy Your Whole Team Can Follow
    • You’ll move from vague ideas to a clear, written communications plan—including goals, platforms, messaging, and priorities.
    • Result: Alignment across your team and content that actually supports your church’s mission.
  • A Weekly Rhythm That Eliminates Last-Minute Scrambling
    • You’ll build a sustainable system for planning, creating, approving, and publishing content—so nothing falls through the cracks.
    • Result: Less stress, better execution, and a team that stays ahead instead of catching up.
  • A Stronger, More Discoverable Digital Presence
    • From writing better captions to improving SEO and platform strategy, you’ll learn how to create content that reaches and resonates with people.
    • Result: Increased visibility, stronger engagement, and communication that actually connects.

Course Content

Week 1 – Strategy: Stop Posting, Start Planning
The most practical starting point for any comms relaunch

  • History of Social Media
    06:14
  • How to Repurpose Sermon Content
    08:16
  • Church Social Media Policy
    09:10
  • Social Ministry Mountain
    05:09
  • The One-Pager Social Media Plan Q&A
    14:30
  • Church Communications Leader Quiz 1

Week 2 – Rhythm and Infrastructure: Build Your Weekly System
Creating a weekly rhythm Organizational structure and communication hierarchy

Week 3 – Content: What to Say and How to Say It
How to write converting captions How to win on social media Messaging frameworks and approval workflow

Week 4 – Digital Presence: SEO, Discoverability, & online Church
Enhance your church's visibility through SEO

Week 5 – Team & Tools: Collaborate, Automate, and Sustain
Smart ways to use slack Collaboration in creative ministry

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SALT Conferences

What I will learn?

  • Build a one-page social media plan that gives your whole team a clear direction
  • Create a weekly communications rhythm so content is never last-minute
  • Write captions and social content that convert — driving action, not just impressions
  • Improve your church's search visibility through SEO basics
  • Build and grow an email list, write effective newsletters, and improve open rates
  • Use Slack and other tools to streamline team collaboration and approvals
  • Create a sustainable comms system your team will actually stick to

Target Audience

  • Communications directors, pastors overseeing comms, or small teams who feel scattered and reactive. Ideal for a team of two to four people working through the certification together as the content is most powerful when applied collaboratively rather than individually.

Requirements

  • No technical prerequisites. This certification is designed for all experience levels. You should come in with a clear sense of your church's mission and a willingness to document your process. The certification requires you to produce real deliverables, not just consume content.

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