Christian Web Trends Blog

ShareLast week we talked about content: helping people who are not Christians find their church and then find God by making church websites inclusive and friendly. Now let’s decide how to package our message in a way that makes a great first impression! Thumbin’ through a Web site. Pick up a magazine. Check out all [...]

When an unbeliever visits your church’s website does it make them want to visit your church or run the other direction?

A content management system (CMS) is an affordable, easy-to-use system that helps churches do a better job of managing their websites. Here are 9 advantages to using a CMS over static HTML web pages.

ShareIn Tuesday’s article titled Supercharging Sermons with a Blog, before describing the idea of sermon blogs I casually mentioned what I believe are three primary purposes of a church website: To help people looking for a church home. To assist people already attending the church to know what ministries and activities are available for them. [...]

ShareAs I was lying in bed at 5 this morning half-conscious trying to decide whether to sleep for a few more minutes or get up and start my day an idea hit me.  My mind drifted to a conversation I had with my pastor a couple weeks ago about the general trend of church websites.  [...]

ShareKem Meyer, Communications Director at Granger Community Church, writes in her blog that lack of money is no excuse for lack of excellence in church communications.  She shares eight ways to improve church communications that require no money: Have conversations. Lots of them. Create a style guide. Identify your specific audience. Document your communication values. Outline [...]