Christian Web Trends Blog

Last 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 the variations [...]

Why does your church have a website?  Chances are one of the reasons is because you want to help people who are not Christians find their church and then find God.  That’s a great objective, but when an unbeliever visits your church’s website does it make them want to visit your church or run the [...]

“What’s the smartest, most affordable way to revamp my website?” These days when folks ask me that question, I find myself recommending a Content Management System, or CMS, almost exclusively. No other website solution offers more bang for your buck. 

What is a CMS? In a nutshell, it is website management software with optional, flexible modules [...]

In 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.
To help people [...]

Kem 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 a strategy.
Reduce emotional overload.
Implement an [...]