Christian Web Trends Blog

As I look around the exhibitors area at the FL/GA Lutheran Educators conference, almost every exhibitor has a bowl of candy on their table, usually peppermints, chocolate kisses, peanut butter cups, or some assortment.  The theory is that people will see the candy, stop at the exhibit to take a piece, and then learn about [...]

Tomorrow Mark, Kurt, and I are heading across the state to Daytona Beach for the 2009 Florida/Georgia (District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod) Educator’s Conference. (Whew, glad I didn’t have to create letterhead for that). OurChurch.Com will have an exhibitor’s booth there.  Tomorrow Kurt Steinbrueck, my bro and our Director of Search Marketing, will [...]

Mark and I will be representing OurChurch.Com as exhibitors at the Florida United Methodist Conference in Daytona Beach this Wed and Fri. We’ll also be blogging and Twittering from the conference using the #flumc hashtag.

One of the biggest fears any website owner has about the new interactive website features is loosing control of the content of their website. This is especially true for churches. These fears are understandable and can cause the leadership of a church to decide not to have an interactive website and just stick with the static, well-controlled website they have. But I think that would be a mistake. Here’s why…

  While discussing interactive church websites at the Interactive Church Conference, one of the pastors in our group brought up the issue of how people interact online.  He was concerned that so much in our culture has become self-focused.  He said, “You choose what TV programs you want to watch, you choose what websites you [...]

The social web has taken off over the past couple of years. This is due to a change in the philosophy of how people think about websites. Web 2.0 and beyond is no longer about static pages and sharing information, but about interactive websites that facilitate sharing life. It’s about real life and real experiences. So, what can you do on your church website to allow people to share their lives and is your church website really the place for all this messy sharing?

Yesterday we discussed communications breakdowns between church leaders and tech people. Today we look at how to overcome and prevent those breakdowns.

From the Interactive Church Conference. Churches often experience breakdown in communication between the pastor/leader and the tech person/people responsible for the church website. Often it comes down to differences in vocabulary and worldview.

Join Kurt and I as we blog live from the the Interactive Church Conference in Daytona Beach, FL this Friday and Saturday.