Times have changed. Our contemporary society has come to expect every legitimate organization, business, non-profit, or ministry to have a well-designed website presence. When it comes to being found by your community, being available to your members, and providing information to both, you must be accessible on the web. In fact, most modern church plants are scrambling to get their site up before they even begin services. It’s almost as important as getting a meeting place arranged. Even established churches are revamping their websites to provide tools for members on-the-go. But as we become more and more dependent on smart phones and tablets to keep up with the crazy, rushed lifestyle we’ve developed, having a church website may not be enough to effectively connect with your church family. A website that fails to contain up-to-the-minute information often gets negle...
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We came across this blog-post on www.churchleaders.com about church websites recently and thought the thoughts recorded were worth sharing. The post references the same Lifeway Survey that we mentioned on our blog several months ago. While we don't use (or recommend) Wordpress or pre-designed/stock templates, we do think the 5 simple points made in this blog post are worth thinking about. As a branding company, we believe each client is inherently unique and we strive to design them a website with layout, functionality, and attractiveness that is exactly right for them and reflects their brand, or identity. So, we don't deal with templates and this actually goes hand in hand with the article's point number 1: Engaging Home Page. Having an engaging home page is essential. We as a culture have become content to skim through content and jump from website to website looki...
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