The church website an opportunity?   by John

in Web Development    (submitted 2012-01-29)

The church website is fantastic opportunity for Christians to open up their places of worship.

Church services are falling each and every day and the internet supplies a new means for churches to find new members for their church from using the church website.

All of the polls taken recently demonstrate that young people (that's people below 30) spend more and more time on the web. These people show that it's from the net which they find pursuits and also interests. It is then an excellent location for Christians who want to touch other people as well and inform them what's promising about Jesus Christ and his Salvation promise.

An excellent church website permits people that might be a little cautious of Christians to find out about Christianity and also churches in general prior to them entering the church for the first time and meeting with people who are church members.

Christian believers might find it a bit strange that non believers feel this way but don't forget they are surrounded by a cruel and scary world. They're surrounded by tales of indoctrination and also thoughts about brain washing therefore (I guess it is not surprising) they may be cautious about Religious people. A good church website can help to conquering these fears by providing information in a non confrontational and safe way.

Bearing in mind how non Christians feel gives Christian believers and church website owners a big obligation. They have to present the Lord God in a way that will be accessiblehowever, but need to be clear and not irreverent. This means exhibiting those activities of the church whilst simultaneously sustaining a regard for Lord and His Word. It can be a challenging balance.

Here is five ideas about things you can do to help make a non Christians visit a success and leave them reassured and happy:

1. Use pictures liberally around the site - show the people and the children having fun

2. Maintain the content of the website. Don't let the site become a dusty dreary place ensure that it's interesting and up to date. There are plenty of sites that can help you with methods here.

3. Provide a subscriber list that is easy for them to add themselves to so that they can find out lots more about you.

4. Get plenty of people involved in building the church website to ensure that the content included is wide and varied. In particular involve the younger generation who know a lot about the web.

5. Make sure you include video and audio - in todays church website it's key to success to have a wide variety of media.

The final point is very important to your church website. i can't stress enough how much media can make a different to the experience of the web to younger visitors. Younger individuals completely expect your church website to be to be capable of accessibility and functioning well by a large variety of media and ways.

Remember that it is easy to include You Tube videos in your site. Just add them to You Tube and then embed them on the relevant page on your site. Simple, easy and quick results.

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