Make A Church Web Site

Make a Church Web Site? Indeed, many churches around the world are adding Web sites. It's a great idea! Unfortunately, many are also paying exorbitant amounts of money on Webmasters, software, hosting and maintenance.

Churches don�t need to do this to make a church Web site!

Adding a vibrant, ever-changing, far reaching Church Web site can be an easy and inexpensive venture.

We recommend an all-in-one Web site building software package... Site Build It! which we will discuss in a bit. First, let�s take a look at the benefits of making a user-friendly Church Web site.

Provide Up-To-Date Information

People are increasingly turning to the internet for local information. They are looking for information about:

Churches
Schools
Shopping
Homes
Libraries
Tourist Attractions

and just about anything else folks want to know about in their area (or one they are considering moving to).

Provide Schedules, Activities, Classes, Events...Anything!

Church members could easily visit their Church Web site when they want to know things like:

Daily Calendar of Events
Service Schedules
Youth Group Activities
Adult Ministries
Bible Studies
Counselor Recommendations
Mission Trips
First Communions
Weddings
Funeral Information
Holy Day Schedules
Church History
Pastoral Backgrounds
Volunteer Opportunities
Outreach Programs
Vacation Bible Schools

Deciding to make a church Web site can save your church countless administrative hours and lots of money too!

Make Changes Weekly, Daily, Hourly

When a Church has a Web site, changes can be made to it daily (provided they have user-friendly software!), which is beneficial to pastors, members and staff. Calls which staff receive repeatedly such as �What time is the Easter Vigil?� can be answered and updated right on the site. Sure, some folks will still call, but as people get more and more used to the idea of visiting the Church Web site for up-to-date information, they will!

Make a "Bulletin" Web site, an "Elaborate" Site or Anything in Between

When you make a church Web site, it can be as small or large as the church desires. It can be a sort of online bulletin or newsletter or it can be as elaborate as one that offers Sunday sermons on audio or video.

The size of a church Web site doesn't have to relate to the size of the church membership either. Some small churches have extensive Web sites which are an outreach ministry in themselves.

A Church Web site can host a church directory that is password protected so members can go online to find other members addresses and phone numbers. Also, different ministries in a church can have their own sections of the site to make updates to.

Offer Missionary Updates From Around The World

If your church has missionaries or offers short-term missions trips to other countries, you can provide e-mail interaction, long distance journaling and even photo galleries so church members at home can hear about what�s going on in the mission field.

Provide A Virtual Library

Your Church Web site can also offer a virtual library or links to Christian resources such as books and gifts. It can also offer links to other Christian Web sites that are inline with the Church�s beliefs.

What Does Your Church Need To Get Started
To Make A Church Web Site?

We hope you are starting to see how a church can benefit from having their own Web site. Now let�s turn our discussion to building one frugally.

The Web Site Building Software Program we mentioned earlier, Site Build It! or SBI! is low cost and easy to set up and use. It's so flexible that it lends itself to virtually any type of small business imaginable. Now we understand that a church is not a business per se, but here is why SBI! lends itself beautifully to the needs of a church.

A Church essentially needs to provide information. There is a type of Web site online that is becoming popularly known as Infopreneur ...provider of information on a specific niche.

Can you see the similarity? A Church can use their Web site to offer their members/attenders Information�a.k.a. Infopreneur-type content. Everything you will ever need to provide on a Church Web site is offered in the SBI! software.

In addition to the Site Builder itself, you can do newsletters, add links, even monetize (bring in money) the site if the church so desires.

SBI! would allow anyone who needs to add or change information to the site to quickly and easily do so. It�s what we call "point-and-click" easy. There is no need to pay an expensive Web master... nearly anyone can use SBI!, even kids! Gone are the invoices for a Web master to make changes. And if you really want to save money, put out a call to the membership for volunteers to keep it up!

Finally, we encourage you to visit other Church Web sites to discover just how other churches are using the internet to help keep their members/parishioners informed. A Web site is an amazing, virtually limitless tool for communicating. We hope you see the benefits for your church and make a church Web site today.

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