Wednesday, March 10, 2010

91% feel church insensitive

According to research conducted by Barna, 91 percent of non-Christians believe that the church isn't sensitive to their needs. Why? Jargon ("insider terms"), incomplete information, information that doesn't address daily concerns.

Tip: Design and write "for the least" among potential visitors. Avoid "churchy" language.

If your site contains a lot of churchy language, start editing now.

Source: http://www.pastors.com/

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Blogs influence traditional web sites

"Increasingly, web users also expect ordinary websites to have blog-like fresh comment and news too."
- Christian Blog Evangelism

A church with a small web site may do well to use a Blog plus a few static pages.  The free Google Blogger now lets you add up to 10 static pages to a blog.

If your church has bought a hosting package that includes RSS feeds , consider adding a teasers to them on the home page to blogs (pastor, youth director, ..)

If you have static web pages for your main site, consider adding home page links to any dynamic content you may have -- such as blogs or photos.