Building Rockin’ Cool Church Websites: Master Story List
ByWelcome to my tutorial series on how churches — of any size — can build rockin’ cool websites with maximum impact.
Check back here for the Master Story List of the Building Rockin’ Church Web Sites:
- Introduction
- Sermon Podcasting Made Easy
- A Job Description for Your Church’s Web Site: 6 Essential Tasks
- Recruiting a Church Web Site Team
- Choosing a Webmaster aka Webminister
- Picking the Right Rockin’ Church Web Site Domain Name
- Choosing the Right Web Site Hosting and Plan
- Designing Your Church Site for a Target Audience(s)
- Setting Goals for Your Site
- Using Email Newsletters
- Remember to Renew Your Domain Name
- Don’t Miss the Obvious — Important Information
- Producing Content, Content, Content
- The All-Important Home Page, Part 1
- Generating Content by Asking Questions
- Organizing Content into Categories
- Using a Free Offer on Your Church Website
- Writing for the Web
- Optimizing Your Site for Local Searches
- Your Pastor’s Bio Page Will Probably Be One of the Most Popular Pages
- First-Time Guest Information Should be Prominent
- How to Maintain a Youth Ministry Website Using a Blog
Dreaming of a New Church Website Redesign?
Here’s 50-plus Cool Church Websites for Inspiration
Q&A With Church Communication Director & Web Staff:
- Jan Weinheimer | Asbury Methodist Church | Tulsa, Okla. [site]
- Sean Sperte | The City Church | Kirkland, Wash. [site]
- Gene Mason | The Church at Brook Hills | Birmingham, Ala. [site]
- Jason Rehmel | Northside Christian Church | New Albany, Ind. [site]
- Aaron Reimann | West Ridge Church | Dallas, Ga. [site]
- Rich Schmidt | Living Hope Community Church | Valparaiso, Ind. [site]
- Larry Lundstrom | Fellowship of the Woodlands | The Woodlands, Texas [site]
- Matt Heerema [Matt's site] | The Rock at Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa [site]
- Carrie Fay Amaro | Radiant Church | Surprise, Az. [site]
- Matt Steinruck | Bethlehem United Methodist Church | Thornton, Penn. [site]
- Wayne Cole | Riverland Hills Baptist Church | Irmo, S.C. [site]
- Terra McDaniel | Austin Stone Community Church | Austin, Texas [site]
Are you a church staffer and want to participate in the Q&A, click here and fill out this form.
Q&A with Church Web Site Design Firms/Designers:
- Kent Shaffer | Bombay Creative [site]
- Bruce Erickson | Plain Joe Studios [site]
- Mark Wells | Antistatic Design [site]
- Michael Buckingham | Holy Cow Creative [site]
- Lee Insko | Details Communications [site]
- Tim Wall | Element Fusion [site]
[ Bookmark this page and check back for all the series posts. ]
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