Archive for January, 2007
Picking a Great WordPress Theme For Your Church Website
Posted by: | CommentsThis post in the Using WordPress to Run Church Websites series is about finding an existing WordPress template (”theme”) that you can adapt to use for your church website.
Now that we’ve established the basic layout we’re looking for … it’s time to find a WordPress theme (WordPress-speak for “template).
One super great features of using WordPress is that hundreds, maybe even thousands, of website designers offer their themes for free to the public. And as one great theme designer said, you can save literally thousands of dollars by using these free themes.
You can browse all these at the WordPress Community Themes Viewer here.
8 Key Characteristics of Church Planters
Posted by: | CommentsA couple months ago, I had the opportunity to interview Dr. H. Stanley Wood, editor of Extraordinary Leaders in Extraordinary Times, a book based on a comprehensive research study on church planters.
Although the research study was based on mainline denomination’s new church developers (mainline for “church planters”), their findings cross denominational lines. They interviewed more than 700 church planters.
One thing that didn’t surprise me is that church planters share many of the same characteristics of entrepreneurs aka business owners.
Here are the 8 core traits:
Determining Your Church Website’s Basic Layout: The Wireframe
Posted by: | CommentsThis post in the Using WordPress to Run Church Websites series is about deciding on your church website’s basic layout structure.
Since this is my tutorial series and there are seriously a near infinite amount variations one could use for a website layout and structure, I’m going to write it the way I do it. 
Oftentimes this stage is called doing the “wireframe.” For simplicity, I’m just going to say — the basic layout of your site, OK?
Generally speaking, below is the basic layout I use for most websites (not necessarily blogs as you can tell from this one and my other ones).
Installing WordPress on Your Church Website
Posted by: | CommentsContinuining in the Using WordPress for Church Websites series, let’s talk quickly about installing WordPress on your church website.
Because WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms out there today, most website hosting plans offer a “one-click install” of it. (I do with my hosting services.)
The Big Idea by Pastor Dave Ferguson
Posted by: | CommentsLike many other bloggers, I got my copy of blogging pastor Dave Ferguson’s new book The Big Idea: Focus the Message-multiply the Impact (The Leadership Network Innovation Series)
I’m looking forward to reading the book and posting some lessons I gleaned from it … as always I welcome “free stuff” especially books like this that will help me do ministry better.
In the meantime, here is some information about the book …
