The way your website looks is not important at all. Just throw some text and photos up and you’re done. People can get a feel for your church when they visit, so don’t bother trying to recreate your ministry environment online. After all, your church website is just an expensive business card.
If you believe the above statements are true, please forward the entire paragraph to Mythbusters - I’m sure they’d be happy to bust those myths for you. The reality is that your website should be a mirror for your organization both in content and design. Your online visitors [...] Continue Reading…
Jon Branding, Church, Communication, Design Church, Design, Website
Churches love food and relish any opportunity they can to prepare it. However, ask a church to cook up fresh content for the internet and you’ll likely not get the same enthusiasm. It is not because they are confused by the internet, have no time for it or have nothing to say. It is often because, like daily meals, online communication requires consistent feeding. Churches are more comfortable dining on website clip-art for their weekend bulletin than regularly communicating to the online generation.
Bread is a common theme in the Bible. Jesus did countless miracles to increase the amount of [...] Continue Reading…
Jon Church, Online Media Bread, Church, Internet, Online
Web presence is part of modern evangelism. We can easily rattle off the social ills of online presence but there is also potential to create community and create worthwhile connection between the faithful and the seeking. I remember in the 80s when bands like Petra created no small controversy by playing Christian music in contemporary style. As they said, why should the devil have all the good music?
Ministries and active churches are likewise taking bold steps to utilize web technology to advance the faith. No doubt some of them have created heated debate and concern among parishioners. By all [...] Continue Reading…
Duane Church, Online Media Church, Community, Ministry, Music, Online, Technology, Website
Recently, I have been reading a lot about problem solving and the role of a designer in today’s business world. One topic that caught my eye deals with framed and unframed challenges. I uncovered this topic from NextDesign, a forward thinking design organization.
It is easy as a designer to assume the client knows everything they need. “We need a new website.” “Ok. Here you go.” This would be an example of a framed challenge. While that client might be right on about needing a new website it is the designers job to search for other possible solutions. To do [...] Continue Reading…
Brandon Problem Solving Challenges, Design, NextD, Problem Solving, Thinking
