Does your church website answer questions for potential visitors?

Shoes or Heels - Church website

This question came across my twitter feed (@EvangelismCoach) this past Sunday: "It's 2nd Sunday .. I'm visiting a new church .. Heels or Tennis shoes ? I never know how to dress when I'm a visitor" This brings up the point:Can potential first time church visitors find out the information they need on your church website landing … [Read more...]

Podcast: Press Releases for Churches

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Press releases can be free publicity for your church as part of your marketing.Church press releases are remarkably simple to do once you understand some basic points and setup a distribution system for your church press release. How First PC Englewood Uses Press Releases I recently spoke with Richard Hong, pastor of First Presbyterian Church … [Read more...]

Reduce Friction on Your Church Website

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Can potential first time church visitors find out the information they need on your church website landing page?What do you think are some of the most common questions of your website visitor?Here is what I think (though I don't have data to prove it):Where is the church? What does the building look like so I can recognize … [Read more...]

Expert Interview — Simple Church Websites that Work

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Based on what my newsletter subscribers tell me, many of you don't like the look or feel of your church website.They are embarrassing. They are clumsy. They are hard to keep up to date. It was designed 10 years ago in HTML and uses expensive software.What if you could fix thatfor free (do it yourself) or for a small fee and … [Read more...]

Church Websites can be Embarassing

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Last week, I spoke with a small suburban church pastor who apologetically murmured how his church website embarrassed him. "I'm sorry you had to see that." He went on to explain how it was setup 10 years ago by a church member who has since moved on and how impossible it is to maintainwith all those HTML tags, menus in different parts of … [Read more...]

7 Ways to Prepare Your Church for Mothers Day

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1. Bathroom sniff test. Yes, I’m serious.Ever been blown over by that uniquely powerful smell?You know what I mean.  What’s the first room you clean in your own home when company is coming?I rest my case. Is your church bathroom up to “company standards?”Put some nice de-odorizers in there. 2. Greeters. Remember your … [Read more...]

Flowery Church Language Confuses Church Press Release

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Do you use press releases to market your church?Churches and other Christian groups often fail to obtain a profile in the local community because they do not know how to create effective press releases.I found this interesting church press release the other day.(Source: Presbyterians focus on ascension and evangelism - link broken).  … [Read more...]

Business Cards that Church members can give away.

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Some churches play hard to get!Websites don't list any contact information Worship Service times are not on the telephone responder, Service hours are not on on a sign near the front door or on the road.One Low Cost Church Marketing Idea Here is one low-cost idea that you can use to help advertise your church and raise awareness in … [Read more...]

Church centered ideas for reaching people

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I found this post today that has already written out several questions that one could consider as they self-evaluate their evangelism style and methods. Four Questions to Focus my Evangelism EffortsWho are the key population groups living in my area? What population group is not being reached effectively? What population group do I best … [Read more...]

A church by any other name is still a church, Right?

Do we change our church name?

I've often been asked about church names.I remember when our church had to get a new sign made.We evaluated dropping our Presbyterian brand from our name for various reasons --We were embarrassed by our denomination, Most of our attenders didn't have a Presbyterian background, We were Presbyterian in our form of government, Some … [Read more...]