Building Rockin’ Cool Church Websites: Master Story List

Welcome 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:

  1. Introduction
  2. Sermon Podcasting Made Easy
  3. A Job Description for Your Church’s Web Site: 6 Essential Tasks
  4. Recruiting a Church Web Site Team
  5. Choosing a Webmaster aka Webminister
  6. Picking the Right Rockin’ Church Web Site Domain Name
  7. Choosing the Right Web Site Hosting and Plan
  8. Designing Your Church Site for a Target Audience(s)
  9. Setting Goals for Your Site
  10. Using Email Newsletters
  11. Remember to Renew Your Domain Name
  12. Don’t Miss the Obvious — Important Information
  13. Producing Content, Content, Content
  14. The All-Important Home Page, Part 1
  15. Generating Content by Asking Questions
  16. Organizing Content into Categories
  17. Using a Free Offer on Your Church Website
  18. Writing for the Web
  19. Optimizing Your Site for Local Searches
  20. Your Pastor’s Bio Page Will Probably Be One of the Most Popular Pages
  21. First-Time Guest Information Should be Prominent
  22. 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:

  1. Jan Weinheimer | Asbury Methodist Church | Tulsa, Okla. [site]
  2. Sean Sperte | The City Church | Kirkland, Wash. [site]
  3. Gene Mason | The Church at Brook Hills | Birmingham, Ala. [site]
  4. Jason Rehmel | Northside Christian Church | New Albany, Ind. [site]
  5. Aaron Reimann | West Ridge Church | Dallas, Ga. [site]
  6. Rich Schmidt | Living Hope Community Church | Valparaiso, Ind. [site]
  7. Larry Lundstrom | Fellowship of the Woodlands | The Woodlands, Texas [site]
  8. Matt Heerema [Matt’s site] | The Rock at Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa [site]
  9. Carrie Fay Amaro | Radiant Church | Surprise, Az. [site]
  10. Matt Steinruck | Bethlehem United Methodist Church | Thornton, Penn. [site]
  11. Wayne Cole | Riverland Hills Baptist Church | Irmo, S.C. [site]
  12. 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:

  1. Kent Shaffer | Bombay Creative [site]
  2. Bruce Erickson | Plain Joe Studios [site]
  3. Mark Wells | Antistatic Design [site]
  4. Michael Buckingham | Holy Cow Creative [site]
  5. Lee Insko | Details Communications [site]
  6. Tim Wall | Element Fusion [site]

[ Bookmark this page and check back for all the series posts. ]

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November 5, 2006 · Filed Under Church Marketing, Rockin' Web Sites, Web Site Design

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