{"id":4441,"date":"2011-04-14T19:55:43","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T19:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharefaithblog.wpengine.com\/?p=4441"},"modified":"2011-04-19T18:44:51","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T18:44:51","slug":"top-ten-features-church-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sharefaith.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/top-ten-features-church-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Website Must-Haves"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A church website template is a predesigned website that churches can use as the basis for their own church website. Church website templates are a smart solution, but unfortunately many churches think that they need to consult with a church website design firm for their ministry website. By not going the route of church website templates, churches are unfortunately wasting time, resources, and missing out on some huge advantages. Let\u2019s discuss some of the important features of a church website, and how a church website templates furnish the most ideal solution to maintaining a church web presence.<\/p>\n

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  1. A church website should be easy to update and maintain.<\/strong>Have you ever seen a church website that looks really outdated? I\u2019ve encountered church websites that display a timestamp of when the site was last updated, often stretching back a decade or more. Often churches don\u2019t update their website because they simply don\u2019t know how. A code-savvy programmer may have designed a nice site, but unless that church website is accessible by the least tech-savvy pastor or administrator, it\u2019s essentially useless.<\/li>\n
  2. A church website should provide options for simplicity and complexity. <\/strong>Ministries change. Like any organic entity, a church experiences growth, expansion, or even decline and phasing out. Whatever a church\u2019s current status, it is important to have a website template that will adapt to the various needs of the ministry. As a church chooses to expand their website, offer multimedia options, or include advanced functions, it should have the flexibility to do so.<\/li>\n
  3. A church website should allow multiple users to access and edit the church website at the same time.<\/strong> The church website ought not to be the domain of a single Webmaster or \u201cInternet guy.\u201d The church website, as a core feature of the ministry, must be something that the pastor can update, the youth pastor can edit, and the church administrator can use.<\/li>\n
  4. A church website template should give you the ability to update the website from anywhere. <\/strong>Wouldn\u2019t it be nice to be able to update your church website from home, or even on the road?<\/li>\n
  5. A church website should give your church a professional design.<\/strong> It\u2019s possible for someone with limited tech-skills to design a church website. But is it possible for just anybody to design a really aesthetic design, with sharp graphics, intuitive layout, and a customized interface? Probably not. With Sharefaith\u2019s church websites, all of this is provided for you.<\/li>\n
  6. A Sharefaith church website will save you money. <\/strong>Most ministries can\u2019t afford an expensive website design. With customary prices soaring into the thousands of dollars, churches simply can\u2019t afford the price of a professional designer. That\u2019s why Sharefaith\u2019s church website templates are a far better alternative. From a stewardship perspective, a good church website should not cost what many church website design companies are charging.<\/li>\n
  7. A church website should be quick to set up.<\/strong> The process of traditional website design is cumbersome and time-consuming. Often, developing a church website requires extensive consultation with the web design company. This kind of back-and-forth interaction is helpful, but it can be time-consuming.<\/li>\n
  8. A church website should be an all-inclusive solution to having a top ministry website.<\/strong> Most church website creators operate on a tiered design structure. In other words, if you want a certain level of website, you have to pay such-and-such amount of money. If you want an additional level of complexity, you have to pay more, and so on. With Sharefaith\u2019s church websites, you cut through all this complexity. Their church website solutions give you the whole package\u2014nothing withheld\u2014with everything you\u2019ll need for a top church online presence. You want a complete church website, not a shoddy excuse for a web presence.<\/li>\n
  9. A church website should give you the ability to customize. <\/strong>When you hear the term \u201cchurch website template,\u201d you may think, \u201ccookie cutter church website.\u201d Few, if any churches want a website that looks just like other churches\u2019 websites. Good church website templates should be customizable. Although the essential structure and customary navigation may be fairly standard, there are specific elements of a church website template that are customizable.<\/li>\n
  10. A church website should be a hassle-free way to website design. <\/strong>Web design is an understandably complex field. It\u2019s easy for the average pastor to get lost in the morass of web languages, website coding, ministry website hosting, content management systems, servers, church website graphics, and more. What\u2019s needed is something simple\u2014something that dispenses with the technical jargon and gives to the ministry leader just what he needs. What you\u2019re left with is a church website template<\/em>\u2014a hassle-free, complexity-free, confusion-free way to get a great church website.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Conclusion<\/strong>
    \nTo sum it up, Sharefaith\u2019s church websites, coming at the end of April, provide a solution that is just plain smart. There are several ways of achieving the goal of having a church website, but how you get there is<\/em> important. Church website templates are the best way to put your church on the web\u2014professionally, beautifully, inexpensively, quickly, and easily. Be smart.<\/p>\n

    If there was ever a time to remain or become a Sharefaith member, it is now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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