Basics of Church Web Design

 While a basic idea of web design is needed, when dealing with church web design, there are several things that are basically different from regular web site design. A bad design will drive church goers away and will show that a church is irrelevant and out of touch. You must have a well designed site in order to attract people to your particular church. In the past, having a site was horribly expensive, very difficult technically and needed skills that your church may not have had in the past. Here is information that will help you to create an excellent site for your church.

You will need volunteers to set the site up and run it as well as using a click and build system or you can pay for the site design. If you are using volunteers that have the crucial design and technical skills to make a truly stand out site. The cons of using this method are that there is no technical support if the person leaves the church. Now if you are using a point and build system, try a free trial first and references need to be checked to be certain that they have served churches before. A good system here will have a full helpdesk that includes both phone and email support. The cons with this are that you need to watch out for hidden costs in regards to support calls.

Now hiring a web design company is the next topic. While this may not be economically feasible as the click and build system, there are several advantages to this system. The agency will be able to bring your church web site vision to life, especially if you have a particular design in mind. Now the cons for this include very expensive design. The sites are aimed at two different people. Your first audience is those that are not Christians, but who are considering coming to your church. This site offers them the way to find out about your church and the Christian faith.

Your second audience for the site is the current members of your church. The information provided on these sites must be relevant to this church and those who are considering coming to the church. Some information that is useful is who is preaching next Sunday? When is the next Prayer Meeting? along with  other relevant questions.  When you are creating a web site, you need to have a section marked Visitors that spells out in plain English what your church is about, what a visitor can expect and a few facts about the church.

This is just a simple view of how the basics of church web site design should go. By following these tips, you will have a more successful web site than others who have tried and failed to get a church web site up in the past. This information should help you to make the right kinds of choices when it comes to church web site design.