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WELCOME TO

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CHURCH WEBSITES

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US

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WELCOME TO

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WELCOME TO

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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US

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WHY SEW?

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Bad Mobile Conversion

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WE ARE FAMILY

62 surveyed from:

  • Harding “Preacher Stuff”
  • Facebook Compadres
  • The Jenkins Institute

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Insights

  • 93% have a website
  • 54% paid management
  • 46% volunteer managed

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SIMPLY

Pay Someone

Get a CMS

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Dangers of Paying

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Content Management System

62 Churches Surveyed

  • 39% - Wordpress
  • 11% - Squarespace
  • 8% - Cloversites
  • 5% - Congregate
  • 5% - Dreamweaver
  • 5% - Weebly
  • 5% - Wix

Cheapest Most Flexible

- Wordpress

Easiest WYSIWYG

- Wix

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WORDPRESS

$300 annually on WordPress.com – VERY FLEXIBLE

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SQUARESPACE

$216 Annually - Very Professional Looking E-Commerce

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WIX

$168 annually on Wix.com– VERY EASY EDIT

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WEEBLY

$144 Annually – Beginner Friendly

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Cloversites & Congregate

More Church Features - $900 & $1000 in first year

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DREAMWEAVER

$232 Annually – Website Design Software for your Computer

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THE BEST

WORDPRESS

(most flexible)

WIX.COM

(User friendly)

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What others say…

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Valuable Parts of a Website

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Great example

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https://www.collegechurchofchrist.org

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Aaaaaahhhhhhhh!

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WEBSITES

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Topher’s Other Tech Tools

  • Sharefaith.com – Website, Graphics, Giving, Curriculum, App
  • Text-em-all.com – Mass Texting & Phone Calling
  • InstantChurchDirectory.com – Harding!
  • Buffer.com – Post to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest
  • Boxcast.com – Livestreaming Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV
  • Powerpoint for Graphic Design Saves to JPEG & PNG

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CofC Guy Doing Tech to Connect People to Jesus!

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