According to “Your Church Magazine”
Currently, 80 to 85 percent of people are finding their church based on websites
If you read further in this article you will also find that
85 percent of church websites are poorly designed, 10 percent are merely adequate, and only five percent can be considered really good
So what does this mean for you ?
- People are “shopping for churches”
- Just like everything else, people looking for churches are going online first and basing their decisions on their first impression
- Investing in a quality website is just like investing in your building, you would not allow your building be in shambles why would you allow your website to be ?
- You might need to take a hard look at what kind of impression your website is making based on these key factors: visual design, functionality, navigation, interactivity and content.
Over the next two weeks we will be diving deeper into these 5 factors that make up a quality website.
pic by Tom T
May 21st, 2009 at 8:06 pm
I have been working on a project in the Tulsa area that is looking at the websites of all the Baptist churches in our network. Less than 50% of our churches have a website and less than 50% those that do have an appealing site. I interact with people of all ages who are choosing our church based upon our website. http://arrowheights.org The site reflects who we are as a church, which is a traditional Southern Baptist Church.
People go to a church website to hear the podcast so that they do have to drive to a church to hear bad preaching. People do not want to waste their time. Your church website has to compel them to visit. Does yours?