River of Life Christian Center
http://www.rolcc.tv

Living Waters Community Church
http://www.livingwaterscc.com

The Gate
http://gatechurch.tv/

Parkway Heights; Hattiesburg, MS

Harvest Church; Byron, GA

Abba’s House; Ada, OK

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Get a Grip Ministries; Oshawa, Ontario, CA

Crestview Christian Church; Manhattan, KS

Oasis Christian Center; Rahway, NJ

iConnect Student Ministries

Christ Lutheran Church & School

Crestview Christian Church

First up, faithHighway’s Redesigned Website. The new church web design features the many services faithHighway now offers including the online media center, Sermon Connect, the group content manager, content services, design services and print fulfillment, SEO, and more.

Next up is North Atlanta Student Ministries; Atlanta, GA. Andy Grove, one of the staff members responsible for deciding which sites to feature, had this to say about the site:

The site has some cutting edge flash work, as well as showcases another of our new offerings; content setup services.

Our final favorite site for now is Christ Community Church; Portsmouth, OH. Andy Grove also commented on the selection of this church website:

This site also has some cutting edge flash work especially on the flash page and the Children’s Ministry, and overall has many pleasing graphical elements that we want people to check out.

Abundant Life; San Antonio, TX

http://www.abundant-life.cc/

Focus; Katy, TX

http://www.focuschurch.com/

Northwest Hills; Torrington, CT

http://www.northwesthillschurch.org/

Up first is First Steps Discipleship out of Springfield, Ohio: http://www.disciplinganother.com. First Steps Discipleship is a non-profit ministry organization birthed out of the ministry of Fellowship Church in Springfield, Ohio. First Steps is using one of our theme layouts with some flash. Also, a big part of their site is their store. Great job on content!

Next is Deermeadows Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida: http://www.deermeadows.org. Deermeadows is taking advantage of our newest media tool: SermonFlow. Deermeadows, like First Steps Discipleship, has also done a great job on their content.

Focus Church out of Katy, Texas is next on the list: http://www.focuschurch.com. Focus church is also in one of our themed layouts with some flash work. Focus Church also has a video embedded on their home page that they can change out as often as they would like.

Next is Life Church out of Atlanta, Georgia: http://www.lifechurchtoday.com. We worked with Life Church to not only build their website that is one of our theme layouts but also to create a branding package for them- with a new logo.

Northwest Hills Community Church in Torrington, Connecticut is up next: http://www.northwesthillschurch.org. Northwest Hills is also in one of our themed layouts but has flash incorporated on the home page. I personally love when the flash is not only photos but has text telling the story and describing the church family.

Next is Abundant Life, San Antonio, Texas: http://www.abundant-life.cc. Abundant Life has a custom home page layout and several flash pieces, whether it is Flash Navigation, a Flash Events area and a Flash Video area. This client not only has an English site, but a site translated in Spanish as well.

Freedom Fellowship Church in New Braunfels, Texas is last, but definitely not least: http://www.freedomnb.org. Freedom Fellowship has a very engaging site that really conveys happiness and intimacy with God. This church wins my award for best content on a faithHighway website! I love it!

I hope you enjoy these December Go Lives, and we, at faithHighway, hope you and yours have a very Happy and safe New Years!

Harvest Bible Chapel; Orlando, FL

http://www.hbcorlando.org

Metroplex Chapel; Euless, TX

http://www.metroplexchapel.org

Restoration Community; Round Rock, TX

http://www.rescom.tv

I think that’s why I enjoy seeing the transformation that occurs during the process of a redesign. To see a client’s site go from one vision to another reminds me of the verse in Psalm 84:7 that says we go from “strength to strength” throughout the course of life and “one by one each appear before God in Zion.” Many times I find that this is the ultimate driving force that nudges a pastor into a redesign… to continue moving forward – in the strength of God’s power – in that hope of not only bringing ourselves closer to God but bringing Him glory every step of the way.

A site that reminds me of such mentality is a recent redesign that just came out of production, Open Door Baptist Church out if Belmont, Massachusetts .

• This client wanted to reflect on their site exactly what their church name stated – an open door.
• For being a smaller church, they had a great understanding of the need in their community and how a “refreshed” website was going to help achieve that.
• Learning from the website they managed previously and having witnessed all the advances in web technology of the present, they understood that it was essential to have all elements accounted for this time around.
• Things like site interactivity, accessible media, eye-catching graphics, ease of navigation and well-presented content were only going to further the ability of visitors and guests to more easily ingest the truth that lie within the pages of their site.

This redesign was a success not only because of all the things that were added to the site, but because of what it managed to retain while undergoing such changes… and that’s the message. At the end of the day what mattered most to Pastor Bob Butler and his staff was that people were drawn in to the truth; that people understood Christ apart from everything else. An aim, I think, we all, here at faithHighway, hope to further along in every way that we can.

With every advance we make as a body of believers from “strength to strength” I believe that one by one we will see our generation come closer to appearing before God in Zion.

If you would like to visit Open Door Baptist’s site go to www.opendoorbelmont.com.

Mario Murillo Ministries of San Ramon,California went live with their new site this past week at www.mariomurillo.com. Mario has a custom layout, a store and online giving. He preferred to keep his home page simple and easy to read and navigate, which I definitely think it is. Great job guys!

Up next is Metroplex Chapel. This church is located in Euless, Texas. The site can be found at www.metroplexchapel.com. Metroplex Chapel has a Custom layout and a lot of flash work on the home page. Metroplex also has a subsite for their Youth ministry and a custom inside page for the Children’s ministry. Awesome site!

Last up, but certainly not least, is First Presbyterian Church of Moorestown , New Jersey . They can be found at www.fpcmoorestown.org. These guys are in a themed layout called Kings. Their graphics are very elegant and they have a great flash piece displaying their various ministries on the bottom left of their home page. Great job guys and the content looks great!

We had so many great sites go live this month! I can’t wait to see what will happen next month. Until then…