Social media is all the rage right now. Everyone is promoting themselves as an expert and there’s constant talk on how people are leaving one platform for another, what millennials are using, etc....

Although this seems like it should be obvious, having old content on your website is far too common, and can be very damaging. What is considered "old"? When I say old content, I’m referring to past...

One of the most prevalent online offenses of churches today is not having mobile friendly websites. But before getting into 4 major benefits of having a mobile friendly website, here are... 5...

Out of the many ways you can save time, templates is one of the best. They can be huge timesavers in almost any situation, so here are four ideas for you. Forms The most classic of templates are...

I believe that there’s a time and a place for doing things “in house.” Sometimes is a money reason, while other times it’s a quality control issue and wanting to make sure that it’s done...

Easter is one of the church’s biggest holidays. Celebrating the resurrection of Jesus on Easter is definitely a special Sunday service, so how do you go about planning what to do? Some of the things...

Easter is one of the few days a year where non-Christians will often go to a church service. Whether because of family or their own feeling of obligation, church services tend to be much larger on...

One of the apps I recently encouraged pastors to use in my post “the apps of a pastor” was Dropbox. If you’ve never used Dropbox before, you should definitely sign up for an account on their...

Most pastors wear many hats. The variety of things we juggle from event cordinating, counseling, visual designing, general business organizing (such as insurance, finances, etc), sermon preparation,...

You, like most pastors, probably type a couple thousand words a day. We can’t get away from the work of typing, but there are resources available to you that make it go faster and easier. This is...

Christmas and Easter are the two biggest church holidays. And rightfully so! Jesus’ birth, death and resurrection are critical to what we believe, but do we make the best use of our outreach efforts...

Have you ever attended a conference and left so pumped? Sadly, a lot of this excitement tends to fade after a couple weeks, and you're left exactly as you were before you even attended that...

We all know that having a website is important. But HOW important your church website? Next week, I want to give some ideas on how you can afford a great church website, but first, let me help you...

As a web designer, I see tons of posts regarding the latest visual trends on websites. The reality is that most churches cannot keep up on every new fancy thing the hippest websites are doing, nor...

Before starting your new church website, you need to have a plan. "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail” (or at least plan to spend unnecessary time and money) (tweet this) Two things that need to...

One often missed opportunity on church websites is the “call to action.” When designing your website, one of the things you want to consider is how a visitor would respond to each page. Is your page...

There are so many reasons why churches should take the time to register as a 501c(3). The tax exemption alone is awesome, but there are so many organizations that will give away FREE and discounted...

It's time to start seizing lost opportunities! If you're reading this, then you are probably already aware of how your website is the first place most people will go before visiting your church. But...

There’s always one more thing you can do to improve your church website (or any website at that). However, what is the most important thing? The resounding answer for anything you ever do in...

To state it bluntly: I believe that the best website building platform for churches is Squarespace. However, before I get into the why, I do want to clarify two things: 1. I am not getting paid...