Whoa! What happened to the site? I have refreshed the design of the site with a more minimalistic feel. Over the next few weeks you will notice a few more changes at Church Website Ideas, most of which, I hope, will make this site more user friendly.  So why the change? I realized that part of my reasoning to start this blog was to share my ideas, visions, and resources with anyone who works on a church website. This refresh will help refine the focus of the site and help bring more clarity to the purpose of this site. I hope to bring you some great stuff over the next few weeks! Enjoy!

After nearly a decade of rumors Apple finally unveiled the much hyped Apple Tablet, the iPad. While this device could never live up to the mass hype that internet has built over the last decade, most people seem to be disappointed in Apple’s latest gadget. Not me. I see a tool that can help pastors and the church. After the break I outline few a reasons why this device will help you.

Churches have always have a hard time fighting the persona of being slow to adopt new trends.  In web design churches have made up a lot of ground. I am very happy to see that a lot of churches are putting emphasis on their church websites! To kick off the new year we wanted to share with you 20 of the best church websites we could find. We tried to avoid the churches that always make these lists, but some still made the list, simply because their websites stand out. Enjoy, and if you have a website you enjoy, please link to it in the comments.

A friend of mine recently introduced me to CreativeMYK, a site dedicated to providing church designers free resources for their designs. The idea is simple, create an account, provide some of your stuff to share and network with other designers. The site is very cool and provides a ton a resources for designers new and old.

“I just don’t think our church is using our website.” It’s an issue I hear all the time.  The truth is that this has very little to do with your website design. It really has to do you and how your church utilizes your website. Most church websites suffer from content overload, too much content with very little focus. Keep reading to see how we can get back to simple church websites that are an effective ministry tool.