Building a better church website

Statistics show a large majority of people looking for a church will visit your website before they step foot in your church building. Marketing and communications executive Ryan Emenecker joins hosts and church planting leaders Lee Stephenson and Danny Parmelee to discuss how to create a website that will make people want to visit your church.

The following Converge partners were mentioned in this episode of Unfiltered: Real Church Planting Conversations:

Church Plant Media

Aware3

01:50 Ryan introduces some of the first things a pastor needs to think through

03:21 Danny and Ryan discuss their perspectives on the importance of narrowing your target audience when building a church website, who that target audience should be and what that audience needs from your website

07:13 Ryan and Danny talk about what you need to think about when considering your church website's URL address

10:42 Ryan discusses the "must-haves" of a church website and the most important thing to consider when building your website

12:05 Ryan talks about the importance of a solid, easy-to-use giving feature on your website

14:15 Ryan discusses the need to have useful, simple information on your website for regular attenders

16:02 Ryan and Danny talk about the importance of hosting sermons on your website and why people want to watch your sermons

17:05 Ryan discusses sermon audio/video hosting options

18:34 Ryan talks about how much it costs to build a church website

21:52 Ryan talks about the importance of mobile integration

24:15 Ryan discusses the importance of thinking through your content before you build your site, and how to use it as a springboard to building in-person relationships