Church Templates
Supporting His Kingdom from the net
Our world is fallen and the internet is a reflection of the world. We can use the internet as a tool to gratify ourselves and pursue idols, or we can use it to advance our King - Jesus Christ (1 John 5:19-21  ).
The Purpose of a Church Website: Church Websites are meant to give the smallest church or the largest an easy way for people to find you and an easy way to stay in touch with your membership.
- Relocating - Today when people are relocating to a new community, they will use the internet to research the area for schools, real estate and a new church family. Show these people where you are, what you believe, and what services you have.
- A Spiritual Beginning - If a person feels something lacking in their life; or may think there is a better way, they may want to try attending a church. This is a great opportunity to describe your ministry in a way that is engaging - use your website...
- Alternative Doctrine - If a person isn't comfortable with their church's doctrine; yet wants to stay connected through fellowship and worship, they look. Use your Church Engine Website to explain your beliefs.
Why is Narrow Path Hosting do this?
Here's our long view...
Imagine a person in front of their computer late at night. They go to their favorite search engine and type in: lonely and looking
What do you think they'll get from their search? Junk for their mind - Junk for their spirit.
But, what can we do about this?
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[Why Church Websites?]
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What is a Church Website Template? |
A complete, ready-to-go website designed for Churches. You get a good looking site with menus and pages ready for your church.
Add more pages as you move forward - there is no limit.
Included are tips to guide you; they are provide courtesy of Internet Evangelism Day.
- The standard menus include: Services, About Us, News, Contact and a built in search function. There are sub-menus under each for more detail about your church. For example, the "About Us" menu holds: Our Beliefs, Mission & Principles, Background, Locations, Our Affiliations. Just login with your church manager ID and you can start updating your own content.
- Other pre-built pages include: Adult Ministry pages, Youth, Day Care, and Teen Pages (with sample Christian rock band videos), plus a special contact item for emergency outreach - for those needing help now.
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Easily add pictures of your church. With a couple of clicks, you can upload from your PC right into the page - no need for a techie.
- We also add +15 widgets (plugins) to improve your church website (e.g. Verse of
the Day, Scripture Pop-Up Links, Prayer Chain, easy to use editor,
etc...). Here's an example of the Scripture Pop-Up Link to place Bible references anywhere in your content. Here's our favorite: John 3:16 . You can display scripture from any of +60 translations/versions . coool...
For the Techies... If you are more technical, can you control the template and system yourself?
 Can we add more pages? Yes - unlimited- Can we put our sermons online with streaming video? Yes
- Can we add or take away menu items? Yes
- Can we have "congregation members only" areas? Yes - its already there.
- Can we change the layout? Yes.
- Can we add more features? Yes.
- Can we add video, graphics, or our own php code? Yes.
Running underneath the webiste is a Content Management System (CMS) which has hundreds of configuration options to "tweak" your site just the way you want. In addition, there are literally thousands of 3rd party add on extensions for more functionality.
We have invested over 6,000 hours of work, research, revisions, hair pulling, and successes to make these Website Templates
possible.
We made it easy for churches and Christian organizations that do not have a technical person. Yet
for the technical person, each installation of a Website Template has
hundreds of options generating millions of combinations - in other
words you can take your site and customize it any way you want.
When you order a Website Template, you leverage our research to get started, get
involved, and get results. Then when you want more, the whole
site is available to you. "We teach you to fish..."
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How much does a Church Website Template cost? |
We make it affordable.The cost for a Church Website Template is kept low. We even have a special offer for registered members (register now - its free ).
We need to charge because we want to stay around and do more for you and for His Kingdom.
Cost Item
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Set Up &/or
One Time Fee
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Monthly |
Annually |
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$ 125.00 |
$ 38.95
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$ 370.50 |
Add Ons
- Newsletter
- Directory
- Calendar
- Forum
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$ 48.95
each
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$ 2.50
each
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$ 27.50
each
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Add On - Photo Gallery
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$ 55.00 |
$ 7.95 |
$ 94.00
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Add On - Shopping Cart (Web Store)
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$ 195.50
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$ 9.95 |
$ 115.00 |
Custom Graphic Header
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$ 165.00 |
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Domain Name
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$ 14.99 |
Grace Host Sub-Domain
(example: yourname.gracehost.net)
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Free |
Custom Work (hourly - flat rate projects)
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$45.00 per hour |
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If you register on the site (FREE), we'll show you special pricing that is even cheaper than you see above.
How much would you need to ask each member to contribute?
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How do we do it - what are the steps? |
Steps to put your church website on the internet There are a few steps you need to do to best put your church website on the internet.
This article details who needs to do what and when.
It shows responsibilities and a flow chart for your web committee or board to use.
Show these, print these, distribute them to anyone who needs to be involved.
Even if you don't use our service, this information will help.
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70+ tips for effective church sites
Design and build a website to reach the community
“A church is the only organization that exists primarily for the benefit of non-members”
– William Temple
“Week in, week out, more visitors turn up at our church on a Sunday because of
the website, than anything else”
– King’s Church, Kingston UK: a church site design using these principles
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[Tips for church sites]
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Rick Warren Pastor.com website topics |
 Found on Rick Warren's site Pastor.com
From the article archive at Rick Warren's pastor.com website, Terrell Sanders has these important views. Click on the headings to go to the article for more detail.
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- Your target audience for church growth is Internet-savvy.
- Your Web site will be your “first impression” for many people.
- If you’re not on the Web, you don’t exist to many people.
- Seekers will visit your Web site before attending your services.
- A whole generation exists that will seek “religion” online.
- The Web site is too critical to be run by a volunteer.
- You can’t afford a cheap site.
- People are viewing your current Web site right now.
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- Think newspaper, not brochure.
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Content is managed by the source.
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Print from the Web.
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Never “scoop” the Web site.
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The magic words are “details on the Web.”
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Communicate more often, but with less content.
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Replace processes, don’t duplicate.
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Have a “Plan P.”
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Do not have “under construction” pages.
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Do your best, then post it.
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Terrell Sanders is the president of Main Street Enterprises, an Internet consulting and development company for churches and non-profit organizations.
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