Church Website Guide Research Published in Your Church Magazine!

Church Website Survey Research from Church Website Guide was cited and published this month in the Nov/Dec 2009 issue of  Your Church magazine, a publication of Christianity Today.

Drew Goodmanson, chief executive of Monk Development and co-founder/pastor at Kaleo Church writes an article titled “Website Wisdom:  New Research, Cooperative Reveal Best Practices for Churches“.   Speaking from the research that we’ve started releasing on Church Website Guide this year, Drew discusses best practices for church websites in attracting new visitors, connecting people, and equipping church leaders.

Here is an excerpt:

“Research conducted earlier this year, which surveyed hundreds of churches representing more than 70,000 members combined, attempted to drill deeper into two fundamental questions as the Internet grows in its influence and importance in our culture and beyond:

1) Do church websites strategically help attract new visitors, connect people, and equip leaders?
2) And if so, what are the best practices for a church’s web strategy?

Three significant discoveries, as well as several best practices, emerged from this work. This information can help large churches (congregations such as Willow Creek Community Church participated in the research) as well as small ones (church plants with fewer than 50 people also participated). These practices also are useful for most any situation, regardless of whether a church is using a volunteer, a church website design firm, or a staff member to design its site.”

Read more about this church website research article on Your Church’s website here, read what Drew has to say about it, or download the pdf direct.