The church website is a great way to reach people and tell them about the word of God.

2. THE BIG RESPONSIBILITY
If you’re in charge of a church website you’ve a big responsibility
People are leaving the churches
Christianity is falling in the younger age groups
In 2001 71% of people in the UK said they were Christian
In 2011 this had fallen to 55%
This fall was mainly due to a fall in the youth belief

3. THE OLDER GENERATION BELIEVES
People in the over 55 age range seem to still believe quite strongly in
Christianity
70% still believe in God
So even with an overall fall of 16% the older generation still believe in God
They believe in Jesus Christ as their saviour.
It’s worth noting that this covers all types of Christianity from catholic to
church of England

4. SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Well the youth of today spend their leisure time on the web
Like coffee shops this is a great meeting place
This is how you can tell them about the word of God
As a church website owner you have a big responsibility for them
If you do a good job with your website you’ll be able to help people find
God

5. ANY IDEAS
Well what are you doing?
Sit down with your church website crew and decide
What have you done in the past
Be honest – was it rubbish, half hearted or perhaps just needs a kick start
again
Generate your own ideas about what might work

6. SOME IDEAS TO GET YOU STARTED - 1
Get some business cards printed
Put on the church website address
Put on the contact information
Get the church members to hand them out Your church name
Your web address
Offer them around and watch your website traffic grow
Your church phone No

7. SOME IDEAS TO GET YOU STARTED - 2
Develop something for download
Put together some PDF’s that people will find useful
Create material for both Christian and Non Christian
Try some colouring in pages for kids
Build puzzles
Write fact sheets

8. SOME IDEAS TO GET YOU STARTED - 3
Add some interactive material
Create one or two online polls
Tell people when you’ll publish the results
Ask hard or provocative questions to encourage people
Put the answer up on time and watch the jump in traffic

9. FINALLY
It’s worth the effort
People will come to your church website
People will get to know God
He’ll do the rest