Why Do You Exist?
A fter several years of having the same website design, I’m sure our church website is due for a change. As website designs go, it has held up very well. That’s part of why I’m struggling with creating a new design. As is, it has all the things, and more, that you would expect from a church website design, so it isn’t easy to identify problems that need to be fixed. Mike Anderson, one of the developers of MarsHill.com, recently blogged about 5 Principles of Church Website Design . They are: Tell Them Why You Exist Give ’Em A Hook Cast A Wide Net Don’t Fake A Vibe Show The Story I’ve talked about all of these before in previous posts or in the book, in one form or another. Today, I want to focus on the first one. Mike Anderson’s solution was to put the statement “It’s all about Jesus” under the name of the church. My question is, is this enough? Granted, Mars Hill is not one church but several under one name, so we can expect they may have different needs and different goals than a...