Painting: Le Brun, 1781
cwebaudit.com
The full title of this website is: Church Website Audit .com
Here is the backstory:
I created a website,
idontwantgod.com
for the prodigals we all know and love -
those that grew up in church but left for various reasons.
The website,
idontwantgod.com
has articles that define difficulties people have with God or church or religious family members.
Though imperfect and never completely done, I launched the site,
and decided I need prayer support from individual churches,
that the site would be useful.
In attempting to reach thousands of member churches
in 1 of the 4 most pro-life-conservative churches in America,
I've gained a perspective of how differently each church uses the internet - or doesn't.
And I've learned what they think of the internet and email.
Several churches have been eager to offer their prayer support for my website,
but many churches simply cannot be reached via the internet.
It is apparent that many church leaders do not value the internet,
and many leaders who have websites - despise email.
(for some church websites, the only point of cyber-contact is the 'GIVE' button)
So, in this website, cwebaudit.com I want to show church leaders
how the public might view their churches - via their web-presence, or lack thereof.
I also wrote a few articles, from one layman's point of view about in-house matters
that pastors and deacons might find useful.
More below
Eric J. Rose
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cwebaudit.com
Each web page is built like a short passenger train; one bit follows another bit.
Please scroll down through the entire page until you reach the end of the track.
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Best Practices
Every true profession establishes a set of 'Best Practices' for its leaders to follow.
This website then, is a statement that even in a large denomination,
I don't see an established set of best practices for all pastors to follow
concerning email and internet contact.
And as we go along through the website, I will suggest a bits of best practices for email
and internet use as it applies to the local church.
more below:
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Friendliest States
Before we step into this,
given the amount of built-in adversity these churches face,
from Mormonism and from liberal doctrine,
conservative Evangelical churches in Utah and Vermont are the most accessible
via the internet and by email, according to my perceptions.
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True or False?
One reason some churches have trouble attracting professional people -
is because their websites and email practices look so unprofessional.
A website should be crafted with the same care and joy
used to write for a Christmas or Resurrection sermon,
because a church's website can be a first-sermon for a brand-new seeker.
And every church's website should have as much content scrutiny
as I have given this website.
And it should better looking than this website,
because I am a hack-amateur at making websites.
