Here, we publish useful information and ideas for all church leaders and communicators — mostly about church websites, but also about all other aspects of church communications and outreach. You’ll find information about best practices in website security, church email, social media, and much, much more.
Most of the churches we serve know (in general) that website speed and website traffic both impact a website’s rank in search engine results. And how high up a website appears in search results affects how many people can find that website — and the church it belongs to. However,…
If you’ve been thinking your website needs a refresh or a whole new look, take a look at these three new designs from Friends of Ministry: • Hope • Faith • The Path A few clients got a sneak peek at these designs because we asked permission to use their…
We sometimes need login credentials for accounts that churches have set up elsewhere (domain registries, for example). About nine out of ten times we request the login ID and password for a church’s domain or hosting account, we see passwords that break all the rules for safe logins. We do…
The Russians are trying to hack your church website — and they’re not the only ones. Bad actors in China, the Netherlands, France, Germany, India, Sweden, Canada, Estonia and yes, the U.S. — are trying to log in, insert malicious code, steal your credentials and corrupt your online presence. We…
Can you tell a troll from a cyberbully? And do you know how to handle both? While thousands of churches now fully embrace outreach through social media, not so many can trust their online interactions to people who know the difference between cyberbullies and trolls and, more importantly, know how…
As ministry has shifted from in-person gatherings to online Sunday church services, nearly all churches have moved to upgrade their websites this past year. As a result, Friends of Ministry has been busy creating and redesigning websites for churches from coast to coast. Here are a few of the projects…
Although the day you can resume in-person Sunday services may be weeks away, you’re likely already thinking about that day — and how to prepare for it. Just in case you haven’t already thought of everything, here are some important issues to consider: What if the size of gatherings is…
Closed churches. Empty collection plates. Defiant (and arrested) church leaders. Death threats. Dead pastors and congregants. Who could have imagined any of it? And yet, that’s the news that has filled our inbox in the past six weeks. Here is a roundup of stories about the way the pandemic caused…
Here’s a collection of videos creating during live streaming of church services on March 22. While a few churches have plenty of experience and equipment for broadcasting on Facebook or YouTube (or both), many were streaming for the first time. Whether you’re interested in what others are doing or you’re…
March 16 — The Centers for Disease Control, in efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, recently recommended that large gatherings be canceled and that people age 60 and over avoid such gatherings — even services in churches. While some churches offered services as usual yesterday, many provided online-only…
Sweet! We're celebrating our 18th anniversary! And as we do, we extend a sincere THANK YOU to the churches and ministers who have relied on us for website development and related marketing support since 2004. God is good!
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