dangibbins
Sat., Aug. 25, 2007, 11:57 am
Hello to everyone!
It's taken me a little while to find the time to join this auspicious forum, so I am glad to finally be here.
I've been interested to read comments, threads and messages about the nature of church websites. This is something I spend most of my day discussing and 'doing', in one way or another. About 12 months ago, I refocused my commercial website and marketing development company towards supporting faith groups, communities and churches.
With a background in Media and Communications and having been a High School teacher of Advanced Level English and Media, I thought that working with clergy and church leaders would be easy! How wrong was I? Each day is a challenge, but one that I am ready for every morning. My core belief stems from an overriding belief that the internet plays a huge part of every day life across the planet. Over 1 billion people use the internet each day, and the numbers are growing daily.
My work with churches and faith groups focuses on developing websites as a natural extension from the missionary work that is already undertaken in the local and regional area. You may be interested, if you have a time, to have a browse through a recently completed evangelical missionary website for a group of churches in my local area (supported by The Reverend Tony Higton): The Church in the Woottons (http://www.churchinthewoottons.net). Without clear communication and structure, that is presented in the right way, we cannot begin to fulfil our committment as Christians to preach the Good News and the Word of God. Just imagine how much more Saint Paul would have done in spreading the teachings of Jesus if he'd had access to the internet. We are all modern day apostles, we can do the work that Saint Paul couldn't. More and more people are turning to the internet throughout the world to find information on religion and to focus their understanding of faith, spirituality and God. The more we can doto help, the better.
I'd welcome any thoughts from anyone who has experience in working in this field and am always available (except when asleep) to help those in need of advice or support.
I look forward to hearing from you.
It's taken me a little while to find the time to join this auspicious forum, so I am glad to finally be here.
I've been interested to read comments, threads and messages about the nature of church websites. This is something I spend most of my day discussing and 'doing', in one way or another. About 12 months ago, I refocused my commercial website and marketing development company towards supporting faith groups, communities and churches.
With a background in Media and Communications and having been a High School teacher of Advanced Level English and Media, I thought that working with clergy and church leaders would be easy! How wrong was I? Each day is a challenge, but one that I am ready for every morning. My core belief stems from an overriding belief that the internet plays a huge part of every day life across the planet. Over 1 billion people use the internet each day, and the numbers are growing daily.
My work with churches and faith groups focuses on developing websites as a natural extension from the missionary work that is already undertaken in the local and regional area. You may be interested, if you have a time, to have a browse through a recently completed evangelical missionary website for a group of churches in my local area (supported by The Reverend Tony Higton): The Church in the Woottons (http://www.churchinthewoottons.net). Without clear communication and structure, that is presented in the right way, we cannot begin to fulfil our committment as Christians to preach the Good News and the Word of God. Just imagine how much more Saint Paul would have done in spreading the teachings of Jesus if he'd had access to the internet. We are all modern day apostles, we can do the work that Saint Paul couldn't. More and more people are turning to the internet throughout the world to find information on religion and to focus their understanding of faith, spirituality and God. The more we can doto help, the better.
I'd welcome any thoughts from anyone who has experience in working in this field and am always available (except when asleep) to help those in need of advice or support.
I look forward to hearing from you.