The no money, no talent website
I believe in working in the giftings and talents that God has given you. I don’t believe God intends you to do something you were not created to do. My best advice is if you’re not gifted in the field of website development (or design, or singing, or whatever) is to find someone that is and let them work in their giftings. This not only allows them to use their talents, but also doesn’t distract you from using your other talents. We’ll talk more about that in future conversations.
With that said I understand sometimes that’s not possible, or at least not without ruffling all sorts of feathers, and you’re going to launch the site either way. One of the most straightforward and simplified tools out there for such cases is WordPress. It’s what I use for this blog and what some use for not just their personal sites but also church websites. So for those of you who are going to press forward here are some links that should help. If you get stuck give me a shout and I’ll do my best to help you out.
But I thought WordPress was just for blogs:
WordPress for non-blog websites
Website powered by WordPress
WordPress as CMS
Now let’s help you build your church website:
Installing WordPress (for free)
Find a template (and this is just one example site) as your starting point and then customize it with your flavor…make it your own. There are thousands of free templates available, but please use these as layout templates and be original with the design.
Of course we don’t want this to look like a blog so aside from the fabulous design you created with the layout template here are a couple of great and easy ways to make it feel like a website:
Create a static page for your home page.
Then spend some time with your menu.
And let the fun begin…run all this on a test server and try different things out, make some mistakes…you can do it. If not give me a shout.
