Free Church Site Evaluations from Internet Evangelism Day
When was the last time your church asked the question: How does our web site look to non-Christians?
If it’s been a while, you might want to check out a new tool from Internet Evangelism Day that provides churches with a free 15-page evaluation report on their church’s web site design. Users self-assess their web site by answering 55 simple questions. A report is then generated with practical suggestions for improvement, and is immediately displayed online, ready to print or save.
Take the web site design quiz.
A church site which has been prioritized for non-Christian visitors can be remarkably effective in reaching the community. “Week in, week out, more visitors turn up at our church on a Sunday because of the web site, than anything else,” writes one growing church in London UK.
This Evaluation Tool is just one of a range of pages at Internet Evangelism Day that help Christians learn to use the Web to reach the world. Internet Evangelism Day also encourages churches and Christian groups to hold a web awareness focus day on or near 27 April 2008, to explore this huge potential.
Their site offers free downloads (PowerPoint, video clips, drama scripts and handouts) so that churches can create a custom program of any length from two minutes to an hour.
Very few cross-cultural missions use the Web for direct outreach, rather than as a publicity tool to reach supporters. Yet with the ‘second billion’ web users coming online soon–almost all of them in the 10/40 Window–it is vital for missions to understand this potential.
“I am glad to commend Internet Evangelism Day,” says Dr. John Stott.
Colossians 4:5-6:
5 Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your conversation be gracious and attractive[a] so that you will have the right response for everyone. (NLT)
