There are cases when it may not be a good idea for your church to invest in a website – it is an investment, and it takes time and money to produce and keep upto date. Here are a few reasons why not to have a website – at least for now.
1. You are not ready to make the investment. Websites generally will cost your church between $300 and $5,000 to start and their will be other monthly and yearly fees to keep it going depending upon what you want it to do. If your church is struggeling keeping ahead – your tithes just aren’t where they need to be – you might want to wait on starting a website.
2. You don’t have volunteers or the time to keep the site updated. Volunteers or a staff member with the time to keep things up to date is key when it comes to a church website. It needs to be more than just a billboard with some basic information about the church (although that can be a start). Keeping calendars up to date, photos recent, sermons recent are all good ways to keep your members coming back, and hopefully telling their friends to check out your site.
3. You, the Senior Pastor, or Deacons, don’t think you need a website. If the key leadership in the church isn’t on board, then the idea is more or less dead in the water. They must be, at least, open to the idea and willing pray about the idea.
4. It would not fit your congregation. If your congregation is still in the dark ages when it comes to technology, it may not be the best way to spend money. You have to look at who you serve. While around 75% of the US population (as of 2006, I’m sure it’s higher now) are internet users, that still means that 25% are not – maybe your church is made up of those individuals.
All in all, the decision to have a website has to be left up to each individual church. There are ways to overcome each of the above.
In Him,
JD
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