There are tons of ministries that need websites and it’s always good to have options. Here are two new ones that recently came up on my radar that you might want to take a look at.
Remember to always do you research and never feel pressured into any obligation or choice; the right technology for your ministry is the one that best fits your needs and not your neighbors!
DIYChurchSites.com has a library of themes that you can use right off the shelf.
Customization of the site are within your reach as well. Take a look at the full feature list:
- Easy: Update from any web browser. So easy, even your grandmother could do it!
- WYSIWYG Editing: No guess work. What you see is what you get.
- Slideshow: Rotating event slideshow helps promote upcoming events, ministries and more.
- Online Sermon Player: Play video and audio with Podcasting. Easy to upload and use!
- Embed YouTube Videos: One click and you can add your YouTube videos to any page.
- Event Calendar: Interactive calendar with personal calendar syncing (rss, xml and ical).
- eVite: Invite a friend feature. Features customization for special events too!
- Donations: Receive online one-time or recurring contributions using our integrated Paypal module.
- Contact Form: Our Contact Form makes it easy to submit questions and more.
- Unlimited pages: Got a lot of content? No problem!
- Document Storage: Link to PDF files, Word docs and more.
- Third Party Video: Embed video from YouTube® and Vimeo®.
- Toll-Free Tech Support: We’re just a phone call or email away.
- Secure Area: Password protected Member’s Area.
- Email: Receive up to 50 email addresses at your domain. We also offer webmail service too.
- Domains: Custom domain names. Use yoursite.com or yoursite.diychurchsites.com.
- Site statistics: We’ve got you covered.Check visitors, pages visited and more.
- Maps & Directions: User-friendly Google map and directions embedded on your page.
- Multiple Editors: Make it easy! Assign different editors to different pages or sections of your site.
- Social Networking: Include Facebook and Twitter badges or “Like” buttons.
- Twitter Feed: Have a Twitter account? We can embed your latest feed on your webpage.
- Bible Search Tool: Search the Bible in 15 translations.
- Google Search: Our sites harness the power of the Google search engine for your search box.
- Search Engine Friendly: Clean code and user-friendly URLs mean you’ll be found.
- Enewsletter Module: Send professional HTML enewsletter that match your site.
Prices start at $895, which seems a bit expensive.
I actually met AdvancedMinistry.com guys at Catalyst Conference this year and they’ve been in business for nearly 10 years! I had never heard of them.
I had a hard time finding their pricing since their site was having some issues, but they do have a list of features which you can find here.
I’m sure it’s competitive. They mentioned that they had 2,200 or so active customers.
Although SoChurch is a communication app it also provides a forward-facing website for ministries (if they so desire)!
Prices start at $7 and you can custom brand it with the church’s identity and information.
You can’t beat that:
Jordan Wiseman says
“…which seems a bit expensive.” Puwaha. I love it. 😉
Geek for Him says
Thats almost half my yearly budget haha. 900 bucks for a template seems a bit high!
Eric Provost says
Hey John,
Thanks for the blog post and for letting us know about the error from our new platform that we just launched yesterday. It was a simple mislink from our affiliate website (Electricurrent)… All is fixed now.
Thanks again and we hope to hear from you soon.
All the best,
Eric
Eric Provost says
Hey John,
Thanks for the blog and for letting us know about the error. We just launched the latest version of the platform yesterday and mislinked something on our affiliate site (Electricurrent).
The link is now fixed and you should be good to go.
Thanks again!
All the best
Eric