State of the Church Online : Goals Met

Posted by D. Goodmanson on Feb 21, 2009 in Church, Church Websites, General Technology | 4 comments

We have hit and now are exceeding our response goals! Thank you to all who promoted & participated in the State of the Church Online surveys. We have over 500 responses to the Social & Community Network survey and over 50 churches who will participate in the web analytics evaluation. Thank you Church Relevance, Godbit, Digital @ Leadership Network (DJ & Cynthia), Collide Magazine, Tall Skinny Kiwi….I can hear the music getting louder to try to make me finish…Church Tech Review, ChurchBIT and anyone else I’m forgetting!

We have begun to analyze the data from the State of the Church Online for Social & Community Networks + Church Websites & Usage. Want to hear the results of these studies? We will put together a report of the findings and two Webinars are scheduled to report on these results. Sign-up:

The Truth about Church Websites and Effective Online Outreach
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 10:00 AM

Beyond the Web 2.0 Noise: How to use the Internet to Disciple & Create Real Community
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 10:00 AM

The State of the Church Online – Part II Church Websites & Usage

Posted by D. Goodmanson on Feb 13, 2009 in Church, Church Technology, Church Websites, Ekklesia, General Technology, Monk Dev | 1 comment

• How effective is your church website?
• Are regulars coming back frequently?
• Are you gathering new people? If not, who is visiting your website?
• Why are they visiting?
• Where are these visitors coming from?
• Church website designs have improved greatly over the last few years but are the designs created for the right online visitors?

Church website designs have improved greatly over the last few years but are the designs created for the right online visitors? You are invited to participate in ‘The State of the Church Online – Part II Church Websites & Usage ‘ survey. This survey will examine 50-100 church website analytics to find the trends, benchmarks and case studies for excellence as it relates to church website design and usage.

Would you like to submit your church to participate? We ask that you have Google Analytics set-up on your site for at least 3-months, preferably a year. We will ask participating churches to send a quick survey to their members. Make sure either you are the contact person or you can provide the person who can send church members a quick survey regarding their usage of the church website?

In addition to this survey you can also participate in The State of the Church Online – Part I Social & Community Networks survey. Our prayer is that these studies help bring clarity and guidance for churches to pursue excellence online to the glory of God.

Link: The State of the Church Online – Part II Church Websites & Usage

EDIT: Saw DJ Chuang’s better layout on the Church Website survey.