Why suggest WordPress as a way to create a church website?
There are a lot very good reasons… First, I’m a realist. I’ve created several websites and two blogs. I’ve worked in the church as a pastor and volunteer, and I’ve worked on several church websites. This article reflects real lessons learned. WordPress is a great answer to problems that afflict many church websites. Second, you not only need to create a church website, you need to MAINTAIN one too. And there’s the rub. Most church websites are poorly maintained. Many start out looking great -and end up stale or abandoned. The person who did all the initial heavy lifting -leaves, or staffers change or lose interest. Or there’s no easy way for multiple people to contribute content. The ‘design’ person ends up having to post everything, and that gets frustrating -usually for the design person! They get tired of people NOT giving them fresh content. Or they have a volunteer who is good at designing websites, but not that interested in collecting fresh content. Some churches resort to hir
