A simple, well-designed web site is like a personal tour of the church. Of course, for a congregation to realize this benefit, the web site must be promoted in a community. Congregations already use web sites to publish electronic versions of church newsletters, to solicit prayer requests, and to supply the latest information about congregational life to members. A web site is an excellent place to list upcoming events, new services or simply an exhaustive description of existing services and opportunities. A member browsing a web site is likely to find church activities she may not have encountered through other means of publication and promotion.
Web pages are interactive.
Some congregations post a guest book on their web sites. Of course, there's e-mail. Members, seekers, or anyone else can communicate questions or comments directly to the congregation's staff right from the web site. Okay, I'm convinced. Once the decision has been made to build a site on the WWW, it's advisable first literally to sketch out on paper how the site will be organized.