Final Report

How Churches can Impact Their Communities and Improve Efficiency and Interaction by Embracing Emerging Internet Technologies.

We had a great response for Survey Version 2.0 — 219 responses in about a month! In all, I looked at over 220 church websites. The feedback we received was wonderful - thanks so much to everyone who participated.

Surprisingly, I found that there was not as much connection as I expected between the cost of a church's website and its quality. Of course, in my opinion, more expensive church websites tended to look better. But many churches are endowed with generous and talented volunteers that help keep the costs low.

The most important factor seemed to be attitude. From my executive summary:

churches that embrace the web as an opportunity tend to get more value out of the medium than those that approach it as a necessary evil. It can seem obvious when a church has forgotten about their website, or "slapped one together" just in case it turns out that they need one. At the same time, it can also be obvious which churches genuinely expect to connect with people through their website."

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The Full List

All the websites that we looked at for this project: