I’m a little late on posting this – I was so relieved to be finished with my graduate research project that I have been loathe to pick it up again. But, I promised to post the results, and folks have been asking about it.

Quick link to the report: http://www.artofmission.com/survey/

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.

You can download the final paper and presentation from http://www.artofmission.com/survey/. Enjoy!

P.S. Congratulations to Garet Robinson, who won the iTunes gift card! (Garet was randomly selected by a computer program from a list of everyone who filled out the second survey and provided an email address.) Happy listening Garet!

Get it while it’s hot

If you’re a church leader, pastor, staff, volunteer, or otherwise involved in your church’s leadership, please go check out Version 2.0 of our Church Website Survey.

This time around, we’re tying to gauge how churches are investing in and utilizing technology.

The results from the last survey are also available now. Just go to www.artofmission.com/survey to download the raw results.

Oh, and if you complete the survey before November 30, you’ll be entered in a drawing to receive an iTunes gift card. So tell your friends!

Take the Survey

A quick look into the results so far:

We’ve had some great responses to our Church Website Survey, but we need more!

Please help us out by telling people in your church about our survey. If your church has an IT department or someone in charge of the website, this is a great way to get feedback about your church’s website. It’s free, easy, and I’ll be happy to share the results.

To give you an incentive, here are some quick bits that I pulled out of the survey recently.

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