web empower your church
in my down times these last two days i've been reading through mark stephenson's new book "web-empower your church." mark heads up the web-empowered church project through the foundation for evangelism. i've raved over the web empowered church project before and am using it for our youth group website (www.hfumcyouth.org). i had thought that when the book came out it was going to be all about using the "wec" software. i have been pleasantly surprised to find that it is more and more about putting together internet ministries through ones church.
it's chuck full of practical ideas, some do's and don'ts that are super accessible to understand. i'm through the first four or five chapters in two readings, it seems that in the later chapters we get into some more technical stuff. i can already tell it will be a great resource (theological, practical, nuts and bolts) for those who are looking to open up an internet ministry with their congregations. a must have!
oh, did i mention that it comes with the typo3 backed wec software and documentations. that is worth the price itself
yeah, i like how he made it a ministry. But now to convince the church leaders and techies to make it a ministries. i was impressed with his workshop.
Posted by: revabi | January 11, 2007 at 01:04 PM
Mark is very inspirational in his zeal for doing ministry via the web. I can't wait to get a copy of the book.
Posted by: Wayne | January 11, 2007 at 07:22 PM
I haven't read the book, but I'm using typo3 & WEC software for the portion of my site that I want be to more interactive. I still find Frontpage & its WYSIWYG format easier to use.
Posted by: john b | January 12, 2007 at 12:34 PM
i don't like frontpage because it creates so many extra files. it's user friendly if you are familiar with a windows interface (most are). typo3 does take a little of a learning curve, but cms is the way to be doing church sites at this moment in time.
Posted by: gavin | January 12, 2007 at 10:46 PM