Should Christians have their own website?
I quite regulalry get asked by Ministers/Priests/Pastors the question of ’should I have my own website?’, in fact I was asked this question the other day. It is always asked for best of reasons and often the person concerned feels very self-conscious about the thought of having one.
Let me paraphrase something that Jesus once said: it’s not having a website that makes someone unclean but the reasons for having one might.
A website is just a set of electronic files that others can view using the right kind of hardware/software it is not good or bad. However what the website promotes or says is a very different matter – this is always down to the person who runs the site and not the technology that drives it.
If you want a website because you want everyone to see how great you are then this is a bad reason to have a website. If you want a website because you have a message burning in your heart that you belive God wants you to get to as many people as possible then this is a good reason for a website.
However one thing that people often misunderstand about websites is how many people can/want to see them. Just because you have a website it doesn’t mean everyone in the world will see it or even want to see it.
It is quite possible to have a website that is linked to nothing and that is blocked from prying search engines. Or you could have a site (with say your sermons on) that is accessible only through one link on a church website and which is blocked from search engines.
So I think every church should have a website and every minister should as well. This allows you to get the message God gives you across without it being tied to a particular church or organization. I believe God calls ministers as people to the whole church and not just a local congregation – if you have a different view to God’s calling then you will probably reach a different conclusion.
I run the UK’s only website seeking to mentor new Christians. My site has items for older Christians too, 230 pages all told. I am happy for any churches to utilise/incorporate any of my pages’ content into their own site. Feel free to attribute back to me or not, I’m not too bothered, as long the Lord gets the glory.
My Church Resources Page has links to lots of useful and free resources on many topics: http://www.newchristian.org.uk/churchresources.html
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