Harnessing the Power of WordPress: for Church
Websites
Christopher Harris
eFormation 2015
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Available Online
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Slides and Links:
http://faithgrowth.com/wordpress-for-church-
websites/
About Me
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•Former Youth Minister•Since Seminary working with Faith Growth•Member in the ELCA
About Faith Growth
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•Help make digital easy•Church Communications
Consulting• Custom Websites
Our Time Together
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1. Stages of Church Websites
2. Why WordPress?3. Tips and Resources
4. Learning Lab
Our Time Together: Part II
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1. Helpful Plugins2. What are your fav
plugins?3. Website Lab
Stages of Church Websites
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1. We don’t know the password.
2. Woohoo! We can update the site.
Stages of Church Websites
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3. Website Communications Strategy in place
4. Re-purposing content for digital distribution
5. Digital Content/Program Creation
Why WordPress?
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•Powers 23% of the Internet
• Easy to Learn•Abundance of Helpful
Resources
What’s the deal w/ Plugins?
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• Extent Functionality of WP•Connect external service to
your website•Make your site more secure•Create a web application not
a static brochure
What’s the deal w/ Plugins?
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• Extent Functionality of WP•Connect external service to
your website•Make your site more secure•Create a web application not
a static brochure