December 13, 2006 | In: archives

Distributing The Wealth

I read a quality article a few weeks ago at ProBlogger where Darren Rowse, a former church pastor in Austrailia, writes about building community in a blog by giving jobs to readers. Please take the time to read it because it's excellent advice.

Now, I've previously written about how managing a church website can be made easier by having people in specific roles, but the idea of building community through them is a great idea! And Darren is right on with his analogy to the church's welcoming strategy. We should aim to do the same things with our websites and get people involved early and often. Delegate different jobs, such as updating events or church news, to different people. Even if they just write up the basics in an e-mail and send it to you to put into the site, they can contribute! It also creates a sense of usefulness and community within the site, which builds involvement and a great online environment.

So try to think of ways that you can share the wealth of serving the Lord through the web. I'm sure you'll be able to find several people in your congregations that will be more than eager to lend a helping hand if they know you're willing to accept it!

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