Building Community is TOP PRIORITY For Most Congregations

Let's face it: Building community is a major problem for most congregations.  In fact, a Comscore study commissioned by us covering 14 denominations showed that growing their community is the #1 need of congregations:

Building Community 70%
Youth Faith Education 67%
Supporting a family-centered environment 64%
Youth Involvement in church 58%
Membership and Recruiting 56%
Adult Faith Education 53%

Every congregation is unique and there is no “one size fits all” but most faith leaders agree that building community results in healthier congregations.

What benefits could greater community provide to your congregation?

  • Increased attendance

  • Stronger community service programs
  • Increased Tithing
  • Additional volunteers to shoulder the work

WebMedley offers affordable, online tools that help you boost participation

Our Web tools are easy to deploy and will increase participation, membership and giving with minimum effort on your part. We are much more than a Web tools or Web hosting vendor. We are a trusted partner that helps you increase your online visibility and connect web users to the core values of your congregation and your faith. Remember: tools can be purchased from any vendor – knowledge of your needs and issues is something most firms cannot offer.

Start with a Quality Website at an Unbelievable Value
The most basic online tool for congregations is a Website. There are many avenues to choose to get online services. Each one can be a separate company or software program, but WebMedley brings it all together on one technology platform tailored with your needs in mind.

Key Features in Our Sites Include

  • Professionally Designed Web Templates
  • Custom social networks for families, youth groups and faith leaders
  • Blogging
  • Messaging
  • RSS/Podcasting
  • Video/Audio Encoding & Streaming
  • Custom Web Projects
  • Calendars
  • Document Management
  • Audio and video clips
  • Mobile Solutions for ministries & projects
  • Automated giving for members to even out the lulls and spikes through the fiscal year

The Future is Youth Ministry – You Must Be Online
The real key to boosting participation is reaching your congregation’s youth. It’s the future, and it’s not all about technology even though that’s your tool to engage them. The youth of today are the congregational leaders of tomorrow. It is important that congregations are aware of how youth live in today’s society.

  • 87% of youth ages 12-17 are online
  • Prefer Instant Messaging (IM) and text messaging to email
  • Email is a tool to communicate with adults or leaders
  • 55% have social networking profiles online
  • 57% are “content creators” (blog, Web page, original artwork, photos, videos, stories or remixed content)

These numbers will only increase! We are dedicated to transform your online presence into an online solution – relevant and resourceful while generating a real community fully participating in your ministry.

WebMedley is part of the FaithStreams Network

  • Over 20 years of experience serving faith groups
  • Guided by the nation’s largest coalition of faith groups, representing over 120 million congregants
  • Coalition of Award-winning Web developers

Awards:
2001 Religion Communicators Council “Best in Class” among religion and spirituality sites nationwide for www.faithandvalues.com
2003 Religion Communicators Council “Award of Excellence” for www.faithstreams.com
Webby finalist

 

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"Our website hits have been steadily increasing ...

Our membership is up about 17 percent."

"I was able to design a website that our church could utilize daily."

"When, only a year before, there had been a need to think of closing this beautiful church, now we are increasing numbers with a recent approval of a master plan for our future renovations."