Logo

 

Banner Image:   Baptist-Times-banner-2000x370-
Template Mode:   Baptist Times
Icon
    Post     Tweet

Website award for Baptist church   

Coulby Newham Baptist Church in Middlesbrough was voted runner-up in the most engaging Small Church Site category in the Premier Digital Awards earlier this month

CoulbyNewham500Its minister Stephen Sutton has created the site using Wordpress over the last couple of years.

‘We were very pleased to be runners up,’ he said. ‘The website has actually just been a hobby of mine in the evenings.

‘It has taken a long time to get it how I wanted it and it will probably take another couple of years to finish it off but I have found it amazing what you can achieve on the Wordpress platform with very little technical knowledge, as I can’t code or anything fancy like that.

‘A good website is a massively important communication tool to have as a Church as it is in reality just as important as the welcome you provide on door step on a Sunday morning.’

With this in mind the website has been set up to be “as welcoming as possible”, giving a sense of "what sort of a bunch of people we are", he continued. There are lots of photos, light and easy to engage with text, and clear communication of what’s going on within the church.

Stephen has ensured the website is regularly updated by integrating both its MailChimp (email provider) and its Facebook and Twitter feeds.

'I didn’t want to end up with a website that was high maintenance to keep unto date, because inevitably I would fall behind with it and there would be loads of out of date events and info on the site that no one wants to know about,' he explained.

'So as we upload sermons and send out the regular email/twitter news and the site is automatically updated.

‘I love it this way because we get to have a site with loads of the latest info on but I actually rarely log on to make changes to it.'

About a year ago a responsive layout was introduced, meaning the site now changes automatically whether accessed via phone, tablet or laptop.

‘This has got to be a must have now the majority of searches and information is consumed on a mobile device,’ continued Stephen.

‘There are loads more improvements I would love to have the time to do to the site but for now, it looks good and it gets the information across.’ 


Visit http://www.cnbaptist.com/ for more



 

 

Baptist Times, 23/11/2015
    Post     Tweet
NBA Home Mission Stories
Examples of how Home Mission funds are being used in the Northern Baptist Association
SubArticleD2019
For those in peril on the sea… 
How a parish nursing service in the north east has adapted to meet the health needs of local fishermen
'I’ve even cut hair for a homeless couple in the Aldi car park'
Baptist minister Graham McBain took a barbering course at the end of lockdown, and now offers free cuts as a community pastor in Hartlepool. He explains how it's 'an incredible pastoral privilege'
‘By joining in with this work, we see a glimpse of the Kingdom of God’ 
Having served and led Baptist churches for 25 years, Mairi and Graham McBain are exploring what it means to be Community Pastors in Hartlepool - a ministry outside the boundaries of the church
'This was a very different way of mission for us'
Mairi and Graham McBain are Community Pastors in Hartlepool. In July they served as volunteers when the Tall Ships Race visited the town - and explain how this was part of their incarnational 'joining in' ministry there
NBA Team Leader roles for Linda and Johnny 
The Revds Linda Donaldson and Johnny Pozzo are the new Regional Minister Team Leaders of the Northern Baptist Association
'A key development for NBA' 
The Northern Baptist Association will begin 2023 with a newly strengthened team after announcing several new appointments
     Regional News 
    Posted: 10/11/2022
    Posted: 29/04/2021
    Posted: 06/06/2017
    Posted: 07/02/2016
    Posted: 09/10/2015
    Posted: 03/09/2014
    Posted: 08/05/2014
    Posted: 05/09/2013
    Posted: 05/09/2013
    Posted: 04/09/2013